East Dundee
-
Elgin pair busy keeping things brightDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - What's the toughest stain to get out of your windows? You might be surprised to find that it's calcium and lime left over from water sprinklers, according to Dawn and Da...
-
Annual festival a Dickens of a good time in the DundeesDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - While last year's Dickens in Dundee festival was almost sabotaged by a foot of snow, this year's festivities were able to avoid -- for the most part -- the first major s...
-
Moving special-needs preschoolers still on options menu in District 300Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - An unpopular proposal to move special-needs preschoolers to make room for east-side kindergartners remains on the menu of options Community Unit District 300 administrat...
-
Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
-
Postal stamp machines a thing of the past in ElginDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - If you planned on buying postage from the coin-operated stamp machine at the downtown Elgin post office, you'd better come up with a plan B. Officials removed that machi...
-
Honorable Bianchi the only choiceDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Remember when there was decorum, decency, honesty and the ability to agree to disagree? When I grew up in a politically active family, it was a privilege to attend polit...
-
New upscale children's boutique features handmade itemsDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - It's tough to keep the Hannah Montana and High School Musical handmade purses on the shelves at a new boutique at Deer Park Town Center. The bags by Pauz Notebagz, selli...
-
Dinner and a show at MitsuwaDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Hundreds of people crowded Saturday into Mitsuwa Marketplace in Arlington Heights. The draw? A rare chance to see a fresh 400-pound bluefin tuna carved into sashimi. Cam...
-
Local band makes jazz, funk academicDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Improvisational jam/jazz/funk isn't a typical genre for a band made up of young college students. Then again, most suburban garage bands don't have multiple members taki...
-
Batavia bicyclist taking rides of a lifetimeDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Paul Carpenter is always pushing himself to go further. An 8-mile bicycle ride. Then a 30. Then a 100. And in September, the Batavia resident entered his first 500-mile ...