McHenry County
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Cary firefighters hold annual open houseOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 7-13. The Cary Fire Protection District will host its annual open house on from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Headquarters Stat...
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Palatine Public Library notesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Long Grove Apple Fest The 15th annual festival will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday in downtown Long Grove, at Old McHenry and Robert Parker Coffin...
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Briefs: Mason cancels showOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Comedian Jackie Mason has canceled his scheduled performance Saturday at Aurora's Paramount Theatre and rescheduled it for Nov. 26. Mason was supposed to appear in conju...
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Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation notesOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - For youth Basketball fifth and sixth grades: The Lake in the Hills Parks & Recreation Department is looking for fifth- and sixth-grade girls and boys to play some recrea...
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Autumn Harvest offers free fall funOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Scarecrows, and ponies, and hay rides, oh my. Those are just a few of the family activities that drive the success of Autumn Harvest in Arlington Heights each year. This...
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Top 10 reasons to visit Octoberfest this weekend in AntiochOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - There are lots of good reasons to visit Antioch Sunday during the village's fourth annual OctoberFest. From noon to 7 p.m. at the bandshell downtown, the village will we...
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Marian names National Merit Commended StudentsOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Marian Central Catholic High School's principal, Charles Rakers, has announced that eight Marian students have been named Commended Students in the 2008 National Merit S...
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Briefs: You can help clean beachOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Volunteers collected more than 350 pounds of debris along a three-quarter mile stretch of the Lake Michigan shoreline at Fort Sheridan Forest Preserve near Highland Park...
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50 years ago, Sputnik changed the way we view worldOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - Fifty years ago today, a shiny metal sphere soared into the heavens and started orbiting the Earth. The world would never be the same. Americans reacted to the successfu...
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Verizon unveils cell phone to rival Apple iPhoneOct 03, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- In time for the holidays, Verizon Wireless is launching a cell phone that looks a lot like the hottest phone so far this year: Apple Inc.'s iPhone. Like the ...