Northfield Schools
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Privacy puts limits on good-news coverageOct 30, 2008 11:00 pm - How careful is too careful? In these times, it's hard to tell. Last week, I was invited to Prairie View Elementary's mock presidential election. Organized and run by the...
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Battle of the bands to raise funds for Dist. 15 mini-grantsOct 29, 2008 11:00 pm - For nearly two decades, teachers have relied on the Palatine Township Elementary District 15 Educational Foundation to supplement funding and enhance programs not typica...
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Officials say strawberry Pop Rocks rumor is all fizzOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Worried you might find a potentially deadly packet of "candy" in your kid's Halloween bag? You're not alone. Hundreds of local school officials and parents have been fo...
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Elgin looks to shift cops to save on overtimeOct 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Rising officer overtime costs and a souring economy could lead to changes at the Elgin Police Department before the end of November. A proposal to save $750,000 on overt...
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Class 3A sectional previewOct 27, 2008 11:00 pm - At Rockford Boylan Today's semifinals: Round Lake (17-3-1) vs. Jacobs (13-7-4), 5 p.m.; Rockford Boylan (21-2-1) vs. Barrington (19-5-1), 7 p.m. Sectional final: Saturda...
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Prospect High band wins state titleOct 26, 2008 11:00 pm - A showdown between neighboring high school bands played out Saturday night, Oct. 25, at the University of Illinois' Memorial Stadium in Champaign. The marching bands fro...
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So what if it's fake? Students flock to voting boothsOct 24, 2008 11:00 pm - If voting rights were based on political knowledge and not age, Greg Wilk would be first in line to cast a ballot on Nov. 4. The Rolling Meadows senior reads every newsp...
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Dist. 211 students ensuring the pink won't fade awayOct 22, 2008 11:00 pm - It's been a year since breast cancer took Susan Mertes. It was a three-year battle for the Hoffman Estates woman, who'd watched four sons take the gridiron for Fremd Hig...
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Briefs: Two face animal cruelty chargeOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Two people were charged with cruel treatment to an animal the same day police were called to a Des Plaines apartment for a domestic disturbance and discovered marijuana....
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Schaumburg student arrested for halftime streakingOct 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A Schaumburg High School student was flagged by police at a Thursday night Powderpuff football game for what was deemed an inappropriate end zone celebration. Shane Lent...