Local
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Moving Picture: Cigar shop owner thanks communityJan 10, 2013 10:00 pm - When Ken Neumann and his wife Julie started Cigars and More in Libertyville 14 years ago, he never dreamed he'd also be board president of a local woman's shelter. Afte...
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‘Rocks and Minerals’ exhibit opens at Benedictine UniversityJan 10, 2013 7:53 am - You can’t heat your home or drive your car without them. You wouldn’t be able to catch episodes of “Homeland,” bring out the flavor in one of your favorite dishes or ad...
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No one ever deserves to be mistreated in relationshipsJan 10, 2013 5:01 am - Q. I tend to get treated badly by some pretty serious jerks. Often, it’s my fault — there are obvious signs of jerkiness and I proceed without caution. Other times it’s ...
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Downers Grove dance company to present ‘Peter Pan’Jan 08, 2013 11:41 am - Midwest Ballet Theatre’s full-length, original story ballet “Peter Pan,” featuring Captain Hook, Tiger Lily, Tinker Bell and the gang, will take the stage at 1:30 p.m. M...
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ECC student overcomes adversity, focuses on educationJan 08, 2013 6:56 am - Bryan Lantz joined the Upward Bound program as a sophomore at Larkin High School. The college prep program for potential first-generation college students gave him his f...
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90-year-old Lisle man continues regular workout regimenJan 08, 2013 6:00 am - Lisle's Charles Fultz didn't start working out until he was 70. Twenty years later, he's still going strong.
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Enter your favorite chocolate treat in baking contestJan 07, 2013 10:00 am - There are three basic food groups: milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate. Mix them all together and you may have the winner for this year's fifth annual “S...
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GreenMan holds auditions for ‘Secret Garden’Jan 07, 2013 8:41 am - Elmhurst-based GreenMan Theatre will hold auditions next month for its production of the children’s classic “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The story wil...
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Marsh regular exposes wonders of 'patch birding'Jan 07, 2013 8:00 am - Now and then I'll write about a great place to go birding. Less often, I'll focus on a birder. Today I get to do both. McKee Marsh in Warrenville and Fillmore Dryden ar...
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Village Theatre Guild tells Nuremberg judge’s story in ‘Trying’Jan 07, 2013 7:09 am - Playwright Joanna Glass tells the story of an elderly man who was at the epicenter of world history and a 25-year-old woman in “Trying,” the Village Theatre Guild’s firs...