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Carpentersville improvement committee starts brainstormingOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Members of Carpentersville's newest committee met for the first time Wednesday to discuss the village's code enforcement problems and what can be done to remedy them. Al...
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Suburban families fear moratorium on foreign adoptionsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Antioch resident Gloria Burnette has spent five months preparing for her infant daughter's homecoming. Now she just hopes her child's new home is a healthy and happy one...
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Joining DAR group made quick work of finding family's rootsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - A discarded family Bible and a grandmother's funeral that she couldn't attend were the impetus of Nancy Hatmaker Ristau's search for her roots. "My paternal grandmother...
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You can't beat personal service, travel agency remindsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Sure, you've got the ability to book plane tickets and vacation packages from your own home. So why do you need a travel agent? Kelly Seng, owner of Family Travel Vacat...
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Towns offer advice for having safe HalloweenOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Happy three days before Halloween, all. I've always loved the Halloween season. Not only are there tons of creepy and scary movies to be seen on television (my favorite...
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Guardian Angles gives timely donationOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - With the financial cupboard for the Shelter Assistance Committee just about bare, the agency's president, Barney Quandt, said a fund-raiser organized by Guardian Angels ...
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A Halloween treat for kids with special needsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - From 2 to 5 p.m. today, the Dundee Rotary will help kids with special needs celebrate Halloween at the Elgin Holiday Inn & Suites. This is the eighth year of a great tra...
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Ex-Lake Barrington trustee diesOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Former Lake Barrington Trustee Thomas W. Wilbor's public service was not limited to his six years on that panel. Wilbor also served on the village's zoning board of appe...
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Retired pilot to tell of guiding crippled planeOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - On July 19, 1989, Denny Fitch was on board a DC-10, on his way from United Airlines' training center in Denver to Chicago, and then his home in Bartlett. Fitch, then a D...
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Park's treehouse keeps racking up honorsOct 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Open for just over four months, Barrington's Citizens Park already has enough awards to fill a trophy case. Since its grand opening in June, the former home to the massi...