Northbrook
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A mix of traditions at Hanover Park, Des Plaines eventsSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - At first glance, it looked like a polka that opened the folkloric dances and mariachi music Friday at the Mexican Independence Day celebration in Hanover Park. Women we...
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Deacon to relate effects of Rwandan genocideSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Gary Long saw firsthand the effects of genocide the citizens of Rwanda are still coping with. The St. Mary parish deacon visited the country last year as part of his wor...
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Author to visit Schaumburg LibrarySep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Children's author and illustrator Patricia Polacco will visit the Schaumburg Township District Library from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Rasmussen room, 130...
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First Arboretum stores openSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - About 2,500 shoppers proved their love for the smell of commerce in the morning Friday. That's the number of L.L. Bean customers who lined up for the grand opening of th...
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Des Plaines preparing for worstSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - The city of Des Plaines has gone into emergency mode as it prepares for what could be a worse flood than the record-breaking one in 1986. The city is offering sandbags a...
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Lost cat finds home in Mt. ProspectSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - A Mount Prospect woman reports a happy ending for a congenial 12-year-old cat named Buddy, left behind when his owners moved away from Bunting Lane. As reported here la...
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Briefs: Park commissioner injuredSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Streamwood Park District Commissioner Rich Janiec was reportedly doing well and recovering in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Alexius Medical Center in Hoffman Estates Fr...
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Barn owls invited to make a home at FermilabSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Screeches and hisses came out of little monkey-like faces of two barn owls Friday, as they were moved into their new home at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Bat...
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Support Seals in addition to ObamaSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - I listened to Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention and, for the first time since Bush took office, I'm hopeful about the future of our country. Bu...
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Metra hopes to weather year of increased expensesSep 12, 2008 11:00 pm - Just a few days after the Chicago Transit Authority sounded the alarm about budget troubles ahead, Metra is warning of growing expenses of its own for both capital and o...