Lifestyle Columns
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Constable: A bruised bridge? Suburban businesses find inspiration in unlikely spotsMar 30, 2021 1:00 am - Inspiration can arrive softly as if it were snow from above. Or it can show up with a bang as if it were delivered by an out-of-control truck. At least that's how we end...
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Seller says 'no building permit required'Mar 28, 2021 6:00 am - Q: The home I'm buying has a 250-square-foot family room that was completed several years after the home was built. The room was originally rough-framed when the home wa...
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How to prepare for an annual meetingMar 27, 2021 7:00 am - Q: The annual meeting for our association will be held this spring. Do you have any recommendations for a timeline of issues the board should address leading up to the a...
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Vivid memories help us in sad timesMar 27, 2021 6:00 am - Memory is a blessing. I remember lovely scenes way back to my childhood. They play like mini-movies in my head, as needed. When I first started this column three years a...
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Unauthorized pet could lead to eviction, in normal timesMar 26, 2021 7:01 am - Q: My husband and I own a duplex in Roselle. The duplex has two units with a fenced yard. Both tenants (units A and B) share the backyard. Both units have a private pati...
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Longtime Batavia resident and World War II veteran Ruth Burnham to celebrate 100th birthdayMar 26, 2021 6:00 am - As one of the first women to enlist as one of the Waves in the Navy during World War II, 21-year-old Ruth Drover couldn't possibly have known her willingness to share so...
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Naperville's Bob Odenkirk wasted in repugnant, ultra-violent 'Nobody'Mar 25, 2021 6:00 am - “Nobody” - ★ ½ Only time will determine if Ilya Naishuller's middle-aged, white male rage fantasy “Nobody” does for Bob Odenkirk what “Die Hard” did for a pudgy, l...
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Widescreen: Her sequel wasn't great, but Wonder Woman and her 'Justice League' pals are must-see TVMar 25, 2021 6:00 am - If you missed "Wonder Woman 1984" on HBO Max over the holidays, Gal Gadot's retro sequel lassoes its way to Blu-ray, DVD and digital rental outlets on Tuesday, March 30....
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Constable: Without rifles or sandbags, Illinois National Guard saving livesMar 25, 2021 5:20 am - There are complaints and confusion about the process to get COVID vaccines, where to sign up, who can get them, and how you are going to feel after. But one aspect of th...
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A classic Roquefort dressing done plain and simpleMar 24, 2021 6:00 am - Are you tired of the same-old, same-old salad dressing? Me, too. How about reaching back in time to a classic dressing that was (and may still be) a most excellent salad...