Harry Hitzeman
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Elgin hopefuls differ on layoffsFeb 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Hopefuls for the 2-year Elgin City Council seat differ on whether the city's elimination of 16 employees last fall as part of a cost cutting was the right way to deal wi...
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DUI from 2005 haunts Elgin city council candidateFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - In politics, old ghosts tend to haunt you. Especially during campaign season. A DUI arrest is coming back to bite Charlene Sligting, one of six people running for a two-...
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It's like a free book-of-the-month club for Fox Valley kidsFeb 12, 2009 10:00 pm - Economists are notorious for proclaiming "There's no such thing as a free lunch." Well, if there isn't, then the Imagination Library is pretty darned close to proving th...
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A play where the audience is encouraged to walkFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - In Elgin theater group will celebrate its 10-year anniversary with a new twist on a classic. The Janus Theatre Company on Friday, Feb. 13 will kick off "Oedipus Rex," at...
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Elgin red-light traffic program dealt a setbackFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Elgin's plans to install red-light cameras at three city intersections are back to square one. City officials have learned their three proposed locations won't work for ...
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Elgin switching shelter for stray dogsFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - If you lose your dog in Elgin, you might have to drive a little farther to retrieve it under an agreement city officials will consider tonight. The Elgin City Council is...
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Elgin spending $100K to go greenFeb 09, 2009 10:00 pm - If you have to spend money to make money, then it only follows that you have give green to go green. Elgin leaders on Wednesday are expected to sign off on a $100,000 de...
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Festival celebrates African-American cultureFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Kiesha Williams commutes from Chicago to Elgin for her job as an Elgin Area School District U-46 social worker. Saturday, she drove to the Gail Borden Public Library in ...
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Home show still drawing large crowdsFeb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Curious yet conservative consumers descended upon the annual Old House New House Home Show in St. Charles Saturday, looking for the newest in comfort and a good bargain,...
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Violent crime in Elgin drops 5 percent in '08Feb 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Serious and violent crime in Elgin in 2008 dropped more than 5 percent from the previous year, although the overall number of crimes remained constant, according to figu...