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Chocolates, flowers and procrastination. For many Americans, Valentine’s Day is a last-minute affair
Feb 14, 2024 10:39 am - In a classic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, a young man hands his girlfriend a Valentine’s Day gift: a bear dressed in a bee costume that he picked up at the drugstore. “W...
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StoryPoint Group communities earn Top Memory Care Services Provider recognitionFeb 14, 2024 10:33 am - StoryPoint Naperville, a StoryPoint Group community, recently was recognized as a Top 10 Memory Care Services Provider for 2024 by Eldercare Review. Every year, only...
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How to boost your professionalism at workFeb 14, 2024 10:28 am - Most workplaces have changed substantially in the last four years. Some of the more obvious changes can be attributed to the global pandemic and rise in remote work. Othe...
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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.