North Aurora
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Annual festival a Dickens of a good time in the DundeesDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - While last year's Dickens in Dundee festival was almost sabotaged by a foot of snow, this year's festivities were able to avoid -- for the most part -- the first major s...
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Moving special-needs preschoolers still on options menu in District 300Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - An unpopular proposal to move special-needs preschoolers to make room for east-side kindergartners remains on the menu of options Community Unit District 300 administrat...
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How to choose the right builderDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Buying a home can be risky business unless you know what to look for in the way of quality. This means determining if a builder is reputable, identifying solid interior ...
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Leadership, not insults, needed at countyDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - The rhetoric of Cook County politics has never been particularly inspiring, but it reached Jerry Springer-like depths last week, as commissioners sought in vain ways to ...
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Dinner and a show at MitsuwaDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Hundreds of people crowded Saturday into Mitsuwa Marketplace in Arlington Heights. The draw? A rare chance to see a fresh 400-pound bluefin tuna carved into sashimi. Cam...
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Local band makes jazz, funk academicDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Improvisational jam/jazz/funk isn't a typical genre for a band made up of young college students. Then again, most suburban garage bands don't have multiple members taki...
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Batavia bicyclist taking rides of a lifetimeDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Paul Carpenter is always pushing himself to go further. An 8-mile bicycle ride. Then a 30. Then a 100. And in September, the Batavia resident entered his first 500-mile ...
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Storm pelts suburbs with snow, iceDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Motorists slipped and slid on hazardous roadways, hundreds of flights were canceled at two major Chicago airports, and thousands of people were without power Saturday as...
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Naperville company's elf site gains worldwide followingDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - You can Elf Yourself. Again. Office Max returns this year with the free Web site, www.ElfYourself.com, where you can scan in your photo, attach it to a dancing elf and s...
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Campton Hills adopts first land-use planDec 01, 2007 10:00 pm - Campton Hills trustees set the table this week for future development along Route 47 and in downtown Wasco with the approval of the new municipality's first comprehensiv...