Maple Park
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Marking its 100th (sort of)Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Elgin Mayor Earle Kelley addresses a crowd at the Audubon Museum during Elgin Days on Aug. 2, 1929. The Elgin Audubon Society operated the museum from the 1920s to the 1...
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Making sacrifices to make others happyOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Ten-year-old Matt Rice was busy Saturday morning, making picture frames at Pritchett Elementary School in Buffalo Grove to be given as presents to people he doesn't even...
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Library speaker gives job seekers sage adviceOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - If you are on the hunt for a new job, take some care when walking that networking minefield. That's what Scott Kane of Gray Hair Management, a senior executives job-sear...
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New business drives you, and your car, home from barOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A few weekends ago, Catherine Niehaus was out for drinks with a friend in South Barrington. The 42-year-old mom was having a good time -- so good she started ...
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'Making out like bandits for a good cause'Oct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Prized sports collectibles were auctioned off Saturday at Elgin Community College to raise money for cancer research. A basketball signed by the University of Tennessee ...
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Chapter 6: Administrator pay vs. teacher payOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Teachers get fewer apples from students these days, but their paychecks now more than compensate for the loss. Between 1998 and 2006, the average teacher pay in 94 subur...
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Uncertain future between Neumann Homes, GilbertsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Neumann Homes' announcement this week that it will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy means an uncertain future for an agreement between the homebuilder, the village of Gilb...
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Pastor's travels lead him to prison ministryOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Rev. Barry Kolb of Lord of Life Lutheran Church in LaFox was on a plane recently when a stranger asked him what he did for a living. "I said, 'What day of the week i...
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Geneva wants to hear from youOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Perhaps you've spent many a summery Saturday afternoon perusing the goods at boutiques up and down Third Street. Or enjoyed a special-occasion dinner at Isabella's Estia...
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Guardian Angles gives timely donationOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - With the financial cupboard for the Shelter Assistance Committee just about bare, the agency's president, Barney Quandt, said a fund-raiser organized by Guardian Angels ...