Maple Park
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Fact or fiction? Time to sort out all the rumorsJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Sometimes the rumor mill just plain old runs amok. Just ask Spring Hill Mall officials. The rumor -- let me repeat, the RUMOR -- that Elgin Community College is buying ...
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Pingree Grove circles trafficJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Pingree Grove is going the roundabout way when it comes to correcting and beautifying an intersection. Construction of a traffic circle, slated for the "confusing" cross...
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Giving Garden hopes to top last year's harvestJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Tomatoes still look like teeny marbles. Bunches of broccoli are just starting to form. Lettuce, though, is going strong. It's still early, but the vegetable gardening se...
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Get your fill of hobbies, large and small at My Eclectic MessJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - When you are constantly dealing with "a little bit of this, and a little bit of that" it might dawn on you that it's all just an eclectic mess. Beth Oberle is so ingrain...
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Curtain falls on Elgin outdoor filmsJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Last summer, Mary Ellen Goodwill had a blast with her family watching and singing along to "The Wizard of Oz" at Elgin's Festival Park. Families on blankets and lawn cha...
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No repressing ChristianityJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - As recently as 2004, Christians were being jailed, tortured and even killed for openly practicing their religion. There was, and still is, a state-sanctioned church, but...
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Painted rain barrels spruce up yard and are good for the environmentJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - "Slide down my rain barrel, And through my cellar door. And we'll be jolly friends, Forevermore, more." - Old traditional song If Geneva's Natural Resources Committee h...
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Bringing Big Brothers Big Sisters back to Fox ValleyJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Around five years ago, a program that made a real difference in the lives of children as well as adults was suspended in the Fox Valley area for a really bogus reason. ...
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Shedding her locks again for Locks of LoveJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - We've all heard the cliché: Give em' an inch and they'll take a mile. Devin Perucco, a 9-year-old from unincorporated Elgin, hopes to give 10 inches to make a smile. For...
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Sealed bid auction set for Eagle Brook home in GenevaJun 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Paul Demik, a principal of Schaumburg-based DK Realty Partners LLC, will conduct a sealed bid auction of a custom-built executive home in the Eagle Brook Country Club co...