Jamie Sotonoff
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New trainer on 'Biggest Loser' grew up in LisleSep 09, 2014 5:00 am - Usually it's the contestants who cry on “The Biggest Loser,” but trainer Jennifer Widerstrom was tearing up, too, during the first few days of filming. “There's so much ...
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'Pretty Little Liars' stylist started her career in Lake CountySep 02, 2014 5:30 am - When she thinks back to her first hairstyling job - at a Fantastic Sam's in Round Lake in the late 1980s - Kim Ferry laughs. "To the Round Lake people, I apologize, beca...
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Zombie, minister, nerd: Actor from Arlington Hts. does it allAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - YouTube Then the Arlington Heights kid grew up to be the guy in the movies, and in Gire's column. Healy, 42, built a career as a Hollywood actor in a wide range of roles...
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Now on its own, Northwest Compass gives local help to people in crisisAug 22, 2014 5:30 am - Suburban agency provides help to people facing hardships
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Suburban charities, hospitals keep watchful eye on EbolaAug 18, 2014 5:00 am - Lake Forest College adjunct professor Helen Bond usually takes some students along on her yearly trips to Guinea, where they study west African drumming, and she works t...
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Horrors! Des Plaines native goes for filmmaking revengeAug 17, 2014 11:00 pm - Michael Ojeda found the perfect, secluded motel he'd been looking for in Superior, Arizona. He asked the clerk if he could stay in the corner room. "Oh," the clerk said,...
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Former St. Charles resident shell-shocked by 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' roleAug 13, 2014 5:00 am - Pete Ploszek played football in school for 12 years, but none of that physical conditioning could prepare him for the rigors of portraying a ninja turtle. "Here we were ...
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Concussion fears not hurting youth tackle football numbersAug 06, 2014 5:00 am - Concussion news from the NFL and the NCAA continues to dominate sports headlines, but it's having little impact on suburban youth football leagues. As football season ge...
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Woodfield Mall's tax bill jumps 23 percentAug 05, 2014 1:00 am - Woodfield Mall not only has one of the biggest tax bills in Cook County, it also saw the largest tax bill increase — a 23 percent jump to $23 million. The Schaumburg mal...
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Lombard cover band singer to be lead singer of KansasAug 05, 2014 1:00 am - In a dream-come-true scenario similar to the movie "Rock Star," suburban classic rock cover band singer Ronnie Platt, of Lombard, has been tapped to be the new lead sing...