Elena Ferrarin
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Objections filed in Gail Borden library raceJan 04, 2013 5:00 pm - Objections have been filed against three of the five candidates running for seats on the Gail Borden Public Library District board in Elgin, including an incumbent who i...
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Elgin Octave organizes city council candidates forumJan 04, 2013 9:15 am - How do you go about organizing an election forum with 22 candidates? If you’re the Elgin Octave group, you send city council candidates an online questionnaire and sche...
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Cop comes home for dinner break to burglary in progressJan 03, 2013 9:46 am - An Elgin man was charged with felony burglary after a police officer caught the man burglarizing his home Wednesday night, Elgin police said. Ryan Hukill, 21, of the 500...
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Suburban Standouts continue to shine on local, world stageJan 03, 2013 4:10 am - We weren’t quite sure what we’d find in May 2011 when we set out to showcase extraordinary young people for our new Suburban Standouts column. The suburbs, it turns out,...
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Civil-rights pioneer’s descendant to speak in ElginJan 02, 2013 2:13 pm - After last year’s success, a community food drive and youth leadership conference again will be part of the three-day Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration in Elgin. M...
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Old Sherman Hospital to become green spaceJan 02, 2013 9:57 am - The old Sherman Hospital off Center Street in Elgin has been demolished and will be turned into green space — at least for now. The building had been empty since the hos...
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Hockey fundraiser benefits Crystal Lake 'superfan'Dec 29, 2012 4:00 pm - When Anthony Mustari was a student at Prairie Ridge High School in Crystal Lake, he never failed to support his school, always cheering at games of football, basketball,...
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Pioneer Hispanic federal judge from Elgin retiresDec 29, 2012 10:44 am - Federal court Judge Manuel Barbosa likes to say that one of the best things that happened to him during his 14-year judgeship was getting to shake the hand that shook th...
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Rabbi wants to reach out to every Jew in Elgin and beyondDec 29, 2012 7:00 am - Rabbi Mendel Shemtov says his goal is to meet every Jew in Elgin. That might be a few more people than one would think; there are an estimated 2,000 Jews who live within...
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Elgin couple runs little library that couldDec 28, 2012 4:30 am - If you ever had the urge to get a book at 3 a.m., the Little Free Library is the way to go. The “libraries” are miniature version of one-room schoolhouses perched on pos...