Barbara Vitello
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State’s attorney to conduct review of Maine West hazing allegationsDec 04, 2012 4:15 pm - Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez has ordered a “complete top-to-bottom review” of the ongoing hazing scandal at Maine West High School, Alvarez spokeswoman Sal...
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Parade of Lights winds through NapervilleDec 01, 2012 9:43 am - Naperville officially ushered in the holiday Saturday with the Little Friends Parade of Lights, which for the first time wound through the heart of the city’s downtown. ...
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Ballet dancers a delight for Lombard shoppersDec 01, 2012 9:36 am - While shoppers expect to see animatronic holiday displays in storefront windows this time of year, they probably don’t expect to see flesh and blood ballerinas performin...
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Palatine man pleads guilty to kidnapping girlfriend’s sonNov 30, 2012 1:23 pm - A Palatine man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping his girlfriend’s son and was sentenced to 3½ years in prison. William Cruz, 31, took the boy in February after the child’...
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Two juveniles among those charged in Hoffman Estates armed robberyNov 30, 2012 9:21 am - A Cook County judge this week set bail amounts ranging from $75,000 to $100,000 for four males charged with robbing two other men at gunpoint last September in Hoffman E...
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Theater events: Paramount sings 'Happy Holidays'Nov 30, 2012 5:00 am - A gift from Paramount Paramount Theatre artistic director Jim Corti and music director Doug Peck have assembled some of Paramount's recent principle players for “Ha...
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Classic 'Christmas Carol' anchors eclectic holiday theater offeringsNov 30, 2012 5:00 am - Considering the abundance of seasonal shows occupying suburban and Chicago stages this time of year, it's difficult to imagine a time when local theaters spent the holid...
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Musical 'Grinch' posed to become a holiday traditionNov 29, 2012 10:00 pm - "You write very good Seuss." The doctor himself - Theodor Geisel - reportedly offered that compliment to writer/lyricist Timothy Mason. Thus began the collaboration th...
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Mount Prospect man gets probation for stealing chain sawNov 29, 2012 2:59 pm - A Cook County judge sentenced a 20-year-old Mount Prospect man to 24 months in a special probation program Wednesday in exchange for his guilty plea to a burglary charge...
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Metropolis' entertaining 'Carol' puts Cratchits front and centerNov 29, 2012 10:00 am - Nearly 170 years before the phrase “99 percenters” entered the lexicon, Charles Dickens introduced them to readers in the guise of the Cratchits, the impoverished yet de...