Barrington Hills
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County: No leaf burn ban for nowSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - If you're accustomed to burning your fallen leaves every autumn, breathe easy. Or at least as easy as possible within a thick haze of smoke. The McHenry County Board on ...
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Police chief might lose 'interim' tagSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Law enforcement limbo continues in Island Lake after the village board recently shot down a plan to cut the pay of interim police chiefs. Mayor Tom Hyde and the board ha...
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Diamond composed of Beethoven's hairSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The next time you think about Ludwig van Beethoven, forget about the piano or his famous lilting Moonlight sonata or even his powerful Symphony No. 9. Think of his shock...
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School leaders balance security, accessibilitySep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Three shootings in six days struck schools in Colorado, Wisconsin and rural Pennsylvania last year. Far more routine and discreet, the pressures of cyber-bullying and o...
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Bartlett's new train station on trackSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Metra station in downtown Bartlett dates back to 1873, making it the oldest operating depot on the line. It's a distinction officials have been looking to drop for y...
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Study finds we lose 2 days a year to commutingSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - What would you do with an extra 46 hours this year? Relax with the family? Extend that vacation? Sleep in? Instead, you spend that much time or more sitting in the car s...
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Jail filled to over-capacity, sheriff saysSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - Former California governor Jerry Brown once theorized that "the volume of paperwork expands to fill the available briefcases." The Lake County variation of that theory m...
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Iowa man indicted for sending pipe bombs to investment firmsSep 18, 2007 11:00 pm - The Iowa man accused of mailing two dud pipe bombs from Rolling Meadows to investment companies in hopes of driving up stock prices has been indicted on federal securiti...
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Woman pleads guilty to theft chargeSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A Palos Heights woman accused of stealing money from a Schaumburg company pleaded guilty to the charge Monday. Renata M. Noworul, 35, of 9739 S. 90th Ave., was sentence...
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From the Armed ForcesSep 17, 2007 11:00 pm - • Benjamin E. Monson, son of Edward M. and Katrina Monson of Arlington Heights, graduated from the Army ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) Leader Development and Ass...