Jean Murphy
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Sometimes, homebuyers have no time to waitOct 18, 2014 12:01 am - Sometimes, buyers have no time to wait
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Newest light fixtures are works of artOct 18, 2014 12:00 am - LEDs are taking over the world. The color from light-emitting diodes is continually improving, the price is continually dropping and homeowners are paying attention to t...
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Interest surges in family history, genealogy travelOct 13, 2014 6:01 am - Interest surges in family history, genealogy travel
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Grandfather preserves his bedtime stories in a memoirOct 13, 2014 6:00 am - Jack McGuire of Wheaton reveled in telling bedtime stories about his formative years during the Great Depression to his two sons and later to his three grandchildren. “I...
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How to get started tracing your family historyOct 13, 2014 6:00 am - Anne Shaughnessy, local history and genealogy librarian at the Mount Prospect Public Library, and her volunteer, Nancy Reese, offer the following tips for tracing your o...
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Listing of the weekOct 11, 2014 12:01 am - You have to visit this "near-town country estate" in unincorporated Lombard to believe it. Who would expect to encounter a 1.5-acre horse-friendly property so close to t...
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Steady real estate market is a healthy one, brokers sayOct 11, 2014 12:01 am - Is the suburban Chicago real estate market getting better, or worse? You may have read home sales are slightly down, but prices are slightly up. "We are looking at a rea...
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Furnace tips to keep your home cozyOct 04, 2014 12:01 am - The heating season is just around the corner and while all of us are hoping we don't experience another bitter winter season like we did last year, there are no guarante...
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Aeroseal repairs heating ducts that leak moneySep 27, 2014 12:01 am - It is impossible for anyone who lived through last year's Polar Vortex to forget the bitter cold and heavy snow it brought to Chicago and much of the country. The unbeli...
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Listing of the weekSep 19, 2014 12:01 am - Old-fashioned character abounds in this lovely "Old Town Carpentersville" Cape Cod-style home, built in 1913. Just over a century ago, its builder had his pick of locat...