South Elgin
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Volunteer brings Elizabethan history to life authenticallySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - For 20 years, commoners have rollicked about in Elizabethan England at the Bristol Renaissance Faire in Wisconsin. Through a re-creation of a summer day in 1574, when Qu...
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Wishing modern life was a little less like fakery of the moviesSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Moviemakers call it the suspension of disbelief, and getting us to do it is a primary skill of the best of them. They cajole or shock or entertain us into deciding that ...
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Elburn fire department looks to fill spotsSep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fire fighting techniques have progressed quite a bit since the Elburn and Countryside Fire Protection District was founded in 1882 as the Blackberry Hook and Ladder Co. ...
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Church to hold blood drive SaturdaySep 03, 2007 11:00 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee, in conjunction with Heartland Blood Centers, will be sponsor a blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the lower level common ...
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Wayne equestrian center ready to host to riders, horsesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 500 horses and riders from across the country are expected to descend on Lamplight Equestrian Center in Wayne Sept. 13-16 for the United States Eventing Associ...
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Start your engines for Elgin car showSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - After many years of wanting to do a car show in Elgin, the Downtown Neighborhood Association finally took the plunge and organized the 2007 Downtown Elgin Car & AFV Show...
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Many small businesses don't have Web sitesSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - When Northfield-based Small Business Research Board surveyed about 550 small businesses, including some in the Chicago suburbs, the group was surprised to learn that abo...
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Let's get quackin'Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - At the Fox Valley Duck Race held annually to benefit Boys and Girls Club of Elgin, it's the river that does all the work, but it's that lovable yellow flotilla -- thousa...
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By the numbers: Deficient bridges in the areaSep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Here's a look at the deficient bridges in the counties serviced by the Daily Herald. COOK • 180 of 1,581 bridges structurally deficient (11.4 percent) • 26 toll bridges....
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Will rate hikes leave ComEd asking, 'who turned out the lights?'Sep 02, 2007 11:00 pm - Now that the summer news cycle has ended with such vital stories as a vanishing bank robber; a filthy-rich football player crashing his rich-man's ride into a pole and t...