McHenry County
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Young landlubbers say 'aye' to Pirates' CoveAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Dressed in his Spider-Man outfit, 4-year-old Michael Mirro at the Pirates' Cove Children's Theme Park in Elk Grove Village said he could not be fooled. A parade of supe...
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Dist. 220 has money to fix facilitiesAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Barrington Area Unit District 220 is growing closer to finding solutions for its major facility needs. School board members spent several hours Tuesday reviewing the dis...
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Lead in baby bibs leads to lawsuitAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - A California consumer group said Wednesday it has filed a legal action against Toys R Us and Babies R Us for selling vinyl baby bibs that contain high levels of lead. Af...
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Stable ACT scores can't mask concernsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Why are so few Illinois high school graduates prepared for basic college-level academics? And how can matters be improved? Those again emerge as the most important quest...
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Puerto Rican group names pageant winnersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The Puerto Rican Heritage Organization recently hosted its annual pageant competition in Elgin. Diandra Entler of Elgin was crowned the 2007 Miss Puerto Rico and Irys Pe...
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Fox River has plenty to entice anglersAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - There are many fishermen within the Daily Herald's circulation area who have made the Fox River their home-based angling treasure chest, and rightfully so. This wonderfu...
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McHenry jail chief abruptly resignsAug 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The man who led McHenry County's effort to double the size of its jail to collect millions of federal dollars has resigned abruptly after seven years as the county's dir...
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Principal not new to Dist. 96Aug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - For all but one of his eight years as an educator, Jeff Brown has worked in Buffalo Grove-Long Grove Elementary District 96. For that year, Brown taught at Richmond-Bur...
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New book takes a look at Elgin's historyAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - The Elgin Area Historical Society invites the public to visit the Old Main Museum for the release of a new publication Thursday. "There Used to Be; A Look Back at Elgin...
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Teacher worked in schools for fun even in retirementAug 14, 2007 11:00 pm - When Ernest Rene De La Bruere worked as a teacher or principal, he never judged kids for their bad behavior, preferring to see the good in his students, said his son, Da...