Lifestyle Columns
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My kitties' birthday is a reminder that pets are familyOct 14, 2023 1:45 pm - The first of September was my kitties' 11th birthday. Oh, what does that have to do with anything? Well, it's a reminder that some of us, and especially if we have a be...
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Good News Sunday: Trailblazing Advocate president faces health industry challenges head onOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Being the only person of color in a corp...
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Schaumburg's Library Boxes offer hand-picked books for readersOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - When Schaumburg Township District Library first offered Library Boxes back in 2018, it was just for teens. The Steen family of Schaumburg remembers jumping on board righ...
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Finding comfort in the life cycle of my backyard treesOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - When we bought this house 31 years ago, there were two little elm tree saplings across the road opposite our front windows, by the wildlife preserve at the end of the vi...
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Batavia teacher gets Art Educator of the Year recognitionOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - History, journalism and creative writing classes dominated my later college years, so avoiding my dreaded topics like math and science was nice. However, when the subjec...
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Owner of Salerno's on the Fox in St. Charles credits staff, family for 48-year-old restaurant's longevityOct 06, 2023 6:00 am - With up to 100 people crowding the bar at Salerno's on the Fox for former St. Charles Mayor Sue Klinkhamer's 70th birthday party, it would have been easy for the restaur...
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Meet Tri-Cities author Sammi King at St. Charles book signingOct 06, 2023 6:00 am - Earlier this year, we highlighted some local journalists who just happened to be publishing books around the same time. Former Daily Herald columnist Sammi King of Batav...
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'Hate has been mainstreamed': Report details surge in extremism in IllinoisOct 06, 2023 5:00 am - From the vandalism of a Lake in the Hills bakery to prevent a drag performance to antisemitic comments shouted at Deerfield High School soccer players to white supremaci...
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Arkells aims for connection with latest album 'Laundry Pile,' Sunday's Metro showOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - In the 2017 foot-stomping, crowd-rousing anthem “Knocking at the Door,” alt-rock band Arkells ends one powerful verse with the lines “Standin' shoulder to shoulder/ As w...
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Sound check: The latest from Sin.; Black Keys, Young the Giant on Q101's Twisted XMAS lineupOct 04, 2023 6:00 am - Sin. in the wings Riding the buzz coming off the two recently released singles ".308 Hate" and "Momfriend," rock foursome Sin. is dropping its new album "Wax Figure...