Lifestyle Columns
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Homebuyer has roof dilemmaDec 19, 2021 5:00 am - Q: The home I'm buying has an old shingle roof. There are no signs of leakage in the house, but my home inspector said the roof will probably need replacement in about t...
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Condo association board need not meet on siteDec 18, 2021 6:00 am - Q: Board of directors' meetings of our association are typically held at the association property, where it is very convenient for owners to attend. The new board presid...
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Red hats spark many wonderful Christmas memoriesDec 18, 2021 5:00 am - By Susan Anderson-Khleif Recently I was at D.C. Cobb's for their delicious Friday fish fry lunch. There was this wonderful group of women there in red hats and purple ou...
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Constable: Arlington Heights man's early dementia diagnosis spurs wonderful adventuresDec 18, 2021 12:00 am - Before Brian Gaughan starts talking about his younger-onset dementia, the diagnosis beats him to it. "Part of this disease, the way it affects me, is I will think of som...
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Delay in closing date puts homeowners in a quandaryDec 17, 2021 6:01 am - Q. My husband and I have been attempting to buy a new house. We had a contract to sell our existing house and found a house we really liked. We made an offer that was co...
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Widescreen: Scary Christmas to all, and to all a good frightDec 17, 2021 5:00 am - Christmas is on deck, but spooky season is still at the plate in my household. My wife and I spent five weekends beginning in early October working our way though all 12...
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Neighbors in the News: Hersey instructor named Foreign Language Teacher of the YearDec 16, 2021 5:00 am - • Congratulations to Michael Ayala, a world languages teacher at John Hersey High School, who was named the 2021 Paul T. Griffith Illinois Foreign Language Teacher of th...
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Bradley Cooper taps his dark side in Guillermo del Toro's deliciously dark 'Nightmare Alley'Dec 16, 2021 5:00 am - “Nightmare Alley” - ★ ★ ★ ★ If you took a sleazy, exploitative E.C. Comics tale, made it into a motion picture with top acting talent and A-list production design ...
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Constable: Island med school president uses IT skills honed in suburbsDec 14, 2021 4:30 am - With a degree in computer science from Western Michigan University, Adedayo Akande had the winter driving skills required for the daily commute from his home in Chicago ...
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People who help you in life may come from surprising placesDec 12, 2021 6:00 am - Years ago my beloved husband, Baheej, told me about this phenomenon — which is “people who help you in life without a particular reason,” just because they think you or ...