Lifestyle
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‘We want to educate families’: Vernon Hills Park District pursues e-bike safety campaignOct 24, 2025 4:28 pm - Concerned with increasing use and high speeds, the Vernon Hills Park District has launched a campaign to set clear guidelines for e-bikes and other devices and promote safety.
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‘A gentle guide’: Geneva woman helps pets and owners through end-of-life careOct 24, 2025 5:14 am - Jennifer Jordan left her government job to pursue a career in canine massage therapy and end-of-life care for pets, founding Wonder Mutt Wellness in Geneva.
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Condo boards can terminate leases for repeated violationsOct 24, 2025 3:00 am - A unit in our condominium association is leased by an owner to a person who has a long history of ignoring and violating the rules. The board has levied fines that the owner pays, but the violations continue.
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Apple-picking season brings back fond memoriesOct 22, 2025 1:04 pm - Annettee Budzban says that we are the apple of God’s eye.
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Learn how Martin Luther King Jr. transformed a minister’s worldviewOct 22, 2025 12:25 pm - On Sunday, Oct. 26, the Rev. John A. Boryk, a 1967 Aurora College graduate, will chronicle how as a college senior he crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge with Martin Luther King in 1965. He will be the guest pastor at Good Shepherd United Methodist in Oswego.
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Moving business turned junk removal service sets up shop in Lake CountyOct 22, 2025 10:54 am - A national moving chain is entering the junk removal market, and a new location recently opened up in Lake County.
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As US wood tariffs kick in, kitchen cabinet companies look for a silver lining
Oct 22, 2025 10:40 am - Cabinet dealers, interior designers and remodeling contractors in the U.S. hope new tariffs on imported kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and upholstered wooden furniture that kicked in Tuesday will create more business for them and eventually boost domestic production of those products.
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Comfort meets luxury in this earthy, easy truffle mac and cheeseOct 22, 2025 6:09 am - Grace Carnovale’s truffle mac and cheese hits all the nostalgic notes — tender noodles, velvety cheese sauce — but adds just enough of a gourmet flair to make it special. The secret lies in the sauce and a bit of technique.
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Impress your guests this fall with caramel-glazed ginger applesauce cakeOct 22, 2025 5:42 am - Spoiler alert: This recipe for Don Mauer’s version of Ruth Reichl’s Gingered Applesauce Cake with Caramel Glaze is not low-calorie, low-fat, or low-carb. It is just ... well ... sensational.
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Southminster Presbyterian Church hosts Trunk-or-TreatOct 21, 2025 7:36 pm - Southminster Presbyterian Church in Glen Ellyn invites the community to the annual Trunk-or-Treat on Sunday, Oct. 26.