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MCC land plan finally clearedMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - McHenry County College's plans to purchase 57 acres for a future expansion nearby came close to unraveling Tuesday night when the Crystal Lake City Council looked as if ...
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Book reveals fat, calorie counts in restaurant foodMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Sometimes, ignorance is bliss. Most restaurants don't want customers to know the calorie count or amount of fat grams they're serving. That's restaurant bliss. Here's wh...
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Boot scooters itching for springMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Those of us who do not partake of outdoor winter sports are eager to get back to our warm weather activities. But that means the weather has to break, and it hasn't show...
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Briefs: District 300 corrects bell timesMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Community Unit District 300 mistakenly sent out the wrong 2008-09 bell times for Carpentersville's Perry Elementary School last week. These are the correct times: Next s...
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What to have on hand in an emergencyMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Are you ready? No matter what? For anything? The monthly, eerie wail of the emergency warning siren at 10 a.m. Tuesday, the first Tuesday of the month, seemed a bizarre ...
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Expense accounts creates discord on McHenry County boardMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - When the McHenry County Board passed a new set of rules last year outlining its policies and procedures, there was little attention, and no debate, given to a change tha...
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Briefs: Plan for severe weatherMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - In honor of "Severe Weather Preparedness Week" which runs through Saturday, the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District asks that residents prepare for seve...
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Rain, thaw sets up worries over floodingMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - If you're like most people, you're probably sick of cold and snow, and praying for a warm-up. But officials watching the Chain O' Lakes and Fox River say too much of a g...
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Paleontologist finds new dinosaur speciesMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Paul Sereno, a 50-year-old academic, still plays in a sandbox -- only his is in the Sahara Desert. The University of Chicago paleontologist and Naperville Central High ...
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Spring dreams: This winter, too, shall passMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "April is the cruelest month," T.S. Eliot famously wrote, but he really must have forgotten his Midwest roots after years in England. February 2008 was the cruelest mont...