Northfield
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One injured during fireworks safety demonstrationJul 03, 2012 1:40 pm - Laura Barros didn’t mince words. “It hurts,” the assistant executive director of the Mount Prospect-based Illinois Fire Safety Alliance said after suffering a third-degr...
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Latest status of fireworks shows in the suburbsJul 03, 2012 1:00 pm - Carol Stream is the latest suburbs to cancel its Fourth of July parade and fireworks display. Rick Gieser of the Carol Stream July Fourth Parade Committee made the annou...
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Dawn Patrol: Thousands without power; fireworks updateJul 03, 2012 5:00 am - Thousands could be without power until late Wednesday, or Thursday Tens of thousands of ComEd customers remain without power in the wake of Sunday's storm, which kn...
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Restoration of ComEd power could take daysJul 02, 2012 6:51 pm - Though ComEd crews have been working steadily to restore power to the approximately 250,000 customers affected by Sunday’s storms, it could take a couple more days to co...
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Raises create challenge for Cook County’s 2013 budgetJul 02, 2012 5:23 pm - Pay raises ranging between 6 percent and 8.5 percent for the majority of Cook County employees this year are creating budget challenges for 2013. Cook County Board Presi...
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Downstate clerks want to defend gay marriage banJul 02, 2012 5:02 pm - Two county clerks from downstate Illinois have asked a judge for permission to do what Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez and Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madi...
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Mitzvah Mayhem coming Aug. 12 to Congregation Beth JudeaJul 02, 2012 4:00 pm - PJ Library's Mitzvah Mayhem is coming on Sunday, August 12 from 10–11:30 a.m.! Come participate in family-friendly chesed (kindness) projects to benefit the community, ...
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Barrington to save $100,000 on water mainJul 02, 2012 2:16 pm - Barrington expects to save about $100,000 from what was budgeted on the imminent replacement of its 114-year-old water main underneath Lake-Cook Road. Village trustees e...
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Elgin man accused of payday loan hold-ups across suburbsJul 02, 2012 10:22 am - A 38-year-old Elgin man is charged with a slew of armed robberies of short-term loan stores and other establishments, including six in Elgin, after being arrested by Aur...
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Dawn Patrol: Heat sticks, Cubs win, Sox loseJul 02, 2012 5:00 am - Storm knocks out power to thousands More than 150,000 ComEd customers remained without power as of late last night, while the utility company says it might not be f...