Green Oaks
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Arrival of pigs may be climax to long Island Lake sagaNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - "The pigs are coming," says Bob Wargaski, beaming like a soon-to-be proud parent. The Wauconda Township man is ready to start a hog farm, meant to spite neighboring Isla...
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Holiday celebrations light up the suburbsNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - If the day after Thanksgiving marks the beginning of the Christmas season, Chicago's suburbs don't waste any time starting their celebrations. So bring the family togeth...
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The real reason for rising property taxesNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - In the next few weeks various taxing bodies in Lake County (schools, municipalities, townships, libraries, etc.) will be voting on resolutions which will set the dollar ...
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Not your stereotypical librarianNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Hugh Atkinson didn't look like the stereotypical librarian. He was a big, tall man, with red hair and handsome features. He wore a black patch over his right eye as the ...
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Libertyville's Friedman named top superintendent in IllinoisNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Parents, students and staff in Libertyville Elementary District 70 are as likely to see Supt. Mark Friedman out and about as behind a desk. Friedman's preference for fac...
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344 foreclosed homes auctioned at Rosemont eventNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - A large auction of foreclosed homes on Saturday in Rosemont showed there's still a lively interest in area real estate - at the right price. Two thousand people, includi...
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Buffalo Grove woman named Rhodes ScholarNov 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Northwestern University student Anna Yermakova was shocked to be named a Rhodes Scholar on Sunday -- especially since the Russian immigrant hadn't fully understood just ...
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Antioch Senior Center hosts Thanksgiving todayNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - If you had 110 people coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, you would start cooking early too. Paul Howard, director of the Antioch Senior Center, says the birds were ge...
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Briefs: Warehouse fire in LincolnshireNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - The Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Department battled an 11 a.m. fire in the warehouse of Parker Hannifin Corp. at 595 Schelter Road in Lincolnshire Friday. The warehouse ...
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Guilty verdicts in Buffalo Grove couple's stabbing deathsNov 21, 2008 10:00 pm - After three days of testimony and three hours of closing arguments and instructions, it took a Rolling Meadows jury a little more than 41/2 hours to find Robert Young gu...