Maple Park Opinion
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Leadership, not denial, needed in fight vs. gangsSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The city of Elgin knows how to fight gangs and violence. Or at least it used to. Winning takes neighborhood involvement and the full engagement of city hall, from the po...
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Soapbox: For children's sakeSep 14, 2007 11:00 pm - Earlier this week, police arrested a convicted sex offender in Glen Ellyn after he was accused of having sexual contact with a 16-year-old girl who lived in the same apa...
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Times, techniques change, but mission stays the sameSep 12, 2007 11:00 pm - We are, it appears, cursed to live in interesting times. There was a time when the "make money" portion of the Daily Herald's well-known three-pronged mission statement ...
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Wouldn't Betty Loren-Maltese Memorial Tollway be more apt?Sep 09, 2007 11:00 pm - You wouldn't name the Brookfield Zoo after Michael Vick, the official canine exterminator of the NFL. O'Hare International Airport isn't going to be renamed for the mayo...
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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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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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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...
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Soapbox: This aud-it do it in Dist. 303Aug 17, 2007 11:00 pm - A very good idea has emerged in the St. Charles school district, where officials have instructed auditors doing their annual work to break down and report specifically h...
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Wanted by disillusioned public: leadersAug 16, 2007 11:00 pm - While candidates and pundits wonder endlessly if a presidential wannabe is black enough or woman enough, too Mormon, too liberal or too conservative, voters and taxpaye...
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Emotion, conflict help put life in budget storiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Budget stories always present a quandary for newspapers. On one hand, tracking how governments spend tax money is one of the most important things we do in a democracy....