North Aurora
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Even for maligned marathon, half-full glass close at handOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - If the Cubs could hit with men on base, the clear failings of this year's marathon would have been relegated to a front-page footnote. For the purposes of this column, I...
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Elgin to reimburse owner for building improvementsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin City Council on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to reimburse a business owner for building improvements. Council members agreed in principle to reimburse p...
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Briefs: District 300 bars nepotismOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - The Community Unit District 300 school board approved a policy this week that aims to prevent district employees from supervising family members who also work for the di...
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Ramadan nears endOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Area Muslims no longer have to call local mosque hotlines or check Web sites near midnight in anticipation of Eid ul-Fitr, the holiday following a month of fasting from ...
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Hate crimes increase a sign of racial tensionOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - A Lombard woman awakens to find a racial slur inscribed in bold red paint on the side of her home. Workers discover a hanging noose and graffiti containing the N-word in...
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'Dracula' offers chills, laughsOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Horrifying yet hilarious. Scary but sophisticated. Mary Kirkman of the Elgin Theatre Company uses all these words to describe the group's October production, "The House ...
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Parental consent proposal introduced in AuroraOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora city officials today got their first look at a proposal to require minors to obtain parental consent before receiving medical treatment. Alderman Rick Lawrence, w...
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Cuts are part of Kane County's budgetOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - Most Kane County departments would have to make cuts under a draft budget for next year reviewed Wednesday. County board finance committee Chairman John Noverini suggest...
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Man killed by Metra train in ElginOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - An unidentified man was killed by a Metra train Wednesday night at Kimball Street in Elgin. The train left the Big Timber station at 10:10 p.m. and was eastbound when th...
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A day at Delnor Hospital during Nurses WeekOct 10, 2007 11:00 pm - A middle-aged man faints twice at a train station. Another decides something just isn't right with the increasing discomfort in his gut. A slender young woman has a "wei...