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Naperville soccer fundraiser nets $31,000 to 'Cure SMA'Oct 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Naperville-area high school students and community members who came together for an evening of soccer with an unusually large ball raised $31,000 for a disease that affe...
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Toy train collecting a serious hobby for children, adults for 175 yearsOct 05, 2014 11:00 pm - You wanted to know "Who invented toy trains?" asked a young patron at Cook Memorial Library in Libertyville. Riding the rails just behind the invention of the train was ...
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Art for All presents fine art exhibit in Elgin's ArtspaceOct 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Art For All of Elgin presents a fine art exhibit, "Fall for Art," Oct. 12 to 25 in the Robin and Mark Seigle Gallery located at Artspace Lofts, 51 S. Spring St., Elgin. ...
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Girl Scouts open Camp ExplorersOct 05, 2014 11:00 pm - Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois will open Camp Dean, 46W253 Camp Dean Road, Big Rock to the public for a Camp Explorers program from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25...
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Teens may be right: Parents really can't understandOct 05, 2014 1:01 am - "Dad, you just don't have a clue." I should have known better. I'd made the mistake of suggesting to my preteen son that I might actually understand a bit what life is ...
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Warren Township High School students to perform 'Our Town'Oct 04, 2014 11:00 pm - Warren Township High School students will perform Thorton Wilder's classic, "Our Town" on Oct. 8-10 at 7 p.m. in the Almond Black Box Theater. On Oct. 9 and 10 at 6 p.m...
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Gain insight to serving in public sector from mayorsOct 04, 2014 11:00 pm - Do you have skills, wisdom or experience that might be an asset to your community? If you've ever considered serving on a public board or committee, come to the upcoming...
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Images: Photo Contest FinalistsOct 03, 2014 1:01 am - ...
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Meet cup stacking extraordinaire from LibertyvilleOct 03, 2014 1:00 am - Trevor Jean was a first-grader when he sat on the edge of his bleacher seat and watched his older brother win the cup stacking championship at Butterfield Elementary Sch...
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70 years later: How American GIs seized first German city in WWIIOct 02, 2014 11:00 pm - Seventy years ago, American GIs of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division seized Aachen, the first major city of Nazi Germany to fall to the Allies. The street-by-street ...