Lifestyle Columns
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Comic romance a 'Real Smooth' parable for the power of kindnessJun 16, 2022 6:00 am - “Cha Cha Real Smooth” - ★ ★ ★ Parts of Cooper Raiff's comically amiable “Cha Cha Real Smooth” sound like a grad student's first attempt at writing stage play juvenilia ...
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Let's get saucy! Barbecue sauce comes in a breadth of varieties, and it's fun to make your ownJun 15, 2022 6:00 am - I love making my own barbecue sauces at home. Mostly because I usually have the pantry ingredients to make them at home vs. buying them in the store. And I like that I c...
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Constable: After years of rejection, Palatine man writes crossword puzzle for New York TimesJun 14, 2022 5:25 am - His first rejection came on Sept. 18, 2007. "They wrote a really nice letter." says Rob Baker of Palatine, who had charted out a crossword puzzle on graph paper, stuck i...
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Longtime District 62 bilingual program director retiringJun 13, 2022 5:30 am - A Puerto Rican transplant, Milagros Bravo was an instructional specialist at Des Plaines Elementary District 62 when she was asked to help set up the district's bilingua...
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Good News Sunday: Meet the Barrington teens who formed a (basketball) league of their ownJun 12, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Remember those good old days, when bunch...
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What good are seller disclosures statements?Jun 12, 2022 6:00 am - Q: When we purchased our home, the seller filled out a Transfer Disclosure Statement (TDS), supposedly reporting everything wrong with the property. Aside from disclosin...
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Will higher natural gas bills sink condo's budget?Jun 11, 2022 7:00 am - Q: The 2022 budget for our association includes a line item for natural gas. It looks like the actual cost for the year is going to be substantially higher than the amou...
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Intense love, grief might be emotions 'hardwired' on the brainJun 11, 2022 6:00 am - I read an article called “Love ignites fireworks that change the brain” (New York Times, by Hope Reese, April 26). It was sent to me by my friend Diane in Long Island. T...
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Constable: 'Miracle on the tarmac' baby turning 30Jun 11, 2022 1:00 am - Thirty years ago Sunday, Harry and Lynne Nozicka of Glenview were shopping for island hats to protect them from the sun on their “last hurrah” vacation three months befo...
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Senior tax 'freeze' prevents big increases in property taxesJun 10, 2022 6:00 am - Q: My wife and I applied for and received the senior tax exemption for our home. Recently a friend told me he also had a senior freeze. He attempted to explain it to me ...