Wadsworth Business
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Manufacturing making slow resurgence in the suburbsJul 08, 2012 7:00 am - Acme Industries in the last six months alone hired 53 new employees to help churn out locomotive engine components, mining truck steering arms and other large, complex h...
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Hot or cold? Outdoor workers can do without either oneJul 05, 2012 10:00 am - When it comes to sweltering heat or blistering cold, is there a lesser of two evils? Not necessarily, say people who work outdoors — they both stink in their own specia...
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More fun still to come with Celebrate Fox LakeJul 05, 2012 8:00 am - Fox Lake residents will wait until the weekend to celebrate Independence Day, but the village will definitely celebrate, officials said. The annual Fox Lake Independenc...
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Restoration of ComEd power could take daysJul 02, 2012 6:51 pm - Though ComEd crews have been working steadily to restore power to the approximately 250,000 customers affected by Sunday’s storms, it could take a couple more days to co...
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Two-day program provides training, information for market farmersJun 28, 2012 3:00 pm - Radical Root Farm at Prairie Crossing in Grayslake hosts back-to-back MOSES Organic Field Days Saturday, June 30, and Sunday, July 1. Beginning Market Farming runs from ...
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Harper officially announces Advanced Manufacturing programJun 27, 2012 2:54 pm - As local manufacturers struggle to find skilled workers and jobs go unfilled, Harper College is preparing to launch an Advanced Manufacturing program designed to train w...
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Entrepreneurs segue into website businessJun 25, 2012 6:30 am - Ben Wallach worked as a recording engineer for the stars, including Michael Jackson, Tina Turner, Joe Cocker and Joe Walsh. And he enjoyed the lifestyle of Hollywood for...
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Editorial: A new approach to train for manufacturing jobsJun 25, 2012 6:00 am - Regular readers of our Opinion Page commentaries know that we long have been impressed by Harper College President Kenneth Ender’s energizing call for an integrated appr...
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Harper, manufacturers team to replenish pipeline of skilled workersJun 24, 2012 11:00 pm - When Wheeling High School principal Laz Lopez took the reigns in 2007, he immediately went to work on revamping curriculum to emphasize career pathways for a 21st centur...
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Chick-fil-A proposal gets mixed review from Vernon Hills officialsJun 20, 2012 5:48 pm - The arrival of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in a community may be exciting for customers but officials in Vernon Hills don’t share quite the same enthusiasm for the Georgia-...