Batavia
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Briefs: Old cell phone collectionJan 01, 2008 10:00 pm - If you have an old cell phone in working condition with a wall charger, the Elgin Police Department is collecting them. The police department will clear the phone, make ...
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The year in preview: What will make news in the Fox Valley in 2008Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - The pace of change in Community Unit District 300 -- which in 2007 opened two new elementary schools and a charter school and redrew elementary school boundaries -- will...
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Charges upgraded to homicide in Christmas Eve shooting, crashDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - A crash that claimed the life of a 21-year-old Batavia man on Christmas Eve has been reclassified as a homicide, Aurora police said Monday. The victim, Craig R. Escamil...
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Where you can go to kick the habitDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - It's time. Yeah, yeah, there are so many reasons to quit smoking as a New Year's resolution --like, you know, staving off lung cancer, smelling better and saving money. ...
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Why are there so many stray dogs in South Elgin?Dec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - A couple of South Elgin officials have a theory as to why dog collection costs the town thousands of dollars. Instead of bringing their unwanted dogs to the Anderson Ani...
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Year heads out, giving mood kicks inDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Things to do on New Year's Eve day: • Chill the champagne. • Get some party hats and noisemakers. • Take a bag of old clothing over to the Goodwill. The donor drive-thro...
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Carpentersville may give gun to VFW postDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - One of the weapons on the list of guns Carpentersville intends to destroy could be donated to a local VFW post. Trustees will authorize the donation of an Iver Johnson M...
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Briefs: District nominations soughtDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Nominations are being accepted for the 2-year term of the office of director of the Kane-DuPage County Soil and Water Conservation District. To be eligible, you must be...
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Kids countdown to their own new yearDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - Most of them were too young to stay awake for Monday night's minute-by-minute account of the ball descent in Times Square. But hundreds of youngsters -- with parents in ...
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St. Charles cops seek two in gas station hold-upDec 31, 2007 10:00 pm - St. Charles police were searching for two young men in connection with a gas station hold-up. Shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday, the men entered St. Charles Mobil, 1023 W. ...