Barbara Vitello
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Newport Township fire district voters back $3.5 million borrowing planApr 02, 2019 7:00 pm - Three Newport Township Fire Protection District firefighters who officials said would lose their jobs if voters rejected a $3.5 million referendum Tuesday can rest easy....
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Round Lake Heights voters reject plan to create water systemApr 02, 2019 7:00 pm - Round Lake Heights has been buying water from neighboring Round Lake Beach for years, and will continue to do so as voters Tuesday rejected a proposal to borrow $2.7 mil...
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Theater spotlight: Comedy, drama, rock concert 'Cambodian Rock Band' opens at Victory GardensApr 02, 2019 6:00 am - Face the music Thirty years after he fled Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge's slaughter of more than 1.5 million people, a father returns to search for his wayward da...
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'Anastasia' spins romantic tale out of imperial Russia's darkest daysMar 29, 2019 4:30 pm - “Anastasia” - ★ ★ ½ If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, “My Fair Lady” and “Fiddler on the Roof” should be sincerely flattered by “Anastasia,” whose national...
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Theater events: Grade-school teacher turned comedian headlines the MetropolisMar 29, 2019 7:30 am - After precocious 14-year-old Leonard Pelkey goes missing from his small Jersey Shore town, his optimism and spirit inspire his fellow citizens in “The Absolute Brightne...
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One day of supervision for off-duty cop who pointed gun at Rosemont bar customerMar 29, 2019 1:00 am - An off-duty Chicago police officer was sentenced to one day of supervision after he was found guilty Thursday of a misdemeanor for pointing his gun in a Rosemont bar. W...
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Northlight's 'Landladies' paints unsentimental portrait of urban povertyMar 28, 2019 6:00 am - “Landladies” - ★ ★ ★ More money, more problems, claim some rich folks seeking sympathy for the challenges wealth poses. But these are circumstances many others would ...
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'Outsiders' musical premieres during Goodman's 2019-2020 seasonMar 28, 2019 1:00 am - Goodman Theatre on Thursday announced the 2020 premiere of the new musical "The Outsiders," based on S.E. Hinton's coming-of-age novel and Francis Ford Coppola's 1983 fi...
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Theater spotlight: Family-friendly shows 'Jungle Book' at the Metropolis, 'Edward Tulane' at Filament TheatreMar 26, 2019 6:00 am - 'Jungle Book' AlphaBet Soup Productions brings “The Jungle Book” - adapted from Rudyard Kipling's novel about young Mowgli, who's raised by wolves with help from a bear...
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Mount Prospect woman pleads guilty to arson, other chargesMar 25, 2019 1:00 am - A Mount Prospect woman who prosecutors say fraudulently filled a prescription at a pharmacy then returned several days later and started a fire pleaded guilty to arson, ...