Lifestyle
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'A good day is a day we don't cry': Highland Park shooting survivors find strength — and a new causeJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - Nearly 12 months after a lone shooter opened fire from a downtown Highland Park rooftop during an Independence Day parade, survivors Lauren Bennett and her mother, Debbi...
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'A little act of kindness': Wheeling girl builds grocery pantry for local libraryJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - A small grocery repository has been installed outside Wheeling's Indian Trails Public Library to help people struggling to afford food or personal care products. The hou...
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Knights of Columbus get surprise donationJun 30, 2023 11:00 pm - Every year after the installation of officers, the Hoffman-Schaumburg Knights of Columbus go to Riccardo's Restaurant to celebrate with pizza. This year Katy Marbry Garc...
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Ask the Doctors: 'Is the COVID-19 pandemic officially over?'Jun 30, 2023 11:00 pm - • The status of the pandemic is on the minds of several of you. “Is the pandemic officially over?” a reader from Los Angeles asked. “Hardly anyone I know is bothering to...
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A sea monster is celebrated in 'Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken'
Jun 30, 2023 7:30 am - “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” - ★ ★ ½ We landlubbers have gotten it all wrong: Kraken aren't terrible monsters from the sea who destroy our sailing ships and munch on ...
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Pandemic restrictions should be revisited by the boardJun 30, 2023 6:00 am - Q: Our common interest community association is exempt from the Illinois Common Interest Community Association Act. The bylaws for the association provide for voting in ...
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Veterans Path to Hope lends a hand with finding jobs, housing and moreJun 30, 2023 6:00 am - Veterans coming home after serving their country don't always get the respect they deserve. Oftentimes, they return to unemployment, homelessness and despair. The volunt...
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More public art is coming to Mundelein — this time, at a skate parkJun 30, 2023 5:30 am - A muralist with a flair for color is wanted in Mundelein to add some pizzazz to a local park. The Mundelein Arts Commission and other groups want to add a mural to t...
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Hanover Park gives 4 the Warhol treatmentJun 30, 2023 1:00 am - Hanover Park selected a former mayor, a rock musician, a society writer and a world-famous nurse for its four notable residents to receive Andy Warhol-inspired portraits...
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They envision the world's tallest flagpole in this Maine town. Instead of uniting, it is dividing