Hawthorn Woods Opinion
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Great sales job on terrible highwayOct 17, 2015 1:00 am - The Rt. 53 extension has been presented artfully and with great public relations prowess as primarily a traffic congestion relief plan. The recently published Land Use ...
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Editorial: Patience, good will help close river trail dealOct 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Lake County Forest Preserve District officials soon will cut the ribbon on the long-awaited completion of one of the agency's most popular attractions that's been decade...
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Editorial: U of I wrong home for renowned postcard archivesOct 13, 2015 11:00 pm - Picture postcards were the pre-Facebook way to brag about your vacation to people who were stuck back at home or in the office. Some showed dramatic landscapes or points...
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Budget impasse brutal to service providersSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - As we begin the third month of a budget impasse in Springfield, United Way of Lake County would like to call our state leaders' attention to the very real disruption the...
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Alternatives are better than Rt. 53 extensionAug 31, 2015 1:00 am - Leave it to Illinois politicians to want to spend billions of your dollars to build a new tollway when simply taking care of our existing roads and widening them in a fe...
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Editorial: Eliminating late fees an intriguing step for librariesAug 17, 2015 1:00 pm - The days of libraries charging patrons 10-cent-a-day fines for overdue books may be heading for history's scrap heap. At least two suburban libraries say the model no lo...
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Did you show your patriotism on July 4?Jul 07, 2015 1:00 am - To everyone who felt proud enough of their country to put their American flag out on Saturday, thank you. To everyone else - really? Gail Margarites Hawthorn Woods ...
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How to narrow the skills gapJun 15, 2015 1:00 am - It seems that we continually hear of good-paying jobs that go unfilled. Are these reports true? In an economy with slow growth, can jobs really go begging? The sad answe...
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Editorial: More innovation from community colleges, NIUJun 14, 2015 11:00 pm - Community colleges may still have a way to go before establishing their own four-year degree programs, but five suburban community colleges took a step last week that es...
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Signs in the news of nation in declineJun 11, 2015 1:00 am - Having just returned from more than six months away from Illinois and very little time for following the news, I opened Thursday's Daily Herald to learn that the Honorab...