Port Barrington
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Sheryl Crow announces local showsFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Tickets for two local concerts by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Sheryl Crow go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 25. Crow will headline at Waukegan's Genesee The...
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Innovation and school consolidationFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - The suburbs are home to loads of public school systems. Just under 300 of them, all told, located here in the six-county area around Chicago. That represents about a thi...
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Franks is fiscal hawkFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - I read the Northwest Herald's Jan. 22 assessment of the “Granny Tax” recently imposed by our tax hungry state legislature and agree that our state needs to explore other...
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Onstage: 'Au Pair Man' revivalFeb 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Comedy of manners Donna Steele and Jim Poole star as a wealthy English woman and her Irish boy-toy in Steel Beam Theatre's revival of Hugh Leonard's “The Au Pair Ma...
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Giordano’s files for bankruptcyFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Chicago-based deep-dish pizza chain Giordano’s Enterprises Inc. filed for bankruptcy Wednesday. Giordano’s said it has “an urgent and immediate need for cash to continue...
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Dist. 300 lists programs on chopping blockFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - Parents of special education students in Community Unit District 300 said a school board work session to discuss proposed budget cuts, including the elimination of nine ...
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Revoke licenses of bad docsFeb 17, 2011 12:00 am - I want to commend State Representative Jack Franks for introducing legislation to protect your constituents and all Illinoisans. Rep. Franks recently filed legislation t...
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Health plan renewals go well, but quandaries remainFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - Political caterwauling aside, the first round of health benefit policy renewals under the Obama administration’s reform legislation seems to have gone reasonably well. ...
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7-Eleven taking over tollway gas station operationsFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - ExxonMobil has sold its lease agreement for the 13 fueling stations and convenience stores at the seven Illinois tollway oases to 7-Eleven for an undisclosed amount. Tol...
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Romance at work has new rules in CaryFeb 16, 2011 11:00 pm - It seems that rules regarding love in the workplace are as contagious as love in February. The village of Cary now has a policy governing romantic or sexual relationship...