Downers Grove
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Bensenville dreams of new neighborhoodsNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Bensenville leaders have their hearts set on transforming a largely industrial part of town into a new residential area with some commercial properties. But to make that...
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Mead steps forward for HoffmanNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Cleaning out some pre- and post-Thanksgiving boys basketball leftovers … Mead-er reader: Hoffman Estates junior Luke Mead broke loose after averaging just a shade less t...
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Jazz great shares secrets of music, life with Waubonsie studentsNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - As a teenager, jazz legend Kirk Whalum thought he could skate by on his natural talent for playing the saxophone. But the Memphis, Tenn., native quickly learned otherwi...
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Lombard library secures expansion tractNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Lombard's Helen M. Plum Library finally has the last piece of property needed to expand its building. Now all it needs is the money. After more than a year of negotiatio...
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Witness testifies beating was failed mob riteNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Seven years ago, Jason S. Reardon said, he watched in horror as his friend killed a man with a tire iron in a DuPage County forest preserve. The attack was so brutal, Re...
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'America's going to miss him'Nov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - "> Brilliant orator. Principled partisan. Author of the Hyde Amendment limiting abortion funding. Leader of the effort to impeach President Clinton. A div...
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Briefs: Shopping fundraiserNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Crate and Barrel of Geneva Commons and Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice are teaming up to host a holiday shopping fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday. For a $25 donation, sho...
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Benedictine lets soldiers' families use video linkNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Benedictine University in Lisle purchased expensive distant-learning conferencing equipment about a year ago that allows it to share seminars with campuses in China, Spr...
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Hyde's local influenceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Henry Hyde drew national attention for many of his positions, but he also focused on serving his own district. Some of his local accomplishments: School & home soundproo...
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Bandits softball should be easy for Fox Valley to embraceNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Elgin city councilman Mike Powers may have said it best. "Elgin has an incredibly rich sports tradition," was Powers' comment Tuesday at a press conference formally anno...