Barrington Business
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Downtown Libertyville prepares for another rail crossing shut downMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - As soon as the Metra rail crossing on busy Milwaukee Avenue in downtown Libertyville opened this week after being closed for five days of emergency work, drivers and obs...
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Will Walgreens move to Chicago?May 08, 2014 1:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. talked to the state in January about potentially moving its headquarters to Chicago, even before shareholders urged the company to move to E...
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Longtime taste tester on the edge of foodie trendsMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Maria Reyes of Woodridge has spent about 30 years taste testing foods. There's been pasta and sauces, vinegars, rice and "Oh, my God" the cookies. "I don't have to eat t...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...
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'Code Red': 5-day road closure looms in LibertyvilleApr 29, 2014 1:00 am - They are hoping for the best, but drivers, business owners, civic leaders and others in Libertyville are bracing for the five-day closure of Milwaukee Avenue at the down...
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Libertyville's MainStreet a model for downtown revampApr 27, 2014 7:00 am - Visiting downtown Libertyville didn't always involve a pleasant tree-lined stroll past restored and repurposed century-old buildings, window shopping at boutique shops o...
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4 hurt in accident at Grayslake dry cleanerApr 24, 2014 1:01 am - Two employees and two firefighters were injured in a hazardous situation Thursday afternoon at a Grayslake business. The Grayslake Fire Department responded to A1 Cleane...
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Deerfield's Computer Explorers offer games for learningApr 24, 2014 1:00 am - Some parents may argue that spending too much time on computer games is bad for kids. Lori Gross, director of Computer Explorers of Northeastern Chicagoland in Deerfield...
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Mark Seigle speaks at Elgin chamber's CEO Unplugged luncheonApr 23, 2014 11:00 pm - How does an accomplished family business owner reinvent himself after his long-standing Elgin business is sold? Why would he start a new business after having retired? H...