Jean Murphy
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Architect designs dramatic spacesMar 20, 2009 11:00 pm - David Hovey, the New Zealand-born, award-winning architect who owns Optima Inc. in Glencoe and Scottsdale, Ariz., takes pride in the fact that other builders have a diff...
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Former Mt. Prospect mayor Carolyn Krause honoredMar 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Former Illinois Rep. Carolyn Krause was honored Tuesday night in Mount Prospect in recognition of her recent retirement after 35 years of public service. The League of ...
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Lending standards return to normalMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - The United States is returning to the "sane" underwriting practices of yesteryear, so money has necessarily become tighter. But if you have a good credit score and money...
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Learn to become a super-couponerMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Job layoffs, shrinking 401(k)s and daily headlines proclaiming the poor state of the economy are sending women and men of all ages and ethnic groups to area libraries to...
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Slow market allows homeowners to get ready for a future saleMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - The current glut of homes on the real estate market has made this a buyer's market and real estate professionals expect that situation to continue even once the market i...
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A buyer's market can open the door to a larger homeMar 07, 2009 10:00 pm - Today's conditions are the "most phenomenal buyer's market" Patty Ancona has seen in her 32 years in the business. "I would suggest that anyone who is looking to move up...
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Lenders too slow to modify mortgagesMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Who is going to take the loss? That is the overriding question now facing the mortgage industry, according to Dylan Kramer, president and CEO of America's Mortgage Choic...
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State senator returns to his alma mater to meet with the studentsMar 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Fifth through eighth graders at St. Raymond School in Mount Prospect enjoyed a rare treat recently when state Sen. Matt Murphy, an alumnus of the parochial grade school,...
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McEntire concert aiming to raise $200,000Feb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - Country music star Reba McEntire can never adequately thank her mentor, Red Steagall, for influencing the course of her life. Who can? But on Saturday, March 21, McEntir...
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Mt. Prospect native coming back a 'Footloose' starFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - A Mount Prospect native and 2002 graduate of Prospect High School is returning to the Chicago area as a member of the cast of a national tour of "Footloose." Jeff Blim,...