Port Barrington
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Power outage swamps suburban ERsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Storm-related injuries have packed suburban emergency rooms this week, as people seek treatment for problems like tree branch cuts, overexertion and carbon monoxide pois...
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Help ‘Stuff the Bus’ for D300 studentsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300 will again cram backpacks filled with school supplies into a school bus to benefit homeless students in the district. The district is holdin...
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Naqvi bids farewell to suburbsJul 14, 2011 12:00 am - I recently visited Cesar Vega, also known as Inca de la Vega, at his home in Del Webb’s Sun City, Huntley. Vega is an artist who works in a variety of mediums, including...
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Power slowly but surely returning, ComEd officials saidJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - ComEd officials said they are slowly and deliberately working to restore power to the hundreds of thousands that were plunged into the dark when storms hit Monday mornin...
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D300 going ‘Into the Woods’Jul 13, 2011 12:00 am - District 300 students going
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Windy storm beat, didn't kill, corn cropJul 13, 2011 12:00 am - Monday's storm, with its 60-plus mph winds, didn't just fell trees and power lines. It also did a number on some cornfields, flattening stalks. But local sweet corn grow...
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Cary looking into economic development, artsJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - Cary officials are looking into the possibility of creating an economic development committee and an arts commission, after such bodies were disbanded years ago. Busines...
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Fox Valley cooling centers open amid heat concernsJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - With many in the North and Northwest suburbs still without electricity Tuesday, crews from ComEd and public works labored to clear roadways and restore power amid concer...
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Smoke evacuates Crystal Lake nursing homeJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - A Crystal Lake nursing home was evacuated late Tuesday afternoon when an overheated generator began filling the basement with black smoke, according to fire officials. F...
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Grocery giveaway puts local farming in the spotlightJul 11, 2011 12:00 am - It’s the in thing nowadays to know more about where your food comes from (other than the supermarket). And there is much criticism of the way food is produced in the Uni...