Burt Constable
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Constable: How a newly sober man plans for a dry St. Patrick's DayMar 14, 2019 5:30 am - Last St. Patrick's Day, Connor celebrated his Irish heritage with a few beers. “Just drinking and enjoying the time,” the 25-year-old Park Ridge man says of his time spe...
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Grieving Libertyville family finds help at Willow HouseMar 09, 2019 12:00 am - Having known each other since they both began freshman year at Stevenson High School, Bob Lindell and Lisa Ballantini married in 2005. They didn't even get the chance to...
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Marshall Brodien, who played Wizzo The Wizard on 'Bozo' show, dies at 84Mar 08, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: Brodien died early Friday. This information was incorrectly reported in an earlier posted version. Groundbreaking magician Marshall Brodien - known t...
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Constable: These five comedians will make all their colors funMar 07, 2019 4:20 am - When Aliyah Kizilbash began her stand-up comedy career, the Barrington woman talked about her passion for fashion and style. "I played up the material side of me, and th...
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Constable: Pussy willows about to fire first shot in war on winterMar 05, 2019 4:30 am - The email's subject line - "Looking for Spring" - warms my heart. Surely, Stacy L. Iwanicki, natural resources education coordinator with the Illinois Department of Natu...
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Constable: A fall at Notre Dame cut his life short, but Declan's legacy thrivesMar 02, 2019 12:00 am - An ill wind whipped across the University of Notre Dame practice football field on Oct. 27, 2010. Twenty-year-old junior Declan Drumm Sullivan of Long Grove perched with...
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Constable: Why I must explain myself as a reporter like I explained my dad the farmerFeb 28, 2019 4:20 am - My dad always found something noble in his career as a farmer. Starting with black dirt and a small seed, he would embrace engineering, chemistry, mechanics and his own ...
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Constable: Bartlett native is basketball legend at University of ChicagoFeb 26, 2019 4:30 am - A pretty good basketball player for his St. Joseph Elementary School team in Elgin, Bartlett native Mike McGrath and his head coach Edward Seisser both felt a calling. S...
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Her family heirlooms were mistakenly donated to Goodwill. Two strangers helped her get them back.Feb 21, 2019 4:30 am - By Burt Constable During their four generations as political heavyweights in Geneva, the ancestors of Laura Carlson Spencer got out the vote for every Republican candida...
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Constable: What Honest Abe kept in his pocketsFeb 18, 2019 12:00 am - We celebrate Presidents Day with a chance to shovel snow, stay home from work or school, or at least enjoy a less crowded commute. But it is also a day to kick back and ...