Westmont
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On Veterans Day, George Ryan again is taking ordersNov 11, 2007 10:00 pm - It's been more than 50 years since George Ryan was available for latrine duty. When he was discharged from the Army in 1956, Mr. Ryan probably figured that his days of f...
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Naperville Adoptathon goes to dogsNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Naperville Area Humane Society hosts a 24-hour adopt-a-thon every year. And every year, dogs find homes faster than cats. The popularity pecking order at the shelter...
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Can a Sunday bike ride get new trail started?Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - The Veterans Memorial Tollway will see a different sort of traffic before opening to cars and trucks. Roughly 5,000 bicyclists will travel I-355's south extension today ...
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Chapter 8: Unit districts get by on lessNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - When Elgin Area School District U-46 Superintendent Connie Neale received a $60,000 raise to bring her total pay package to more than $400,000, taxpayers called it highw...
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Wood Dale man found dead on anchored boatNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - A Wood Dale man died while sailing in Connecticut Tuesday. Kenneth D. Close, 47, was found dead on the deck of an anchored sailboat early Tuesday near Old Saybrook, CT, ...
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Condo fire displaces 11 families in Glendale HeightsNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - A number of families were displaced temporarily by a fire in a Glendale Heights condominium complex. The Bloomingdale Fire Protection District and Glendale Heights polic...
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A warm welcome home for returning MarineNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - They whistled and clapped and jostled for handshakes as their American flags danced their own staccato salutation in the November wind. And on the eve of Vete...
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What's ahead for Mitchell land?Nov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Keep the land green and development lean. That was the majority view at Saturday morning public forum on the future use a major tract of land near downtown Naperville. A...
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A fallen soldier's heartfelt last words to familyNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - Before he left to train for a second tour of duty in Iraq, Marine Cpl. Joseph E. Stevenson III of Downers Grove wrote a letter to his family, in case he did not return. ...
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Fermilab hits big screen as part of film workshopNov 10, 2007 10:00 pm - A workshop on making documentaries offered Saturday at Geneva's first film festival prompted more discussion about science and its relationship to politics and culture t...