Jean Murphy
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Low rates jump-start refinance activityFeb 26, 2009 10:00 pm - The mortgage industry is still suffering the effects of the financial meltdown of last fall. "The industry is still trying to find its way," explained Larry Bettag, regi...
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Siberian huskies are Northwest suburban ambassadors to IditarodFeb 24, 2009 10:00 pm - When the Iditarod, the great Alaskan dog sled race, kicks off on March 8, it will have a new set of interested fans in Arlington Heights, thanks to local members of a Si...
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Lincoln kids know something about healthy eatingFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - Six Lincoln Middle School students have been named first place winners in this year's Healthy Choice Essay Contest, sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Family Foundation. Th...
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Former Northwest suburban 'beatnik' makes name for himself in New YorkFeb 15, 2009 10:00 pm - Richard Pinter still remembers his teen years in Mount Prospect as difficult ones. The director of the acting department at New York City's famed Neighborhood Playhouse ...
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Adding a basement can be economical way to increase spaceFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Imagine adding 1,000 square feet of unfinished space to your home for only $60,000. Even in this time of deep discounts due to our country's economic problems, $60 per s...
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Builder takes path of 'intelligent growth,' looks to futureFeb 14, 2009 10:00 pm - In an economy like this one, according to James Chittaro of Naperville-based J. Lawrence Homes, "you can either bury your head in the sand and hope that the bad stuff go...
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Skate the afternoon away on behalf of Central SchoolFeb 11, 2009 10:00 pm - Local schoolchildren and their parents will have the opportunity to help preserve Mount Prospect's 1896 Central School and support the Mount Prospect Historical Society ...
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Mt. Prospect library to celebrate Black History MonthFeb 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Celebrate Black History Month when the Mount Prospect Public Library Foundation hosts the Second Baptist Church of Evanston's Gospel Chorale for a concert at 7:30 p.m., ...
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As prices slip, area's home sales may jumpJan 31, 2009 10:00 pm - Real estate sales in the Chicago area are still sluggish, but Mike Drews, president-elect of the Mainstreet Organization of Realtors, is starting to see a light at the e...
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Market faring better for new homes in new yearJan 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Builders have been hit inordinately hard by the current economic downturn. New homes all over the country were particularly slow to sell throughout 2008. But things appe...