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Parkway Presents honored as Northbrook Emerging Business of the YearFeb 14, 2024 9:10 am - Retail has been part of Lisa Smith’s life since she was in grade school, helping bag purchases for customers at her dad’s pharmacy, Parkway Drugs. Today, she owns Northbr...
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Restaurant featuring 100 draft beers advances for final approval as part of Hawthorn redevelopment in Vernon HillsFeb 14, 2024 6:38 am - Final details are being worked through as Yard House, which features 100 draft beers on tap, as part of the Hawthorn mall redevelopment in Vernon Hills is nearing official approval.
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Illinois American Water seeks rate hike that would add $24 a month to average billFeb 13, 2024 8:14 pm - Illinois American Water, which serves several Northwest suburbs, has filed a request with the Illinois Commerce Commission to increase rates by $152.4 million. Authoritie...
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‘An institution’: Mount Prospect bakery is paczki central on Fat TuesdayFeb 13, 2024 4:38 pm - Eating the Polish pastries known as paczkis — commonly pronounced poonch-keys or ponch-keys — is a Fat Tuesday tradition before the fasting of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday.
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Why an exotic car storage facility could be coming to South BarringtonFeb 13, 2024 2:18 pm - Editor’s note: The company behind this proposed facility is not the BeSpoke Motor Union that is planning to construct a luxury car storage business in Gilberts. Ferr...
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Westfield Old Orchard’s planned redevelopment includes apartments, retail, event spacesFeb 13, 2024 1:24 pm - Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield is partnering with Focus to bring new residences, eateries, wellness facilities, and outdoor amenities to the North Shore’s top lifestyle destination. Focus is the co-developer for the first phase of the transformation of Westfield Old Orchard in Skokie.
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Fixing typewriters is a devotion for Downers Grove ‘old soul’
Feb 13, 2024 1:13 pm - Lucas Dul tinkers in a windowless workshop, his machines heaped on shelves — some pristine, some tucked away in their original leather cases, others mere carcasses. This 23-year-old is devoted to a technology most probably consider all but extinct: the typewriter.
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Buona’s legendary Pepper and Egg Sandwich returns for Lenten seasonFeb 13, 2024 12:58 pm - Buona, the largest family-owned Italian beef restaurant group and beef producer in the country, is once again going beefless for Lent by bringing back its iconic Pepper and Egg Sandwich.
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‘We move the country’: Labor actions by ride-share drivers, flight attendants hit O’Hare and U.S. this weekFeb 13, 2024 9:04 am - Ride-share drivers will strike at O’Hare International Airport Wednesday on the heels of a picket by flight attendants Tuesday. The labor actions aren’t connected, althou...
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Longtime NPR host Edwards dies at 76
Feb 13, 2024 6:37 am - NEW YORK — Bob Edwards, who anchored National Public Radio's “Morning Edition” for just shy of 25 years and was the baritone voice who told many Americans what had happen...