Prospect Heights
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Hoffman Estates taxpayers footed the bill for Vegas tripJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - When taxpayers hear they're footing the bill for several local officials to spend four days in Las Vegas, eyebrows are bound to be raised. "When people hear it's Las Veg...
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Co-ops growing as demand for organic veggies risesJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Side dishes took on a whole new sense of urgency last year in the Riemer household. There was steamed squash, raw squash, squash in salads, squash mixed with other veget...
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R. Kelly lawyers trying to revive defenseJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - R. Kelly's attorney guided his electric scooter down a hallway outside the courtroom where his client is on trial for child pornography, exclaiming as he sped past sever...
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Flood watch issued as storms loomJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - For the third time in a year, residents along the Fox River and Chain O' Lakes are preparing for a flood. Officials at the National Weather Service have issued flood wa...
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Des Plaines church hosts Italian massJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - For a while, it looked like it would take a miracle for the final day of the feast of Santissimo Crocifiso di Ciminna to get off the ground. An entire day of outdoor eve...
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Winter's wrath now catching up with local governmentsJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - All the bad weather this past winter wound up costing most municipalities almost twice what they planned to spend on road salt. The news comes during already difficult b...
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Revamped Roselle pool is a splashJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - The line of people was already 100 deep before the doors to the new Kemmerling Park pool opened in Roselle Saturday afternoon. Already in their swimming trunks, it didn'...
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Energetic senior doesn't let her age dictate when she stops paintingJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - People in their 80s usually attend art openings. However, on July 13, Genevieve Freres, 87, will have her artwork on display at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights, w...
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Saying farewell to the graduates of 2008Jun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Matt Bishop had only superlatives to describe his fellow graduates Saturday at Jacobs High School. Bishop, who spoke at Jacobs' afternoon commencement, called the Class ...
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Family fun gets 'em hook, line and sinkerJun 07, 2008 11:00 pm - It was definitely a family affair. On a cloudy but windy Saturday in Hoffman Estates, hundreds of people, many in families, gathered around South Ridge and Westbury lake...