Northfield
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Seniors aren’t to blame for U.S. debtNov 24, 2011 4:00 am - To Bill Hartman: I read your letter in the Herald (Nov. 8) and I think you better start checking things out on Social Security and Medicare before you start telling “Gra...
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Let the ball courts be silent this seasonNov 24, 2011 2:00 am - Let me ask, do you miss the NBA season so far? Does it concern you that it looks like the NBA 2011-2012 season will not happen due to greed from both sides of the aisle?...
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Iraq, Iran refugees part of Hawthorn Woods dinnerNov 24, 2011 12:00 am - Roughly 95 guests, including refugees from the Middle East, enjoyed turkey with all the trimmings as part of a fifth annual community Thanksgiving at St. Matthew Luthera...
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Nearly 2,000 in Fox and the Turkey runs in BataviaNov 24, 2011 12:00 am - Nearly 2,000 runners prepared for their Thanksgiving feast by getting up early and taking part in the Fox and the Turkey 4-Mile and Youth Mile races Thursday morning in ...
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Hundreds gather at Hemmens for Elgin community dinnerNov 24, 2011 12:00 am - Elgin's Sampson and Saenz families had never met before Thursday, not hard to do in a city of 108,000, but Thursday afternoon they shared Thanksgiving dinner. Both famil...
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Wake, funeral set for Maggie DaleyNov 23, 2011 11:00 pm - A longtime aide to Richard Daley says the former mayor has been reflective in the day since his wife's death. Jacquelyn Heard said Friday that Richard Daley was "emotion...
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Bartlett family of four pleads guilty to drug chargesNov 23, 2011 6:00 am - Four members of a Bartlett family probably will never forget Thanksgiving 2011 — the holiday they all became convicted felons. Rick Schoenwolf, 50; his wife Kimberly, 4...
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Several factors offset pension liabilityNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - Mike Riopell’s article titled “Do pension ads tell the real story?” was enlightening. However, like every article written about the Illinois pension problem, it misses a...
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State’s paying plenty into pensionsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - With all the rhetoric regarding the state of Illinois not paying its fair amount toward its public pension obligations, I decided I would have a look at the numbers myse...
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Include service record in obitsNov 23, 2011 5:00 am - I am a habitual reader of the obituaries and have noticed that, like many others, we are losing our veterans at an appalling rate. Veterans of Word War II, Korea and Vie...