Burt Constable
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Quick pandemic vacations from safety of your carJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The pandemic has canceled many summer vacation plans, but Gerry Lekas of Glenview knows plenty of grisly, glamorous and eclectic places you can visit in the city and the...
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Constable: White author learned early how Black lives matterJul 18, 2020 1:00 am - As a white girl growing up in Arlington Heights in the 1950s and '60s, Patricia Hruby Powell was taught that Black Lives Matter long before that concept became a movemen...
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Small crowd endures heat to support police in Arlington Heights rallyJul 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the heat index effortlessly topped 100 degrees Saturday, a Back the Blue police rally in Arlington Heights drew about a dozen supporters. "It's doesn't matter if it's...
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Pandemic trip slowed by detours, dead ends, no rest stopsJul 16, 2020 5:40 am - "Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" We've been stuck in the back seat of this 2020 Pandemic for soooo loooong. We started our journey Jan. 24, when the Illinois Depart...
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Constable: Mabley finally gets his wish for a Herald in GlenviewJul 15, 2020 1:00 am - His Chicago newspaper peers often ended their work day at the Billy Goat Tavern with a beer, or two, or eight. But columnist Jack Mabley hustled to make it back to his ...
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Constable: With stunning DNA test results, sisters build new definition of familyJul 11, 2020 1:00 am - Oh, this will be a lark, figured Julie Lichtman of Vernon Hills and her sister Susan Dubin of Buffalo Grove. Two Ashkenazi Jews sending saliva to 23andMe to get the skin...
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Constable: Pandemic closes theaters, but suburban group's online show (and charity) go onJul 04, 2020 1:00 am - The pandemic can take the theater away from performers, but it can't take the theater out of those performers. A suburban group plans to broaden the stage, turn performa...
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Constable: They were married 68 years. They died 2 days apart. Now they are buried together.Jul 03, 2020 1:00 am - Haunting twin trumpet refrains of taps echo across Fort Sheridan National Cemetery before the members of the Honor Guard from Libertyville crisply fold a pair of U.S. fl...
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Constable: In Columbus' wake, another Italian proves statue-worthyJun 30, 2020 4:30 am - The removal of public monuments honoring flawed people of our past, from Robert E. Lee to Christopher Columbus, is long overdue. "The Confederate soldiers? A no-brainer....
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Constable: To cope with virus, Dr. Bryant pens haikus. All better than this.Jun 27, 2020 1:00 am - In March, the state was shutting down, the nation was in a panic, medical supplies were hard to find, and Dr. Gail Bryant of Arlington Heights needed a way to express al...