Elena Ferrarin
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Cary orthotist wants to go back to Hatii after volunteering in AugustOct 31, 2011 12:00 am - Cary orthotist Gil Gulbrandson always thought that at some point he’d like to use his medical knowledge to help people in disadvantaged parts of the world. But finding a...
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Pink firetruck and more at Halloween fair in ElginOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - Free hot dogs, a pink firetruck and bouncy houses were the most popular attractions at the Halloween Family Fun Fair in Elgin, which on Saturday celebrated its 25th anni...
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Hundreds attend village's annual Halloween in the HollowOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - Wearing a Madeline costume and clutching a Madeline doll, Nikki Schmidling, 7, held onto her yellow hat, its long black ribbon flapping in the wind Saturday afternoon at...
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Schaumburg woman arrested after police put GPS tracker on her carOct 29, 2011 12:00 am - Editor's note: The Cook County State's Attorney's office dropped all charges against Gilbert in May 2012. The village of Schaumburg in April settled with Gilbert a l...
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Streamwood drummer lost arm to cancer but doesn't miss a beatOct 26, 2011 11:00 pm - Imagine being diagnosed with a type of cancer that each year affects only a few people in the United States. Imagine, now, being a drummer struck by the disease in your ...
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McHenry officials avert cuts to breast cancer program and othersOct 26, 2011 12:00 am - McHenry County officials were able to stave off possible cuts to the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program and other programs in the county’s 2012 budget, which wi...
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Focus on train safety stronger than everOct 23, 2011 12:00 am - Cary-Grove High School senior Chelsie Tamms says that whenever she drives through train crossings, she’s always alert and careful. For that, the 18-year-old credits her ...
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600 acres restored to native prairie in HampshireOct 22, 2011 12:00 am - Back in the mid-1950s, Betty Solyom used to go to what is now Muirhead Springs Forest Preserve in Hampshire with the man that later became her husband. “We were dating a...
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Food bank showcases new headquarters in GenevaOct 22, 2011 12:00 am - Head bent, her dark hair falling over her eyes, 12-year-old Alexis Miller wrote intently on a blue piece of paper. “I am making a card for people that need food,” she ex...
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Des Plaines ROTC cadet runs marathons in full gearOct 20, 2011 5:45 am - As if the Bataan Memorial Death March — a grueling 26.2-mile journey through the high desert terrain of White Sands, N.M. — wasn't challenging enough, Amberly Glitz opte...