Anna Madrzyk
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Residents get peek at Villa Park's proposed road repairsSep 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Residents will get their first look tonight at plans to rebuild some of Villa Park's worst side streets at a special workshop. The village wants to borrow $20 million to...
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Three Addison 8th-graders change their town's environmental attitudeSep 19, 2009 11:00 pm - It started out as a science project, and ended up turning around a town. The three students at St. Philip the Apostle School in Addison noticed not many of their neighbo...
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Beer-chugging contest is no more, but plenty to do at Villa Park festSep 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Thirty years ago, Villa Park's first Oktoberfest featured German yodeling and a beer-chugging contest. Just imagine a municipality trying to get away with that today. "P...
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Obama's message to students: Work hard in school; careful on FacebookSep 07, 2009 11:00 pm - President Obama called upon America's schoolchildren Tuesday to get serious, work hard and, above all, to not "give up on yourself" - a straightforward back-to-school pe...
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Classes teach kids with disabilities to ride bikesAug 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Maria Meyer loves to skate, ski, jump rope and play soccer. But the 10-year-old hadn't mastered riding a bike without training wheels and it was "driving her nuts," said...
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Bolingbrook hiker rescued in Alaska -- again -- after journey into wildAug 25, 2009 11:00 pm - The Bolingbrook teen ventured into the harsh and unforgiving Alaskan wilderness to see the "magic bus" made famous in the book/film "Into the Wild." Don Carroll, 19, and...
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Villa Park to close Ardmore Avenue bridgeAug 20, 2009 11:00 pm - The deteriorating North Ardmore Avenue bridge over the railroad tracks in Villa Park will be permanently closed to all vehicles starting Aug. 25. A structural inspection...
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Born without arms, woman drives, types, and scuba divesAug 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Jessica Cox likes to say there's nothing she can't do, only things she hasn't figured out how to do. Yet. It's not a long list. "I haven't figured out how to put my hair...
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Lombard dad delivers baby on family's living room floorAug 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Lombard paramedic Jack Shafer thought he recognized the address "from something" when the call came in. When he pulled onto the street, he remembered why. "Oh, don't t...
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Wheaton block party celebrates 40 yearsAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - At most suburban block parties, neighbors grill burgers and hot dogs, picnic tables are set with paper plates and the big-ticket entertainment item is a moonwalk for the...