Lifestyle Columns
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Should sellers disclose former defects?Sep 12, 2021 6:00 am - Q: Before listing my home for sale, I hired a home inspector and repaired all of the defects that were listed in the inspection report. Am I required to disclose previou...
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A board may require keys for each unitSep 11, 2021 7:00 am - Q: The board of our condominium recently adopted a rule requiring all owners to provide the association with a copy of their unit key. The rationale for this is that the...
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A special service and rituals can provide comfort to the grievingSep 11, 2021 7:00 am - By Susan Anderson-Khleif My friend Carole gave me a wonderful idea. She dedicated a special church service to her husband who died last November. And I thought to myself...
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Constable: Photographed as a child after 9/11, 22-year-old reflects on attack that has colored her lifeSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Twenty years after Sept. 11, 2001, some memories remain crystal clear and some have become a bit foggy. Naperville native Abby Stevenson, 22, simply can look at the phot...
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Cycling columnist dealt with physical, psychological trauma to get on the bike againSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is part 2 of a two-column series. Part 1 appeared Friday, Sept. 3. “Sounds like the twisties,” a family friend surmised. Adam suspected that my three...
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'Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre' meshes horror, comedy for gory good timeSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - “The Manson Brothers Midnight Zombie Massacre” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Professional-wrestler-turned-filmmaker Chris Margetis swears that he and his professional-wrestler-turned-f...
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St. Charles Park District seeks public input on repurposing beloved, yet outdated, playground rocket slideSep 10, 2021 6:00 am - A youngster's fascination with outer space has likely changed since it was a new adventure for Americans in the early 1960s. When playgrounds were designed in that era, ...
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How 9/11 changed Muslim, immigrant communities foreverSep 10, 2021 5:00 am - Noman Hussain was studying Quran recitation at a Kankakee boys boarding school when news broke of the attack on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Hussain a...
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Widescreen: Internet has become kinder place for performers in their golden yearsSep 08, 2021 11:00 pm - It gets harder to see with every passing week, but there are still good things about social media. Last week's global outburst of joy over the return of '70s pop icons A...
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Soup is the answer to the question: What's for breakfast?Sep 08, 2021 6:00 am - Back in my college days, I would eat anything for breakfast. Cold pizza. Leftover chili. Maybe even a salami sandwich, if that's what was in the fridge. Food selection h...