Lisle Opinion
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Soapbox: Get tribute to fallen soldier doneSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - In the course of reporting the effort to get a Warrenville post office renamed for Jeffrey Allen Williams a number of points became apparent. First, Williams died for h...
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Soapbox: Circle talks can live onSep 07, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora's Study Circles program officially disbanded last week, a decade after it was formed to promote diversity awareness. In the end, leaders said it was too hard to c...
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Proposals that threaten the U.S.Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Proposals that threaten the U.S. Have you ever heard of the "North American Union"? Neither did I until earlier this year. Have you ever heard of the "NAFTA Superhighway...
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Small price to avoid big problemAug 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Yes, $90,000 is a lot of money, as Aurora Ald. Rick Lawrence notes. But it pales in comparison with, say, a potential $9 million lawsuit, as Mayor Tom Weisner also notes...
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Fire hookup too costly for condosAug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Recently the village of Lisle adopted a life safety code mandate that will require all multiple family dwellings within the village to be directly hooked up to the local...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...
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Nature hit hard, but got no 10-countAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Nature hit us hard with a variety of vicious blows. Last week, rain came down inch after agonizing inch, flooding streets, homes and businesses. A tornado touched down b...
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Fans singing for a chance at 7th heavenAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - As a kid growing up in Arlington Heights, Matt Shepardson dreamed of stepping up to home plate at Wrigley Field and launching a Ryne Sandberg-esque home run as C...
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Praying for an end to cruel abortionAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - It is a sad day in America -- in our community -- when under the guise of caring for women's health, another abortion clinic will soon open in DuPage County. Recently, ...
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Metra needs money to keep runningAug 19, 2007 11:00 pm - So ridership keeps going up on Metra and more and more suburban commuters are opting for trains rather than cars in this era of high gas prices and increasing road conge...