Northfield
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Beaubien’s political pathJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Beaubien was appointed to the House in October of 1996 to fill a vacancy for Wauconda Republican Al Salvi, who left office as he was waging a campaign for U.S. Senate. ...
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Water main break slows Streamwood trafficJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - A water main break in Streamwood slowed traffic on South Park Boulevard as crews worked to fix the problem early Monday. Bartlett police officers assisted Streamwood jus...
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Des Plaines police warn of home invasion scamsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines police are warning senior citizens to beware of scams involving men who represent themselves as electric company employees after two recent home invasions. O...
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Author's job of balancing nature and suburbs mirrors ThoreauJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - When author Tom Montgomery Fate talks about working on his new book during one of his solitary nights in the cabin his family helped build in the Michigan woods, it's ea...
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Chronic distracted driver, crossing guard know texting dangers firsthandJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Mary Aguilar runs a pet service out of her home and spends four hours a day driving to those appointments. Her contacts call her cellphone to book her, often while she's...
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Budget impasse could cost 52,000 jobs, halt road projectsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Road and bridge construction projects around the suburbs could be halted this summer — along with 52,000 jobs statewide — if lawmakers don't return to Springfield to app...
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Attempted robbery at Des Plaines hotelJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - A masked man dressed in black, holding a gun demanded money from an employee at the Comfort Inn O'Hare in Des Plaines, but left empty-handed less than a minute later, ac...
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Undaunted Donner makes the final cut with ProspectJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - LOVES PARK — There was a surge of joy that went through Prospect senior Kurt Donner as Monday’s final pitch from Jack Landwehr crashed into his catcher’s mitt. “I went c...
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Elgin’s U-46 to unveil new-look report cardsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - “Talks too much in class.” “Contributes frequently to class discussions.” Those are the kind of formulaic phrases parents are used to seeing on elementary school report ...
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Elementary teacher brings the Arctic to ElginJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Answering the question “Where did you grow up?” can be complicated for Ani Smith. The answer is a list rather than a single place: Urbana, India, Indonesia, Arizona. Smi...