Elgin
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Direct to InternetOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A Palatine-based film company, CNGM Pictures, is at it again. The same filmmakers that produced "Return to Cuba Road" among several other feature length films, now have ...
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Local parents to head up Summit 303Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The St. Charles school district's new Summit 303 program is supposed to bridge the gap between you -- the taxpayer, parent, etc. -- and the school system. So it's only f...
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Soccer: 6.5 million kids and growingOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - On a perfect fall day, Christian Felix trots across a trimmed green soccer field along Chicago's lakefront. He takes a pass, sees an opening and shoots a goal for his hi...
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Beauty shop bandit pleads guilty, gets suspended jail termOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A man known by some as the Beauty Shop Bandit for receiving massages, manicures and other spa treatments at salons and then skipping out on the bill was sentenced to six...
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Teen fills another leading role in 'The Legend of Pocahontas'Oct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - When Shelby Hirschberg takes the stage Friday night, it will be her third time playing a leading role. The 15-year-old from Elgin has taken the stage as Lucy in "Charlie...
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The sky aboveOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village's Salt Creek Elementary School recently toured outer space inside a traveling blow-up planetarium. Through Mobile Ed Productions of Redford, Mich., kid...
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Briefs: Dist. 211 meeting movedOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - A reminder to District 211 residents that tonight's school board meeting has been moved to larger quarters in anticipation of a bigger-than-normal audience and a teacher...
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Neighbor SportsOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Baseball Travel tryout: The Melrose Indians will start three new travel teams in 2008 for 11-year-olds, 12-year-olds and 13-year-olds. An open tryout will be from noon t...
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U-46 prepares to hire a headhunting firmOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 plans to hold an open forum on Nov. 7 to interview at least four executive search firms, the first step in replacing outgoing Superintend...
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Elgin OKs YMCA project despite sluggish marketOct 24, 2007 11:00 pm - The old Channing YMCA property in Elgin won't remain vacant for long. City council members on Wednesday voted 5-2 in favor of a housing development on the 2.9-acre site,...