Jamie Sotonoff
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Wheaton native looks back on playing 'Pippi'Apr 02, 2013 4:45 am - One minute, she's just an 11-year-old kid from Wheaton. The next, Tami Erin is the acclaimed star of the movie "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking," distributed w...
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Lombard filmmaker turned to skateboarding worldMar 26, 2013 5:15 am - During jury duty, filmmaker Brett Novak had an epiphany. The Lombard native was enjoying a thriving career as a visual special effects director and producer. He worked ...
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Trooper’s boot camp helps parents get their mojo backMar 24, 2013 6:32 am - During her first workout with the Train Like a Trooper Boot Camp, Chris Bower cried. The 46-year-old Island Lake mom knew she’d “let herself go,” ballooning to 300 pound...
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Roselle forum addresses heroin 'crisis'Mar 20, 2013 10:00 pm - It's happening to kids from good families, with good parents. That's why a group of DuPage County police departments sought to educate the public Wednesday night about t...
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Last March 20, it was about 60 degrees warmerMar 20, 2013 7:02 am - On this date last year, it was 85 degrees outside. And 87 degrees the day after that. For nearly two weeks in March, people used their air conditioners. But as anyone wh...
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Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girlMar 19, 2013 11:00 am - "Oh, honey," Mitzi Gaynor told us, "it's hard to be Mitzi Gaynor. I drive myself crazy worrying and hoping all the time, and I never want to disappoint anyone." Count u...
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As suburban heroin crisis rages, education efforts ramp upMar 18, 2013 5:15 am - The suburban heroin epidemic is not showing any signs of a slowdown. So far this year, there have been at least 12 heroin-related deaths in the suburbs, including that o...
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Hoffman Estates native hits right notes in HollywoodMar 12, 2013 5:00 am - The way Emerson Swinford sees it, he had no choice. He had to work with music. Or die trying. "This is what I've dreamed of since I was a kid," Swinford said. "I had ...
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Suburban heroin problem called “a medical emergency”Mar 11, 2013 1:00 pm - Identifying the suburban heroin problem as “a medical emergency,” several public health and drug policy experts want to equip all first responders in Illinois with overd...
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Storm cancels more than 1,000 flights at O’Hare, MidwayMar 04, 2013 8:29 am - It’s late, but it’s here. The snow has begun falling as the season’s largest snowstorm descends upon the Chicago area. A winter storm warning is in effect now until mi...