Lifestyle Columns
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Two comfort food favorites are given a seasonal spin to broaden kids' palatesOct 27, 2021 6:00 am - One way to broaden kids' palates is to expose them to a wide variety of foods, flavors and textures. Doing so helps overcome their tendency toward neophobia or a fear of...
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Constable: Neither 8-tracks nor CDs nor virus can scratch vinyl marketOct 26, 2021 5:30 am - The technology has been around since 1878, when Thomas Edison opened his Edison Speaking Phonograph Co. and gave birth to the first 78 rpm gramophone records. By the 194...
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MLK remembrance dinner, concert returns to Schaumburg Nov. 13Oct 25, 2021 5:30 am - The Illinois Commission on Diversity and Human Relations' 52nd Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Dinner and Concert will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Renaissance Hot...
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Good News Sunday: St. Charles canine wins 'World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest'Oct 24, 2021 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: Move over, Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McC...
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Should foundation vents remain open?Oct 24, 2021 7:00 am - Q: My question involves the unwise practice of closing foundation vents around a home. As a heating contractor, I've noticed some homeowners and maintenance people close...
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Loan may require professional managementOct 23, 2021 7:00 am - Q: We live in a 100-plus-unit condominium building that is professionally managed by a third-party management company. The end of the term of the management agreement is...
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Take time to notice what's happening 'behind the scenes'Oct 23, 2021 6:00 am - Recently I attended a great outdoor concert of my favorite band, The Lennys, in a small local venue near here. It was a mild fall day at Diamond Jim's, an outside restau...
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Constable: After retiring from school named in her honor, principal took aim at polioOct 22, 2021 11:00 pm - When Mary Stitt retired in 1992, she had built such an impressive career as principal of Olive Elementary School that the Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board ...
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How a former St. Charles statuary became a venue for intimate weddingsOct 22, 2021 6:00 am - In the summer of 2020, Karen and Lance Ramella had a good idea of what they wanted to do with the Johnson's Statuary property they had purchased in downtown St. Charles....
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Constable: Military miniature show more about art than artilleryOct 21, 2021 5:30 am - Founded in 1952 by five men who collected toy soldiers, the Military Miniature Society of Illinois has grown into an international club that goes far beyond military fig...