Burt Constable
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Constable: '13 years just gone,' says Glenview man deleted from FacebookMar 24, 2022 5:30 am - When his 94-year-old mother died in April 2020 and pandemic restrictions limited her funeral to eight people, Facebook is the place where Jon Rachiele of Glenview mourne...
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Constable: Former troublemaker, disciplinarian at Conant reunite after 40 yearsMar 19, 2022 1:00 am - Forty years ago, at the start of her career at Conant High School, Hoffman Estates teenager Amy Powell got accustomed to the walk. She'd leave whatever classroom she'd g...
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Constable: Northbrook man helping Ukrainian refugees feels need 'to climb the tree and scream'Mar 18, 2022 1:00 am - The plane ticket said Jeff Kaminsky would leave his charity work on behalf of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Germany and be back with his family in his comfortable North...
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Constable: Pipes are calling again on St. Patrick's Day, and he's got the answersMar 17, 2022 5:30 am - The oldest of three sons born to James H. and Jacquelyn Sullivan Chapman, J. Kevin Chapman didn't follow in his mom's musical footsteps. “My mother was a concert pianist...
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Constable: Once a sporting distraction, gambling now the main eventMar 15, 2022 5:30 am - In 2002, I wrote a column suggesting gambling was a distraction from the enjoyment of sporting events. Even though gambling on sporting events was illegal in Illinois, o...
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Constable: Mask mandates are magically disappearing, but many still need masks to remainMar 12, 2022 12:00 am - The pandemic responsible for killing nearly a million Americans hasn't magically disappeared, but it has waned to the point where the mask mandates some condemned in the...
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Constable: There's an energy crisis in a newsroom that's been empty 2 yearsMar 10, 2022 4:00 am - The moment frozen in time reminds me of visiting crime scenes as a cop reporter in the 1980s. The only things missing are the yellow crime scene tape and my body under a...
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Constable: Good news for Benedictine alum's family in Ukraine as they flee 'personal' warMar 08, 2022 4:30 am - An expert on Russia and the horrors of the war in Ukraine, Benedictine University professor Joel Ostrow got some unexpected good news on Monday morning. “I got a text me...
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Constable: 'Magical' hearse also brings together the livingMar 05, 2022 12:00 am - Typically, a ride in a hearse is a once-in-a-post-lifetime event. A tricked-out hearse modeled after a 1930s Rolls-Royce was the vehicle of choice for Lloyd Mandel and h...
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Constable: Looking for hope not as sporting as it used to beMar 03, 2022 4:20 am - This is not the news we need in a bleak world beset with war in Ukraine, climate change ravaging the globe and a new Kardashian reality show coming in April to Hulu: Bas...