Lifestyle Columns
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Transport yourself to the tropics by preparing poke at homeJan 18, 2023 5:00 am - I don't know about you, but as I look out my window at the gray sky, I long for some sunshine and all those things associated with it. But I know I won't be able to sit ...
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Three recipes to help keep your healthy-eating resolutions on trackJan 18, 2023 5:00 am - In 2023, let's make it a resolution not to set lofty goals for the new year, OK? From experience, telling yourself you'll lose 60 pounds in three months is simply not pr...
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A long, and rare, winter's nap: The groundhog is one of only a few animals in our area that hibernatesJan 17, 2023 5:00 am - I've been talking about raptors to school groups for decades. At one point, I ask the students what the prey animals - i.e. mice, rabbits, chipmunks - are doing in spri...
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'Huge experience for the kids': Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad inspires Islamic school studentsJan 16, 2023 4:30 am - The excitement was palpable Thursday when Ibtihaj Muhammad walked into Islamic Foundation School and mosque in Villa Park - among not only its 550 students but also pare...
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Permit peril: Will new owners have to restore converted garage bedroom to original use?Jan 14, 2023 6:00 am - Q: We received a notice from our local building department informing us that our garage was converted to a bedroom without a building permit. The conversion was actually...
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Do you really know your ancestry? You might be surprisedJan 14, 2023 5:00 am - I thought I pretty much knew my ancestry - had lots of information on both sides of the family. Not growing up, but once I started looking into it, which was about age 2...
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Can an association police your car's plate registration?Jan 13, 2023 6:00 am - Q. Residents in our condominium association park vehicles in a common element parking lot. There is no assigned parking. The new rules for our association permit the boa...
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Future of the Fox River: Ideas flow in for potential improvementsJan 13, 2023 5:00 am - A lot of brain power from community groups and government entities continues to flow into ideas and plans for enhancing activities and healthy lifestyles with the Fox Ri...
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Neighbors in the news: Prospect Heights orthodontist installed as dental society presidentJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - • With more than 30 years of experience in orthodontics, Dr. Michael Durbin of Prospect Heights was installed as the 2023 president of the Chicago Dental Society. Dr. Du...
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Widescreen: Weaver's performance is the greatest innovation of Cameron's 'Avatar' sequelJan 12, 2023 5:00 am - James Cameron's career as a movie magician has given us a liquid-metal man, a shocking recreation of the sinking of the Titanic and the photorealistic, bioluminescent fo...