Lifestyle Columns
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Meet the suburban spellers heading to the Scripps national beeMay 15, 2023 5:30 am - Four suburban spellers who won regional contests now will compete for the coveted championship at the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., later this ...
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Good News Sunday: It's Lilac Time in Lombard, and the blooms are poppingMay 14, 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: Lombard's lilacs are in full bloom, or ...
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Contractors often blindly remove asbestosMay 14, 2023 6:00 am - Q: In one of your columns, you stressed the importance of testing for asbestos before removing some types of building materials in older homes. In particular, you mentio...
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Early in bereavement, you may be bombarded with unwanted financial decisionsMay 13, 2023 6:00 am - Figuring out and managing finances when bereaved is a very tricky and a many-headed problem for most people, one way or another. There are many ways this is so, with man...
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Including lawyer in emails is no substitute for an open meetingMay 12, 2023 7:00 am - Q: I understand that a quorum of the board of a condominium can consult with the association's legal counsel without having an actual board meeting. If the board members...
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Around Town: Montessori School wins big on National Battery Day; a Lazarus House goodbyeMay 12, 2023 6:00 am - Vandana Caruso isn't quite sure how many batteries she now has in her possession after winning enough from Batteries Plus in Geneva to last a year. The batteries are sto...
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Golden gals: How two women in their 80s met at senior living community and became close friendsMay 12, 2023 6:00 am - It's never been easy to make friends. It takes effort and give-and-take, and sometimes understanding and compassion. The latest troubling trend has to do with how diffic...
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Widescreen: 'Beetlejuice' rises from the grave - againMay 10, 2023 11:00 pm - I tweeted this about "The Addams Family," Barry Sonnenfeld's hilarious, succinct film adaptation of the Charles Addams characters, back in 2020: "If a big-budget liv...
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Sound check: Dave Specter, Amy Ray, Capital Soiree's release and moreMay 10, 2023 6:00 am - Blues in Aurora Chicago blues and jazz guitarist Dave Specter brings hits from his extensive career playing with artists such as Buddy Guy, Otis Rush, Kim Wilson, John P...
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Inverness ballerina on the verge of making her dream a realityMay 09, 2023 11:00 pm - Alyssa Casey has been dancing almost from the time she could walk. "Dance came naturally to me," said the Barrington High School junior, who was about 18-months-old whe...