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Matt’s Cookies in Wheeling makes homemade delightsDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Walking into Matt’s Cookie factory in Wheeling is like stepping through a hot cookie oven time-machine and ending up at your mom’s kitchen where the cookies are made fro...
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It’s important to know what can change — and what can’tDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Ever have an issue in your marriage that just never seems to get settled? You know, the sort of issue that you’ve talked about again and again and again, the sort of is...
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New alumni coordinator hopes to reunite ECC studentsDec 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Are you an alumnus of Elgin Community College who has lost track of a former classmate? Or, perhaps you're a one-time ECC student who has an uncanny knack for rememberin...
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A look back at 2011's top Lake County storiesDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Crime dominates the list of Lake County's top news stories of 2011. Nearly all of the 10 stories selected as the year's most important by staffers of the Daily Herald's ...
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Woodridge birder reaches new heights with photoDec 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Bill Pavlecic’s not-so-secret love boasts slender legs. And elegant wings. And a call that sounds like trumpets. The Woodridge man is so enamored, in fact, that he conv...
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Northwest suburbs lost many notables in 2011Dec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Mark Beaubien Jr. Illinois state representative represented Barrington area for 15 years; 68, died June 5. Beaubien, of Barrington Hills, was a moderate Repu...
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'Small Worlds' art exhibit opening at North CentralDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Watercolor paintings and ceramic artwork by contemporary visual artist Ana Zanic are featured in the “Small Worlds” exhibit Jan. 8 through Feb. 16 at North Central Colle...
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Notable deaths in DuPage County 2011Dec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - When you step back and remember some of the DuPage County residents who lost their lives in 2011, you can't help but marvel at how much some of them accomplished and to ...
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Remembering Fox Valley's finestDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - The Fox Valley lost a number of people in 2011 who believed that thinking about someone besides yourself and trying to improve their communities were worthy endeavors. H...
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Naperville rings in new year — literallyDec 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Naperville likes to keep its celebrations literal. It’s time to ring in the new year — and you better believe there’s going to be bells involved. Seventy-two of them, t...