Aurora Business
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Des Plaines betting on casino to spur developmentJul 17, 2011 12:00 am - Will Des Plaines ever realize a “Field of Dreams”-like moment with its new casino? With the curtain rising at 11 a.m. Monday on the $445 million Rivers Casino, city lea...
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E. Dundee gives heath center $73,000 for $183,000 renovationJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - A health care center with offices in West Dundee and Huntley soon will shut down those locations to open one office in East Dundee. But it needed a little bit of help in...
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Villa Park to host new wheelchair motorcycleJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - No matter how many custom bikes you've seen on reality TV or even driving down the road, there is nothing quite like the motorcycle that will roll into Villa Park this w...
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Ford demonstrates prototype 'talking' cars in LombardJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Take three fairly common technological advances — Wi-Fi, smartphones and GPS navigation systems — put elements of all three into a car, and bam — it's new technology aga...
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Windy storm beat, didn't kill, corn cropJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Monday's storm, with its 60-plus mph winds, didn't just fell trees and power lines. It also did a number on some cornfields, flattening stalks. But local sweet corn grow...
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Longtime Itasca restaurant changing handsJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Itasca residents must say goodbye to the signature green awnings and palatial, white building that houses Truffles Grove restaurant, which has been a staple in the villa...
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Architect wants to turn W. Dundee hardware store into theaterJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - A local architect with ambitious plans to turn an abandoned West Dundee hardware store into a regional cultural arts theater hopes the project would breathe new life int...
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Grocery giveaway puts local farming in the spotlightJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - It’s the in thing nowadays to know more about where your food comes from (other than the supermarket). And there is much criticism of the way food is produced in the Uni...
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Wheaton cautiously optimistic about downtown revivalJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Despite some highly visible empty lots, the shell of what the city hoped would be another midrise condominium complex and a long-vacant building where a Jewel store once...
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Reflejos, El Conquistador merge operationsJul 08, 2011 12:00 am - Bilingual newspapers Reflejos Bilingual Journal and El Conquistador jointly announced Friday they plan to consolidate sales and marketing operations, beginning next mont...