Dave Heun
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Author, 85, credits Daily Herald with giving her a push to start her writing careerFeb 03, 2023 5:00 am - Her tenure at the Daily Herald was only two years in the early 1970s. But 85-year-old Frances Altman of Baltimore, Maryland, still points to that time in the Arlington H...
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Geneva's RJA Design Interiors mixes modern, traditional for a 'quirky and deliberate' aestheticJan 27, 2023 5:00 am - As a collector of unique furniture and art pieces, Richard Abrahamson is grateful he has a 5,000-square-foot warehouse near Northwestern Delnor Hospital in Geneva to sto...
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Future of the Fox River: Ideas flow in for potential improvementsJan 13, 2023 5:00 am - A lot of brain power from community groups and government entities continues to flow into ideas and plans for enhancing activities and healthy lifestyles with the Fox Ri...
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Heun: 'Talk of the Town' featured some interesting people and places in 2022Jan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Glancing through a folder of a year's worth of “Talk of the Town” columns to piece together a year-end review of the faces and places you visited during 2022 delivers a ...
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Holiday historian shares lore about popular Christmas moviesDec 22, 2022 5:00 am - Gathering the family to go to the movie theater or park in front of the TV to munch on treats and watch Christmas movies has been a popular holiday tradition for decades...
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How vacuum cleaners get new life as robots: Batavia man creates art out of others' junkDec 15, 2022 10:00 pm - Jason Panek of Batavia likes junk. But it wouldn't be fair to label him simply as a scavenger or dumpster diver. He's had a long career in the waste business and most re...
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Remembering the late Rob Sherman's role in removing religious symbols from public buildings in St. CharlesDec 09, 2022 5:00 am - Any Christmas story about St. Charles in the past three-plus decades has to include a chapter mentioning Rob Sherman as the main character or, to some, the Grinch trying...
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How Jeans and a Cute Top shop helped establish First Street as a shopping destination in St. CharlesDec 02, 2022 5:00 am - As St. Charles officials ponder the community plaza phase of the now 16-year-old First Street revitalization project, they could point to a women's boutique store as exh...
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How former St. Charles mayor, Geneva lawyer joined forces for 'Just a Coupla Guys' podcastNov 18, 2022 5:00 am - After years of teaching business classes at St. Charles (East) High School and later serving as mayor of St. Charles from 2013 to 2021, Ray Rogina has built a reputation...
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Showing off new boutique and wine bar, K. Hollis Jewelers hosts grand reopening Nov. 12Nov 11, 2022 5:00 am - It's quieter these days in the spot where Pal Joey's pizza ovens blazed on busy nights or Golden Corral's kitchen staff prepared food for buffet diners. Instead, busy je...