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DuPage parks, forest district reap state grantsApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Numerous area park and forest preserve districts will share roughly $18.2 million in grants that can be used to buy land or build amenities such as trails, playgrounds a...
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Neighbors in the newsApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - • The Naperville League of Women Voters awarded the Naperville Area Homeowners Confederation its Rosemary Martin Democracy in Action Award at a recent State of the Commu...
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District 200 students collect food, deliver pies in the faceApr 25, 2008 11:00 pm - It seems like a pie-in-the-sky dream that one middle school could collect enough food to feed 600 underprivileged people. For Wheaton's Franklin Middle School, the dream...
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Pinball would-be wizard's lament: For the days of Tropic IsleApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - One of my favorite childhood memories goes back to when I was 7 or 8 years old. My dad would take me with him to his Friday-night bowling league. While he bowled, I'd p...
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Pinball sales wizards leaving the businessApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - After 32 years as sellers of pinball machines, arcade-style video games, jukeboxes and other cool game room stuff, Paul and Ann Biechler are calling it quits. At 67, the...
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Sout African musician to perform concertApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - It's always nice if, while accomplishing a long-held goal, you can have a great time reaching it. That's what the students at Waubonsie Valley High School have planned f...
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Fire severely damages Naperville homeApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Naperville firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze this morning that caused extensive damage to a house at 1153 Greensfield in the northeast part of the city...
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Parent: We feel like a 'normal family' at autism walkApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - When you are the parent of a child with autism, you try not to let it take over your life. But it does. How could it not? There's the special diet. The speech and occup...
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Court says Neuqua student can wear anti-gay T-shirtApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Neuqua Valley sophomore Alex Nuxoll is free to wear his "Be Happy, Not Gay" T-shirt at the Naperville high school. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit this wee...
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Webmaster's advice for 'Idol': Let the bad inApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Something's wrong with "American Idol" this season, but that's all right with Dave Della Terza. The DuPage County resident and webmaster of votefortheworst.com -- a site...