Lifestyle Columns
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Neighbors in the news: Park Ridge native wins Irish dancing championshipApr 27, 2022 11:00 pm - • Park Ridge native Orla Godley was crowned a world champion of Irish dancing at the 50th World Irish Dancing Championships held recently in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ...
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Don Mauer rethinks hard-boiled eggs with help from readersApr 27, 2022 6:00 am - Six weeks ago, I thought that writing about peeling a hard-boiled egg was so mundane a topic that I came close to not writing about it. As you may recall, I wrote about ...
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'He is a gift to the community': Libertyville teen's app connects food pantries with volunteersApr 27, 2022 5:15 am - Growing up in Libertyville, Tavish Sharma habitually volunteered with local charities, such as Feed My Starving Children and Northern Illinois Food Bank, because his par...
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Constable: Self-made filmmaker from Lisle finds his way to make a full-length movieApr 26, 2022 5:10 am - As a kid playing basketball and football at Lisle High School, Zachary Trussell didn't have all the ingredients to feed his passion for film. "My mom loves movies, so I ...
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Suburban Mosaic: Huntley first responders create program for people with developmental disabilitiesApr 25, 2022 5:30 am - Huntley first responders have launched a new program to help improve interactions with community members with developmental disabilities and their caregivers. The Huntle...
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Good News Sunday: On its 100th trip, Honor Flight Chicago still 'amazing' to veteransApr 24, 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: Honor Flight Chicago started in 2008 as ...
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Agents want home inspectors to hurry upApr 24, 2022 6:00 am - Q: As a home inspector in the Midwest, I've had a complaint from some of the real estate agents who recommend me to their buyers. These agents say I take too long to do ...
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Look for helpful books on coping with griefApr 23, 2022 7:00 am - We can't "read" ourselves out of grief. Yet some thoughtful books that share experiences or ideas on coping with grief may help, depending on the person, their particula...
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Association documents must outline how to pay for window repairsApr 23, 2022 6:00 am - Q: The windows in our condominium association are reaching the end of their useful life and need to be replaced. One of the board members contends the windows are limite...
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Constable: Passionate Naperville hobbyist knows the ropes of model shipsApr 23, 2022 1:00 am - Passion pours into every model ship that 85-year-old Greg Zimmerman builds in the wood shop of Naperville's Monarch Landing senior living community. But painstakingly cr...