Maple Park
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The ducks can't race, so kids help outSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - A family of real ducks was swimming and bobbing for food Saturday afternoon on the Fox River while their rubber cousins were raising money elsewhere. Because the Fox Riv...
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New Elgin cafe capturesSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - It's only natural that Lana Vlahakis and her business partner Brenda Hyde would open their own restaurant. That's because both women, who have opened the Pickle Barrel C...
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No sneezing at sick daysSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - 'Tis the season to be sneezin.' We've hit the height of allergy season, leaving many hay fever sufferers rubbing their eyes and never too far from a tissue box. Symptoms...
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Batavia woman hopes to be in bookstore near youSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Four years at Batavia High School and four years at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, prepared Gina Olszowski for a job as an art director for an ad agency. But the ...
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Smith, Jacobs claim third straight D-C titleSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Annie Smith likes facing Dundee-Crown early in the season. The sentiment from the Chargers is the same for Jacobs' No. 1 singles girls tennis player. Both sides felt tha...
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Elgin police take four into custody after shots firedSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Four people are in police custody after shots were fired Saturday morning in Elgin, police said. Elgin police were called to Hastings Street and Illinois Avenue at 11:44...
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Walk aims to reclaim the peace in ElginSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Neighbors on Elgin's near-east side say they have had enough gang violence and are reclaiming their streets for peace with a special walk this Friday. A Walk for Peace, ...
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The Shanghai, an Elgin mainstaySep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - "Just about everybody in Elgin knew my family and our restaurant," remembered Sam Yee, whose parents began a longtime stint as the owners of the Shanghai Restaurant begi...
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Carpentersville to mark 120 years with fest, paradeSep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - The village of Carpentersville will host a parade and Autumn Fest today to celebrate the village's 120th anniversary. Participants in the parade will begin lining up at ...
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3 killed in crash west of HuntleySep 08, 2007 11:00 pm - Three young men were killed and two were critically injured when their car crashed about 3:30 a.m. Saturday west of Huntley. Ayush Joshi, 20, of Hoffman Estates and Zoha...