Lifestyle Columns
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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...
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Enjoy this recipe for green egg salad without the hamMay 09, 2023 11:00 pm - Thanks to a nearby farmers market, I source fresh eggs from a small local farm where the chickens are truly free-range, never caged. Those beautiful multicolored eggs (d...
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May is National Bike Month, so start planning your summer ridesMay 09, 2023 6:00 am - May is the perfect to time to start planning your summer outings for fun and fundraisers
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Neighbors in the News: CLA seventh grader receives assistive technology awardMay 08, 2023 11:00 pm - • Maria Pichon-Gomez, a seventh grade student at John G. Conyers Learning Academy (CLA), Rolling Meadows, received the 2023 Infinitec North Technology Achievement Award,...
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Good News Sunday: Long brain injury recovery leads Barrington High alum to 'Baking Show' tentMay 07, 2023 6:00 am - Good News Sunday: Long brain injury recovery leads Barrington High alum to 'Baking Show' tent
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Home inspector ignores known fire hazardMay 07, 2023 6:00 am - Q: When I bought my house, the home inspector reported no problems with the main electrical panel. After moving in, my insurance company requested a photograph of the pa...
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Reaching out to help others is a way to heal oneselfMay 06, 2023 7:00 am - It seems helping others also has the effect of helping yourself. That's something to think about when bereaved. Not at first of course. When a very dear one dies, we are...