Cook County Lifestyle
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Active adults having a blast while staying healthyAug 06, 2011 1:00 am - Today's over-50 crowd has learned an important lesson from their doctors, media reports and health gurus, as well as from watching their parents' decline: Stay active if...
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Keep your pets safe this Fourth of JulyJul 03, 2011 6:00 am - By Ellaine Kiriluk The Buddy Foundation The Fourth of July is a time of families getting together for picnics and barbecues, parades and of course, fireworks. We’ve had ...
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Author's job of balancing nature and suburbs mirrors ThoreauJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - When author Tom Montgomery Fate talks about working on his new book during one of his solitary nights in the cabin his family helped build in the Michigan woods, it's ea...
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Racing and food a winning combination for Chefs' FestMay 18, 2011 12:00 am - Jennifer Chamberlain of Palatine scored something of a daily double at Arlington Park on Wednesday. She won $60 on the 10th race — and she persuaded a group of friends t...
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Film shines new spotlight on Showmen's RestMay 14, 2011 11:00 pm - The newly released “Water for Elephants” movie may spark a resurgence of interest in a Forest Park cemetery where 56 circus workers, killed in a train wreck in 1918, are...
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Ides of March guitarist came home to Northwest suburbsMar 30, 2011 2:00 am - Ray Herr played his guitar at restaurants and clubs throughout the Northwest suburbs, but his claim to fame stretched back to 1970, when he played guitar with the Ides o...
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Property tax assessment, appeals to be focus of seminarMar 19, 2011 1:00 am - Property owners are encouraged to attend an educational seminar with Cook County Board of (Tax) Review Commissioner Dan Patlak and representatives from the Cook County A...
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Weekly cruise night headed to PalatineMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Proud owners of antique, classic and muscle cars for the last decade have made their way to Rolling Meadows to show off their wheels. Come May, their Friday night gather...
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Headin' out: 'Anne Frank' book discussionMar 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Freebie Discussion of ‘Anne Frank' book The Elmhurst Historical Museum invites the public to join an afternoon book discussion for “Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young...
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Going with the flow from sap to syrupMar 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Maple trees collect all the food they'll need for the winter during the summer and then shed their leaves. When spring comes, the sap starts moving through the tree to g...