Lifestyle
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There is a lot of culture packed into wines you’ll want to drinkJan 03, 2024 5:00 am - Some say that wine is just fermented grape juice, and they drink almost any wine. Others feel that wine is an art and pay $1,000s to taste the finest vintage. Most of us ...
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Two local restaurants donate for Hilltop Community Supper Jan. 9Jan 02, 2024 11:23 pm - First Congregational Church of Dundee hosts Hilltop Community Suppers, an outreach effort that offers a free meal on the second Tuesday of the month supervised by volunte...
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Aurora Greek Orthodox churches to bless Fox River Jan. 6Jan 02, 2024 11:23 pm - Aurora Greek Orthodox churches will bless the Fox River at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, at RiverEdge Park pedestrian bridge, 360 N. Broadway in Aurora. Athanasios Gree...
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Santa, Mrs. Claus spread season's cheer at Aurora churchJan 02, 2024 10:15 pm - An appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus Wednesday, Dec. 20, highlighted Wesley United Methodist Church's Wednesday Night Gathering event in Aurora. The biweekly event featu...
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Tri-Cities Methodists celebrate new year with combined serviceJan 02, 2024 9:11 pm - Three Fox Valley United Methodist congregations rang in 2024 with a combined New Year's Eve worship. The 9:30 a.m. event was hosted by Baker Memorial UMC in St. Charles i...
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Garden club to host program on ‘The Frozen Legacy of Illinois’Jan 02, 2024 6:37 pm - Learn about “The Frozen Legacy of Illinois” at the next Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 16. It will begin with a social time at 6:45 p.m. at the Bat...
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‘Love and happiness’: Families start new year with newbornsJan 02, 2024 9:11 am - Andrea and Matthew Hodge greeted another year where they rang in 2021: the hospital maternity wing. Their first daughter, Esther, now 3, was born on New Year’s Eve. The B...
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Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge marks 25 years of helping Special Recreation athletesJan 02, 2024 8:59 am - A record number of likely more than 515 participants plunged into chilly Lake Michigan waters in Waukegan Monday for the 25th Annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge. The annua...
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A missing person with no memory: How investigators solved the cold case of Seven Doe
Jan 02, 2024 8:58 am - Buried at the edge of a Chicago Catholic cemetery are an elderly person’s remains marked only by a cement cylinder deep in the ground labeled with the numbers 04985. The ...
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Ingleside teen starts GoFundMe to save her Catholic grade schoolJan 02, 2024 6:00 am - Seventeen-year-old Susan Lutzke says her quest to save St. Bede School in Ingleside is about family. The senior at Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein and a 2020 St....