Elgin Lifestyle
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Ecker Center warms up with generous donationsJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - A week before Christmas, Ecker Center for Mental Health's maintenance staff discovered that the first-floor's HVAC unit had stopped functioning. The industrial HVAC sys...
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Critical shortage: Local blood bank calls on donors to help patients nowJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - Vitalant, formerly LifeSource, the nonprofit blood bank serving the Chicago area, has declared a critical shortage of blood as blood providers nationwide have less than ...
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Hampshire club to discuss future projectsJan 05, 2020 10:00 pm - The Hampshire-Henpeck Unit of Home and Community Education will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, at the Heartland Bank, Route 72 and Warner, Hampshire. Hostesses for...
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'Let's do it': Couple's retail dreams come true with Red Hive Market in BataviaJan 05, 2020 6:29 am - Tom Freeman makes it sound like a bit of an epiphany when saying he and his wife, Bridget Johnson, walked out of Briana's Pancake House in Batavia one morning last fall ...
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Seniors can learn tai chi to help arthritis, fall preventionJan 04, 2020 10:00 pm - The CDC estimates that more than one in four adults 65 years and older will fall each year. Out of these falls, one in five will result in serious injury, such as broken...
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Recalling some of the top 'Talk of the Town' topics in 2019Jan 03, 2020 5:00 am - "Talk of the Town" has made it through another year. It has again been a pleasure to bring readers in the Tri-Cities, and surrounding areas, information about their frie...
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2019's most notable suburban crimesJan 03, 2020 5:00 am - A mass shooting at an Aurora factory, a heartbreaking conclusion to a case of a missing Crystal Lake boy, a 25-year sentence for a South Barrington cold case homicide; t...
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Advocate Sherman Hospital welcomes first baby of 2020Jan 02, 2020 10:00 pm - Mary and Charles Bernardi welcomed their third child, Caleb Alexander Bernardi, to the world at 12:33 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 1, at Advocate Sherman Hospital in Elgin. ...
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Area child in need of life-saving transplantJan 02, 2020 10:00 pm - With the cost of a life-saving transplant often exceeding $800,000, most transplant families are unable to shoulder that financial burden. The Children's Organ Transpla...
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A taste of what's to come - 9 suburban restaurants opening in 2020Jan 02, 2020 5:00 am - While we all have our favorite local restaurants, most of us crave variety - and the chance to check out new places. Many new suburban restaurants threw open their doors...