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Improv Theater in Libertyville to perform ‘Dracula’Oct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Improv Playhouse Theater, 735 N. Milwaukee Ave., Libertyville, will perform Bram Stoker’s classic novel Dracula as a staged radio drama using the original 1938 Orson Wel...
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Palatine water rates unaffected by Emanuel’s planOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Palatine officials reiterated this week that even if Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s first budget proposal passes with major water rate hikes for many suburban families, Pa...
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Halloween Family Night promises frightfully good funOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - Is Halloween your favorite holiday? Ask around, and you're likely to get a lot of “yes” votes to that question. Halloween is not just trick-or-treat night but a season o...
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Stevenson High magazine wins national awardOct 21, 2011 12:00 am - The 2011 edition of “The Wit,” Stevenson High School’s student literary arts magazine, has received another major honor, officials said. The magazine picked up a first-p...
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Dist. 300 teacher brings world into the classroomOct 20, 2011 1:00 am - Ask a typical seventh-grader about Islam, personal finances, or 9/11 and you'll most likely be met with a blank stare and a long “um.” But one teacher in Community Unit ...
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Red Ribbon campaign a community effortOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - Social service agencies throughout the community have joined together to raise drug awareness during this year’s Red Ribbon Substance Abuse Prevention Campaign, which st...
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Safety pledges can help Countryside fire districtOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - From New York City to Madison Township, Ind., community fire houses are struggling for funding and in some cases closing the doors. Less than a quarter of U.S. fire depa...
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Eagle Park up and ready to rollOct 20, 2011 12:00 am - District 75 completed the construction of Eagle Park, a new school playground located on the grounds of Washington Elementary School in Mundelein. The two-day constructi...
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Husband agrees to brother’s long-term stay without consulting wifeOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My husband of three months invited his 26-year-old brother to live with us, in a small apartment, for nine months. I did not consent to this arrangement. He is ...
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Waukegan sixth-grader wins contest to name Vista robotOct 19, 2011 12:00 am - The new name for a $2 million, state-of-the-art surgical system will now be “Mr. Roboto,” thanks to Gabriela Lanza, a sixth-grader from St. Anastasia Catholic School in ...