Port Barrington
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Suburban colleges try to get kids college-readyOct 10, 2011 12:00 am - Too many students are graduating high school without the skills needed to take on college-level course work, local educators and national statistics say. While community...
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Extending tax deal pushes Sears awayOct 09, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300, one of the largest school districts in Illinois by area, covers 118 square miles and reaches into 15 municipalities in Kane, McHenry, Cook a...
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Extend ‘el’ all the way to HuntleyOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - In response to the proposed tollway increases, I would like to know: If the increases are to rebuild the tollway, why are we repaving the tollway now; why not wait until...
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Time for Sears to pay fair shareOct 08, 2011 5:03 am - I’m deeply disappointed in the attempts by legislators to extend the Sears economic development agreement and the lack of transparency in how the tax breaks have been us...
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More District 158 students took AP exams last yearOct 08, 2011 12:00 am - A record number of high school students in Huntley Unit District 158 took advantage of Huntley High School’s extensive offerings of Advanced Placement courses in the 201...
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Surges adds to GOP options in 33rd State Senate raceOct 07, 2011 5:00 am - As Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker began speaking at a recent political action committee dinner, Cliff Surges felt his jaw drop and a fire begin to burn inside. Walker told ...
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Man injured by stone cutter at Lakemoor companyOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - A 34-year-old man was injured after being impaled by a stone cutting drill bit while working at a Lakemoor stone company, officials say. The unidentified man was working...
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Nothing wrong with feeding baby formulaOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - In reference to the Sept. 26 article. “Do hospital freebies undermine breast-feeding?,” it would be a shame if hospitals got rid of these free samples of formula. Not ev...
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McHenry County Board green lights levy increaseOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - The McHenry County Board has given the county administrator the green light to proceed with a 1.5-percent increase in the 2011 property tax levy. That would amount to ab...
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Mercy opponents: Smaller hospital still not neededOct 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Although Mercy Health System has presented a scaled-back plan to build a hospital in Crystal Lake with only 70 beds, the plan's detractors — and there are many — say tha...