Rosemont
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Des Plaines won't front money to open puppet parlorNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Time is running out for a Des Plaines puppeteer. After pleading with city officials for money to stay in its downtown space, Ralph Kipniss still hasn't heard anything. M...
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Tougher gaming oversight makes senseNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The long and strange year in Springfield yielded another surprise this week as House Speaker Michael Madigan presented -- out of the blue -- a plan to radically restruct...
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E. Moline man held in area bank robberyNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - A 45-year-old man from East Moline, Ill., was charged with robbing a Des Plaines bank last month. John Wils was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his East Moline home, poli...
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'New' circus star clowns rings around them allNov 01, 2007 11:00 pm - When Bello Nock's name last crossed this column he was performing in the acclaimed, one-ring, Big Apple Circus. That was nearly 10 years ago. Now he is back in town, hea...
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Circus once again a family affairOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - "Yippee!" That was the response by officials at the Palatine Opportunity Center, when they received 500 free tickets to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, wh...
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Turnover welcome at baby fairOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - Unlike most annual trade shows and expos, there's virtually a brand-new audience every year for the American Baby Faire. Touted as the nation's largest infant and parent...
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Best & BrightestOct 31, 2007 11:00 pm - • Christian Lopez, son of Joel Lopez of Mount Prospect, is the recipient of a $1,500 college scholarship awarded at Great Lakes Naval Training Center. The Scholarships f...
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Kids Fight Cancer supporters raise $150,000Oct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - A fundraising dinner that started out 23 years ago with 150 people at Studebaker's in Schaumburg, now draws more than 1,000 people annually, and consequently needs one o...
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Not all Halloween treats have to be for kidsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - While the children happily slurp gummy worm punch and other "boo brews" this Halloween, whip up something slightly more sophisticated for the adults to sip on. Associate...
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Round Lake townhouse plan draws detractorsOct 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Opponents of 249 townhouses proposed for southern Round Lake got to pepper a developer and his consultants with questions at a public hearing Tuesday night. About 50 spe...