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Streamwood grad credits leadership program with successAug 09, 2012 8:00 am - Susan Lopez was accepted to the Youth Leadership Academy at Elgin Community College when she was in sixth grade. She started the program at the beginning of her seventh...
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Should I break up with my oversensitive girlfriend?Aug 08, 2012 2:26 pm - Q. How do you handle oversensitive people? I am about to break up with my girlfriend because I can’t take it anymore. I can hear you asking if it’s me and believe me, it...
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Naper Settlement wraps up summer season with Hometown PicnicAug 08, 2012 2:26 pm - As Naper Settlement begins winding down its summer season, it has the task of choosing an event that sums up this year’s theme of “American spirit.” And to organizers, n...
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School supplies to be given to needy families in Gurnee Aug. 14Aug 08, 2012 12:25 pm - Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth, in cooperation with Joy! Lutheran Church, Woodland PTA, and local Gurnee families, will distribute backpacks filled with school suppl...
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Wood Dale’s summer heats up with Prairie FestAug 08, 2012 10:41 am - Between the storms, power outages and excessive heat — it’s been a long, hot summer in these parts. The Wood Dale City Council knows full well how tough it has been and ...
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See what Fox Performing Arts Center could be at fundraiserAug 08, 2012 10:00 am - As we've reported, Rick Browne, a local architect, is working to convert the old Ziegler's Ace Hardware in West Dundee into the Fox Performing Arts Center, a venue he sa...
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Music of Midwest program wraps up Arlington ‘Decades’ exhibitAug 08, 2012 8:21 am - The Arlington Heights Historical Museum will host a closing reception for the Heritage Gallery’s current exhibit, “Arlington Heights: Through the Decades,” at 7 p.m. Thu...
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Four-day summer festival Lindenfest returnsAug 08, 2012 8:21 am - Lindenhurst’s annual four-day summer festival is back. Lindenfest 2012, again taking place at the village hall, 2301 E. Sand Lake Road, will kick off Thursday, Aug. 9, a...
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Kirk Players receives grantAug 07, 2012 4:56 pm - The Kirk Players announced that its Children’s Summer Workshop program was awarded a $2,000 grant from Target Corporation. The grant will provide support for the costs o...
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Veggie Fest returns to NapervilleAug 07, 2012 2:00 pm - Naperville's Veggie Fest started out as an experiment, something organizers thought they'd try out, unsure if it would succeed. The Science of Spirituality Meditation C...