Palatine
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Begin campaign to cut wastefulnessJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Much has been said by our campaigning politicians about conserving energy and saving the environment. Why must we Americans wait for government mandates to help us? Ins...
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Briefs: New chief for SchaumburgJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Schaumburg police Cmdr. Dirk Christiansen has been appointed the department's the new chief of staff. He replaces Michael Prafke, who's retiring after 30 years on the fo...
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More veterans taking Honor FlightJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Joanne Warkentien of West Dundee has special reason to be looking skyward today. Her dad, Edward Bednarczyk, 82, of Western Springs, is on board the second Chicago Honor...
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'Shred America' crew logs 500 miles so farJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Shred America skateboarders are now about two-thirds of the way to their destination, New York City. On Tuesday, the suburban four-man crew was 25 miles southeast of...
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Paratransit users expand lawsuit against PaceJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Pace paratransit users in Chicago displeased with cost increases and service problems are expanding the scope of a lawsuit filed in federal court. The legal action claim...
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Longtime Vernon Area library director dies after cancer battleJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Robert "Allen" Meyer, the veteran director of the Vernon Area Public Library in Lincolnshire, died Sunday after a seven-month battle with cancer. Mr. Meyer died at his B...
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Cook Co. networking calendarJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - To have an event listed in this calendar, e-mail the details at least two weeks in advance of the event or registration deadline to nbrcalendar@dailyherald.com. Please p...
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Barrington, Harper singers team upJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - The Summer Olympics may not start until August, but Olympic fever has hit the Northwest suburbs. Two of the area's choirs leave for Beijing this week to perform in a se...
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Another infestation to battleJun 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Movie crews aren't coming to Evelyn Holzman's backyard in an unincorporated area between Elgin and Hoffman Estates. But if they did, she believes they would have the per...
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Barrington parents forming special needs groupJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - Several Barrington-area parents of students with special needs want others in the community to know they're there to help. The parents are forming Barrington Area Specia...