Burt Constable
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Constable: Our sports disappoint, but we are the champions of fall weatherOct 08, 2019 5:30 am - The Chicago Bears choked in London. The Blackhawks went all the way to Prague to start the season with a loss. The Bulls aren't expected to challenge for a title. The Cu...
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'I could hardly breathe': Residents describe escaping Schaumburg apartment fireOct 07, 2019 1:00 am - With thick smoke blocking her front door, Tanya Bryant made her way to the third-floor balcony of her Remington Place apartment in Schaumburg. But she didn't want to be ...
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Constable: No Limit to mystery of Schaumburg theme songOct 05, 2019 1:00 am - Unable to find an official theme song for the suburb of Schaumburg, I erroneously concluded in a recent column that there was no such ditty. But Jane Rozek, the local hi...
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Constable: Impeachment souvenir leads to revealing tale of suburban artistOct 03, 2019 5:00 am - Impeachment never goes out of style. On my desk is a cartoon "Impeach Everyone" placard given to me at the turn of the century by the late, great columnist Jack Mabley. ...
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Constable: Family brews up 7 generations of Naperville entrepreneursSep 28, 2019 1:00 am - By Burt Constable It seems Naperville is always receiving some designation as the best place to live, or the kid-friendliest town, or the coolest place to find happening...
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Constable: A carpool, but no karaoke, with the mayor of SchaumburgSep 26, 2019 5:00 am - One of the greatest joys about being a lifelong newspaper guy is that my job is all about the written word. While TV reporters must worry about their clothes, makeup, ha...
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Constable: Story of lost class ring becomes a reminder of two more lost ringsSep 24, 2019 5:20 am - People who know Dodie Shields of Arlington Heights thought my column last week about the return of a long lost high school class ring was about her. After all, Shields r...
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Constable: Why I'm saying farewell to my Cubs season ticketsSep 24, 2019 5:00 am - The Chicago Cubs' season officially ended Sunday with a 9-0 loss against the hated St. Louis Cardinals. But the Cubs have been saying goodbye for a while. They said goo...
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Constable: Suburbanite with diabetes pinch-hits for Santo, 'my hero'Sep 21, 2019 1:00 am - By Burt Constable The Cubs play the season's last regular-season game at Wrigley Field on Sunday, where the No. 10 jersey of Hall of Fame legend Ron Santo flies from th...
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Finding plants that can survive our weather extremes can be trickySep 19, 2019 5:00 am - Touting a United Nations recommendation for combating climate change, yesterday's front page of the Daily Herald asked, "Could planting 1 trillion trees be the answer?" ...