Northfield
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Barrington lake is for the birdsMay 16, 2011 1:00 am - Citizens for Conservation and Audubon invite residents to join the celebration of Baker’s Lake Saturday, May 21, as an Important Bird Area. The event, which begins at 2 ...
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Des Plaines will see less casino revenue than expectedMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Des Plaines will be getting considerably less revenue from its new casino in its first year of operation than previously estimated. Originally, city officials anticipat...
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Fast train to Detroit a waste of fundsMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Herald reports that Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announces that $404 million has been allocated by the federal government to go “toward increasing (train) spe...
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Elgin’s Red Bar Winery open for businessMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Red Bar Winery customers can finally drink wine with their dinner once again, after the Elgin business spent more than two weeks without a liquor license. But for now, c...
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ECC board approves new deal for facultyMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Most Elgin Community College instructors are in line for modest raises under a new three-year deal ratified Monday. Tensions had escalated over a proposed salary freeze ...
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One language should be our goalMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Shame on you, Daily Herald. What a surprise to find in my “English speaking community” daily paper a photograph with a heading in Spanish. (The May 5 article is on page ...
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Police: Trio might be involved in previous burglaries at same Huntley salonMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Three people from Chicago’s South Side have been charged with Sunday’s burglary of a Huntley nail salon. Police also have linked two of the three to an April 21 burglary...
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Elgin-based band plays its first Chicago showMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - The Elgin-based band The Reverends had a big night a few weeks ago. They played their first Chicago show at Reggie’s Rock Club on May 1, part of a concert that featured ...
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Durbin’s approach on fuel taxes faultyMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Well, well, our esteemed senior senator, Dick Durbin (D-Labor Unions), has come up with another brilliant idea. He wants to eliminate “tax breaks” for big oil. Apparentl...
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Pulling a firetruck in Des Plaines for charityMay 16, 2011 12:00 am - Faith may move mountains, but charity can enable people to drag a 40-ton fire truck across a suburban parking lot. On a chilly, rainy Sunday afternoon, this was demonstr...