Lifestyle Columns
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Double Take Consignment shop opens in downtown St. CharlesDec 09, 2021 10:00 pm - The name of the store is the perfect fit. For one, the Double Take Consignment shop at 122 W. Main St. is a play on words for taking notice and making use of clothing a ...
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Neighbors in the News: District 21 board president honored for outstanding leadershipDec 09, 2021 5:00 am - • Phil Pritzker, board president, Community Consolidated School District 21, was named the 2021 recipient of the Illinois State Board of Education Thomas Lay Burroughs A...
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Darth Vader, wrestling titans, hundreds of artists return to C2E2 in Chicago this weekendDec 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Exciting news: Darth Vader is taking a holiday vacation from his castle on the volcano planet of Mustafar this weekend ... in Chicago! Translation: Actor Hayden Christen...
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Shop your kitchen to make homemade gifts for the holiday seasonDec 08, 2021 5:00 am - As we gather with family and friends for the holidays, one of the things I love to do is give homemade gifts from my kitchen. While I realize it would be easier to go to...
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Foodie gift ideas to make the holidays a bit easier this yearDec 08, 2021 5:00 am - Figuring out what holiday gift to give has never been easy. This year may be a little easier because some of my gift ideas were discoveries, and they're all winners. Fir...
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Young actor from Arlington Heights lands role in Broadway musical about 1950s HollywoodDec 07, 2021 5:00 am - At the wise old age of 12, Patrick McDermott of Arlington Heights landed the chance of a lifetime: He was cast in a new musical making its world premiere next week on Br...
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'We don't ever forget': Antioch woman saw the Pearl Harbor attack as a child in HawaiiDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Now 89 years old and living in Antioch, Jean Paulos Self remembers waking shortly before 8 a.m. to the rising sun on the "very, very, very noisy" morning of Dec. 7, 1941...
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Steven Spielberg's first musical a bold, fresh, spectacular take on the 1961 classic 'West Side Story'Dec 06, 2021 3:30 pm - “West Side Story” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The master has remastered a masterpiece! No movie could be a greater gamble for filmmaker Steven Spielberg than his joyously bold and revisio...
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Good News Sunday: Grayslake native uses acrobatic skills to leap to 'Frogger' gloryDec 05, 2021 6:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Not many careers prepare you for surfing...
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Waste water from neighbor's laundryDec 05, 2021 5:00 am - Q: We live in a rural neighborhood, with septic systems rather than sewers. Nearly everyone here drains their laundry into a backyard sump pit to prevent detergents from...