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Benefit sale seeks donations to help the homelessJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Planning is under way for the sixth annual Ellen's Excellent Sale to benefit Lazarus House. Join 15-year old Ellen Wildman by turning your extra stuff into cash for Laz...
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For pregnant teen, homelessness adds to 'some really rough times'Jul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - She puts on a brave face, her arms calmly around her baby bump. But as Angelica Ortuno recounts the upheaval in her life recently, a tremor can be detected in the 17-yea...
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Schools always there as a source of stabilityJul 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Inger Balderas describes it as a nightmare. One that's been going on for far too long. The mother of five has spent the past month at the Elgin-based Community Crisis Ce...
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Area schools make sure homeless get an education, funded or notJul 25, 2009 11:00 pm - It could be 11 o'clock on a Friday night. A family dinner. Patty Briones always, always has her phone nearby. The homeless services secretary for Carpentersville-based C...
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Police beatJul 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Kane County • Tommy L. Loveless, 43, of the 34W900 block of Springfield Street, St. Charles, was arrested at 11:05 a.m. Wednesday and charged with telephone harassment a...
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U-46 names new principals, administratorsJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Elgin Area School District U-46 named a slew of new principals and administrators this week. Myrna Burgos, the former principal of Sheridan Elementary in Elgin, will mov...
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Dryer fire damages Elgin homeJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - A dryer fire caused $15,000 in damage to an Elgin home Thursday, officials said. Elgin Fire Capt. Tim Maroder said his department received a call around 5:30 p.m. that t...
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Campton Hills cuts police for administratorJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Campton Hills officials are taking steps toward hiring a village administrator, but say local police services might suffer as a result. The village board this week appr...
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Others should follow Torres' exampleJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - When Superintendent Jose Torres turned down an $8,140 pay raise and encouraged other Elgin Area School District U-46 administrators to do the same, maybe he was leading ...
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Soldiers homecoming planned on Monday in StreamwoodJul 23, 2009 11:00 pm - After spending eight months deployed in Afghanistan, members of an Elgin-based Illinois Army National Guard unit will arrive home Monday, and the community is invited to...