Lake Barrington Business
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Opening of world's fastest wooden coaster delayedMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - The grand opening of what's being billed as the world's fastest wooden roller coaster is on hold. Six Flags Great America spokeswoman Katy Enrique says the amusement par...
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Neighborhood feel the key to new restaurant venture in LibertyvilleMay 17, 2014 8:00 am - The former tenant moved weeks ago yet a hint of beer lingers in the air as a testament to one of most popular places to meet in Libertyville and among the longest contin...
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Robert D. Stuart Jr.: Former Quaker Oats CEO, ambassador remembered as 'great American leader”May 13, 2014 1:00 am - Lake Forest resident Robert D. Stuart Jr. — who spent 15 years as Quaker Oats Co.'s chief executive officer — is remembered for his service as a U.S. ambassador, philant...
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Direct Steel and Construction receives national awardMay 12, 2014 11:00 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 12, 2014 - A structure built by Direct Steel and Construction of Crystal Lake has been honored by Varco Pruden Buildings, one of the nation's largest...
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Work begins on job skills center in Hanover ParkMay 12, 2014 1:01 am - About 75 people attended a ceremony Monday to mark the beginning of construction on the Hanover Park Education and Work Center, which will make education and job assista...
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Downtown Libertyville prepares for another rail crossing shut downMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - As soon as the Metra rail crossing on busy Milwaukee Avenue in downtown Libertyville opened this week after being closed for five days of emergency work, drivers and obs...
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Will Walgreens move to Chicago?May 08, 2014 1:00 am - Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. talked to the state in January about potentially moving its headquarters to Chicago, even before shareholders urged the company to move to E...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...
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'Code Red': 5-day road closure looms in LibertyvilleApr 29, 2014 1:00 am - They are hoping for the best, but drivers, business owners, civic leaders and others in Libertyville are bracing for the five-day closure of Milwaukee Avenue at the down...