Jamie Sotonoff
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How to think of Black Friday in the suburbs nowNov 26, 2015 5:00 am - Black Friday is a season now, not a day. And it's as much an online event as it is in stores. Yet Black Friday remains the official kickoff to the holiday shopping seaso...
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St. Viator grad does the write thing for Conan, ColbertNov 26, 2015 12:00 am - While growing up in Palatine, Brian Stack never thought comedy came from regular people. "Show business was something done by aliens," he said. "I mean, nobody I knew co...
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Highland Park brothers debut new PBS Kids series, 'Nature Cat'Nov 25, 2015 4:00 am - A new PBS Kids series created by two brothers from Highland Park, David and Adam Rudman, debuts Wednesday on the children's network. “Nature Cat” is an animated acti...
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Santa now a big entertainment businessNov 24, 2015 4:00 am - Seeing the big guy at the mall is a much different experience these days
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Turkey raffle fundraiser in Fox River GroveNov 18, 2015 12:00 am - It's been an annual holiday tradition for more than 60 years: raffling off turkeys at the Fox River Grove Fire Station. This year's turkey raffle fundraiser, which raise...
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Fremd alum was just 3 blocks from Paris club under attackNov 17, 2015 4:00 am - Dozens of suburban college students were in Paris during last week's terrorist attacks, including one who was just three blocks away from the music venue where nearly 10...
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Avant-garde artist Laurie Anderson calls Glen Ellyn upbringing idyllicNov 10, 2015 4:00 am - Laurie Anderson vividly remembers the night she almost drowned her two little brothers in a Glen Ellyn lake. In her new impressionistic movie "Heart of a Dog," opening F...
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Why you can pay for medical marijuana only with cashNov 09, 2015 12:00 am - You can legally buy marijuana in the suburbs now, as long as you have an approved medical condition, obtain a state-issued identification card, follow a list of registra...
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Buttering up the judges at Cook of the Week Challenge finaleNov 03, 2015 10:00 pm - Bill Hicks jokes that everything is better with butter, and that proved to be true in the Cook of the Week Challenge finale. After preparing monkfish poached in butter ...
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Cook of the Week Challenge winner: Bill Hicks with monkfish scallopsNov 02, 2015 12:00 am - Bill Hicks, who joked that his goal was “to incorporate butter, cream and bacon” into his dish, won the Daily Herald's fifth annual Cook of the Week Challenge Monday nig...