Northbrook
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Time for librarians to leave desks, feel pulse of communityMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - "The world will change with or without you." These were the opening words of Stephen Abram in a recent speech at the North Suburban Library System. Abram, president of...
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Conference aims to shed light on Crohn'sMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - High school senior Ally Bain is having a tough time deciding what college to attend this fall because she doesn't want to lose contact with someone very important to her...
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The middleman between kill shelters and suburban no-kill sheltersMar 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Trembling in the back of a metal cage, an almost bald purebred wire-haired terrier holds the center of attention at a downstate animal pound. Dumped by its owners along...
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From Maxwell Street scavenger to millionaireMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - William Kaper Jr. was 10 years old when he scavenged at the city dump at 31st Street and Cicero Avenue on Chicago's South Side. He could find just about anything -- a bi...
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Attend Shamrox game, aid cancer researchMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Firefighters can wear pink, and, tonight, the Hoffman Estates Fire Department will prove it. If you purchase a ticket for tonight's Chicago Shamrox lacrosse game at the ...
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Suburban voter turnout in Cook County highest in 20 yearsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Cook County Clerk David Orr's final report on the Feb. 5 primary confirms what was apparent on Primary Day: Suburban voters turned out in droves. Orr's office, which ove...
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Des Plaines' Riviera project needs more timeMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Citing the slumping housing market, a developer pitching a high-rise retirement community next to his Des Plaines restaurant wants a two-year extension for the project. ...
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Barrington chess club to be honoredMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - The children of Barrington's Chess Without Borders club are learning much more than the best way to secure that checkmate. For their charitable work, students in the clu...
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Portraits of true patriotsMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A moving exhibition of hand-drawn portraits of every Illinois serviceman and woman who has died in service since Sept. 11 made its way to the suburbs Friday. "Portrait o...
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In brief: O'Hare gets Elk Grove landMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - O'Hare gets Elk Grove land A Cook County judge on Friday signed off on an agreement that will give the city of Chicago its first piece of land in Elk Grove Village for a...