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Swallow your ‘I told you so’ and relish friend’s fresh startMar 09, 2011 1:00 am - Q. Ten years ago my (then) best friend married a woman who was beautiful, but controlling, isolating, manipulative, deceitful, etc. They have one kid. She filed fo...
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Palatine Jaycees to hold dueling pianos fundraiser March 18Mar 08, 2011 10:00 pm - Nonprofit organizations — especially those that have been serving a community for decades — often struggle to keep their fundraisers fresh. The Palatine Jaycees figure o...
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Palatine High hosts prom fashion showMar 08, 2011 1:00 am - Palatine High School’s Fashion Club sponsored the third annual Prom/Turnabout Fashion Show on Thursday, Feb. 10. The show featured student models and was held to create ...
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Nun to show her Irish pride as grand marshal of Naperville paradeMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - By Susan Dibble Sister Jeanne Haley, the grand marshal of Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Naperville, will have her own cheering section. A half-dozen residents f...
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Lake County volunteers to pack 100,000 lifesaving mealsMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Hundreds of Lake County volunteers will pack 100,000 lifesaving meals for developing-world children on Saturday, March 12, at East Lake Academy in Lake Forest. A collabo...
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St. Paddy's 5K gets celebration off and runningMar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - By Susan Dibble Fans of Naperville's St. Patrick's Day Parade can get off to a running start this year. Before the parade steps off, the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunris...
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CLC to present Greek tragedyMar 07, 2011 1:00 am - “Orestes,” a tragedy written by Greek playwright Euripides, will be presented over two weekends in March by the College of Lake County Theatre Department. Using a transl...
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Sometimes you have to let a friend ‘hit bottom’Mar 07, 2011 12:00 am - Q. My friend, “Katherine,” had been unhappily married for several years, met a man in a bar, and began having a casual affair with him. She was not very discreet abo...
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Carol Stream man joins mission to HaitiMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Rick Miller had never traveled outside of the United States. But that was before a neighbor inspired the 45-year-old Carol Stream man to join a 15-person mission trip to...
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Lisle firefighters REACH out to kids with booksMar 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Put a book in the hands of a child and something wonderful happens. Within the magical world of tales, legends and stories, children can find answers and comfort. The ...