Carpentersville Lifestyle
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Lots of ways to celebrate feasts of St. Pat, St. JoeMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Here is a list of area Saint Patrick's Day and Saint Joseph's Day events: March 8 • St. Patrick's Day parade, Main Street from 6th Street to 4th Avenue, St. Charles. 2 p...
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The great experimenterMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Barbara Maier had a premonition that her Pizza Party Pizzazz Salad would win first prize in the monthly Better Homes & Gardens recipe contest, and it did. Her big, bold ...
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M.T. Barrels: Prohibition meets microbrewFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Ironic, isn't it? More than 125 years ago during Prohibition, M.T. Barrels was a drug store with a speakeasy in the basement, and smoking was allowed anywhere. Today, sm...
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Leap into funFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - What good are 24 extra hours if you've got nothing to do with them? It's Leap Day, the February bonus that keeps the Gregorian calendar in check. (The fancy term for thi...
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Lenten seafood optionsFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - If you've already done the fish fry thing to death, try our picks for Lenten seafood options at local restaurants: Blackened catfish Oscar, Mississippi farm-raised catfi...
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Trolling for a fish fry?Feb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Lent means local restaurants and bars are big into fish fries. Restaurants, bars troll for business with fish fries Shoals of seafood specials are surfacing, and a floti...
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Test your knowledge of black historyFeb 27, 2008 10:00 pm - Who did Los Angeles residents elect as their first African-American mayor? What record company was named Hitsville USA? When is Kwanza observed? We're nearing the end of...
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Huntley ghost-hunters scare Kentucky woman on 'Wife Swap'Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - The producers of "Wife Swap" must have thanked the heavens when they learned about the Myers family of Huntley. Samantha Myers, vice president of an insurance company, i...
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Restoring Victorian all about loveFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - Sometimes it's the tiniest things that make you fall in love with a large Victorian house. The Elgin painted lady owned by Susan Tyler and Carlos Rivera boasts a turret,...
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Property brings family back to its rootsFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - When Rob and Raquel Ivie decided to leave their Maple Park home and build a larger home for themselves, their two children and Rob's parents, it made sense to consider p...