Port Barrington
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Weather's been rough on gardens, crops -- but there's hopeAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - By this time in a typical summer, you'd be politely refusing the offer of even more tomatoes from well-intentioned neighbors. For many home gardeners, the cupboard may b...
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Bus drivers reject paying red-light ticketsAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Bus drivers are suing the Pace suburban transit agency to get out of paying tickets issued by red-light cameras. The $100 tickets sent in the mail by red-light camera co...
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Pace paratransit fares hikedAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Chicago area transit officials hiked fares on special service for the disabled Thursday to help cover a $20 million budget shortfall. Riders on Pace's paratransit servic...
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Cops didn't frame former death row inmate, jury saysAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - For a dozen years McHenry County Undersheriff Gene Lowery and two former colleagues have lived with allegations they framed an innocent man for the murder of his parents...
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District 158 changes course on special edAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - So much can change in a week. When I left for a vacation in Yellowstone National Park, the administration in Huntley Unit District 158 had recommended spending just half...
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Fox Valley briefsAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Fair housing seminar planned Prairie State Legal Services and the Pioneer Center will host a seminar from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 3 at 4031 Dayton Street, McHenry, t...
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Cary District 26 to cut funds for activitiesAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Among the after-school offerings at Cary's Prairie Hill Elementary School is a journalism club where budding Bob Woodwards can sharpen their writing and reporting skills...
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Algonquin Hunger Hustle to help stock local food pantryAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - It's time to do the hustle - the Hunger Hustle - in Algonquin. The inaugural 5K, scheduled for Aug. 30, will raise food and money for the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fo...
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Bean open to government-run insurance optionAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean told suburbanites Wednesday she isn't certain if she will vote for President Barack Obama's health care plan because "the devil is in the details....
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Tornado destroys trees, cars in Elburn as storms rake areaAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - It took less than 10 minutes for a tornado to rip through Elburn Wednesday night, shearing trees all over Frank and Delores Hudkins' front yard and dumping them onto the...