Cook County
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Police beatAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The blotter Deer Park • Thieves may have stolen a blender and waffle maker around 8:30 p.m. Aug. 14 from William Sonoma, 20530 Rand Road, police said. A value estim...
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Library board OKs expansion architectAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The Cook Memorial Public Library District board has hired an architect to design a proposed $12 million expansion plan. Gilfillan Callahan Architects, a Rolling Meadows ...
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Floodwater takes its time to reach riversAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Hydrologists say predicting the pace of downstream flooding on the Fox and Des Plaines rivers is tricky. Rita Lee, a hydrologist with the Illinois Department of Natural ...
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Microcinema film fest offers independent, maximum-quality art for minimum dollarsAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - The seventh annual International Microcinema Film Festival, sponsored by Theatre Nebula, will be held Sept. 6-9 at the Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center, 150 E. Wood S...
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Smokers insulted yet once againAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Is it only me, or do other smokers find it interesting that the governor is considering signing a law that will allow dogs at restaurants after signing one that bans tho...
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Impound plan on road to becoming lawAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - A proposal to make drivers pay a hefty fee for the return of their impounded vehicles is en route to becoming law in Carpentersville. Village trustees voted 4 to 3 Tuesd...
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ECC fine-art exhibits cover multiple mediaAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Engaging, provocative works of fine arts students at Elgin Community College are on display in two independent study exhibitions in the E. Max vonIsser Gallery of Art an...
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Fundraising in full swing for Bartlett memorialAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - It's taken a couple of years, but the Bartlett Veterans Memorial Foundation has finally shifted into full fundraising mode. The foundation, organizing a proposed memoria...
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Briefs: Global warming meetingAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - Global warming meeting Elgin's Slow Global Warming will meet at 6:30 p.m. today on the second floor of Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Ave., Elgin. Group member...
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SCC looks loaded yet againAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - There has always been debate whether the best small-school conference in the state is the Big Northern or the Suburban Catholic. Once again this year the answer to that ...