Island Lake
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Proposal to limit municipal primaries faces oppositionSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Provisions in an already controversial Senate bill sent to the governor's desk likely would reduce the number of municipal primary elections. "That particular provision...
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Liberians safe from forced return, for nowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph Dahnweih couldn't go back. Time had taught him that. With an ailing wife and little hope of work in a country where eight of 10 people are unemployed, Dahnweih kn...
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U-46, teachers agree on contractSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - After nearly 180 hours of negotiations, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers have hammered out a tentative three-year deal, officials said Saturday. The prev...
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Treasury of handmade warmthSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The first time Joan Todd tried her hand at quilting, she made a pillow for a fundraiser at Elgin's First United Methodist Church. She was so pleased with the results tha...
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Firefighters warn of halogen lamp hazard after fire in N. BarringtonSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Firefighters are warning residents to turn off halogen lamps when they are not in use after a preliminary investigation showed a lamp started a fire in a North Barringto...
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Heritage Fest scheduleSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The annual festival wraps up today from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Grafelman Park and in downtown West Dundee. For details, visit www.west-dundee.il.us. SUNDAY 8 to 11 a.m. Dun...
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You paid for all the food, and state's attorney office ate itSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - You can easily see the white boutonniere that has become McHenry County State's Attorney Lou Bianchi's signature trademark. Much less visible -- but far more costly to t...
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Buffalo Grove congregation compiles care packages for soldiersSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Every month, a devoted group of 60 members of Buffalo Grove's Congregation Beth Am get together to send soldiers overseas a bit of home in a project they call Operation ...
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Casinos want their smokesSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- A statewide smoking ban has yet to snuff a single cigarette and already repeal efforts are afoot at the Capitol. The gambling industry is actively lobbyin...
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West Dundee's Heritage Fest expects 7,000 over three daysSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Civil War reenacting runs in Naperville native Bill Birzetis' family. His father portrayed a colonel in the Union Army, with a blue jacket and an eagle on either shoulde...