Lifestyle
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Holiday gift ideas from Don Mauer’s kitchen, to yoursDec 11, 2024 5:06 am - Using his kitchen as a guide, Don Mauer has a few ideas for good holiday gifts for the home cooks in your life.
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Should agents recommend home inspectors?Dec 11, 2024 1:53 am - Should real estate agents be recommending specific home inspectors? A reader weighs in on advice from an expert.
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Poinsettias prefer perfect conditionsDec 11, 2024 1:33 am - The number of people who tend to indoor plants ... and trees ... significantly increases this time of year. How can you keep your poinsettias perfectly crimson and your live holiday trees looking alive for the whole season?
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St. Sophia Philoptochos raises $35,000 for hurricane reliefDec 10, 2024 11:44 pm - Elgin church group raises $35,000 at food fest to donate to hurricane relief efforts through Orthodox Christian Charities.
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Wheaton church offers a ‘Longest Night’ service Dec. 21Dec 10, 2024 11:17 pm - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton provides a “Longest Night” service on Dec. 21 for people struggling during the holidays.
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‘So much to be done’: Arlington Heights pastor, 90, reflects on decades of fighting for civil rightsDec 10, 2024 6:44 pm - The Rev. Clyde Brooks sees society sliding backwards on racial equality, but at age 90 and after more than 60 years of activism inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., the Arlington Heights pastor persists in carrying forward King's legacy.
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No sacrificing: Cooper’s Hawk makes eating out easier for gluten-sensitive dinersDec 10, 2024 3:46 pm - Cooper’s Hawk has rolled out an extensive new gluten-free menu with appetizers, entrées, sides and desserts to accommodate guests with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.
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Movie Review: A ‘Lord of the Rings’ tradition turns small-scale in the anime ‘Rohirrim’
Dec 10, 2024 1:55 pm - It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, for the big screen, to see something so comparatively minor, small-scaled and TV-sized as “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
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Beware the 12 scams of ChristmasDec 10, 2024 1:49 pm - ’Tis the season for scammers to target consumers to separate them from their money or to steal their personal or financial information. The Better Business Bureau has com...
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Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award