Deborah Donovan
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An inventor takes his best shot and does wellApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - For Mike Lloyd of Zion the life of an inventor certainly has its ups and downs. Lloyd, who has invented an acrylic device that allows homeowners to easily display pictur...
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We discovered a few products to make your life easierApr 09, 2010 11:00 pm - Looking for something new to perk up your table or home or make your life easier? Here are products that caught our eye at the recent International Home + Housewares Sho...
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Water polo ball temporarily takes out trustee's thumbApr 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights Trustee Joseph Farwell showed up at Monday's village board meeting wearing a cast on his hand. Farwell told fellow trustees that he broke the thumb whe...
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Arlington Heights will buy four more hybrid vehiclesApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Once again purchasing hybrid vehicles is controversial in Arlington Heights. The village board voted 5-3 Monday night to use a federal grant to help defray the extra cos...
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Rolling Meadows mulls private garbage collectionApr 05, 2010 11:00 pm - The Rolling Meadows City Council will discuss the possibility of privatizing refuse collection on May 18, but Fred Vogt, director of Public Works, does not expect a quic...
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Sure, it's warm outside -- but it's still Opening Day in ChicagoApr 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Can it really be opening day for the White Sox when the forecast says warm and sunny? Even Alexei Ramirez won't have an excuse for bad hitting if the higher temperatures...
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Des Plaines girl gets her dream bedroom from Make-A-WishApr 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Make-A-Wish might not have selected Serena Villardita for her personality, but they could have. The 12-year-old Des Plaines girl was bubbly and excited Friday while Make...
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Arlington Hts. will share garbage survey results WednesdayApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Arlington Heights residents have proved they care about garbage, Mayor Arlene Mulder told the local Rotary Club Thursday. And they can express more opinions at a meeting...
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Arlington Hts. housing group confident of futureApr 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Things that impress Chuck Warner about the clients of Faith Community Homes: In more than half of the families at least one parent went back to school. And it's not just...
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Anonymous donors in Arlington Hts. buy oxygen masks for petsMar 30, 2010 11:00 pm - In a residential fire, the first priority is to rescue any humans who might be in the house. But half a million pets are also in fires each year, says the American Kenne...