Oak Brook
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State national guardsmen off to trainingAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the noonday sun beat down upon the football field at East Aurora High School Saturday, Liza Calabrese-Carnagio of Aurora walked toward her seat in the grandstand. She...
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Tomatoes hitting full stride?Aug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Your tomatoes are hitting full stride. Seemingly endless branches of zucchini leaves sprawl across your garden. But there are areas of empty soil, spaces vacated by your...
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Deals abound at yard saleAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - A faux Christmas tree towered above Virginia Rowell's head Saturday and she decided she just had to have it. "I live in a log house, with a cathedral ceiling," she said,...
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As Chicago prepares bid, hotels scrambleAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - As the Beijing Olympics unfold, the people working to bring the Games to Chicago in 2016 are nearing a vital goal - with the helps of the suburbs. Chicago Olympic commit...
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Economy sparking first-time gardenersAug 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Stocks are down, gas and food prices are up. Taxes are taking a bigger bite for some and others are hit by job loss. But many this summer have found a creative, and deli...
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Briefs: Wolf's Crossing to closeAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Wolf's Crossing Road on Aurora's far east side will be closed from Eola/Heggs Road east to Hoffman Boulevard starting Wednesday, for road reconstruction. The closure is ...
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Naperville mourns Marine, soldier killed overseasAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Naperville is in mourning this weekend as two families with ties to the city grapple with the deaths of a Marine serving in Afghanistan and a soldier stationed in Iraq. ...
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Betts, Naperville park board just couldn't make relationship workAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Daniel Betts and Naperville Park District leaders hardly unpacked from the honeymoon before realizing their marriage wasn't meant to be. Neither side wanted to point fin...
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Jury: Oak Brook didn't discriminate against disabledAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - A federal jury ruled Friday that Oak Brook leaders did not discriminate against disabled individuals when they rejected a DuPage Housing Authority proposal to turn an ol...
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Streamwood man strives for new veterans political groupAug 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Fred Hossfeld has a dream that the nation's veterans organize themselves politically into a group whose interests could not be ignored by politicians. The Streamwood res...