Katlyn Smith
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What makes Longfellow a Blue Ribbon school? Teachers like Barb WilliamsOct 08, 2015 8:00 am - Barb Williams doesn't want to brag. Yes, she's popular, but she's really telling a humbling story. "You know that scene in 'It's a Wonderful Life'?" Williams says. An ...
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How retiring Glen Ellyn jewelers help clients pop the questionOct 08, 2015 1:00 am - Some fellas just need a little nudge. They start imagining what could go wrong. A cramp in their bended knee. Their girlfriend gets a sixth sense about the little box in...
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Sleep Out Saturday a show of support for 'invisible homeless'Oct 07, 2015 1:00 am - "I'm in a big pool of possibility," Nije Simone Salter says. It's only a few months into her freshman year at Elmhurst College, and the 18-year-old lets herself dream. S...
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Marines keep memory of Glenbard West grad aliveOct 06, 2015 1:00 am - They're the lucky ones. The guys who made it out of Vietnam, got married, had kids, settled into retirement. Every so often, they think back to the ones they left behind...
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Family says Daily Herald articles 'reduced the fear factor'Oct 04, 2015 6:12 am - The moments leading up to Alex Novak's accident, ordinary then, now seem surreal. The 15-year-old is eager to start in his first high school football game. He has a brig...
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Why streets still flood after project at Carol Stream parkOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - After completion of a $12.5 million project to relieve flooding around Carol Stream's Armstrong Park, neighbors were left wondering: Why are the streets still under wate...
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No explosives found after bomb threat at Glendale Heights schoolOct 01, 2015 1:00 am - No explosives were found after police searched a Glendale Heights elementary school that received a bomb threat Thursday morning, authorities said. Classes, which were c...
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Glenbard District 87 sees record highs in summer school enrollmentSep 30, 2015 1:00 am - It's often a tough sell getting students to spend summer in school. Even more so when they don't earn credit toward graduation. But in Glenbard High School District 87...
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District 41 to destroy recordings of closed-door meetings despite objectionsSep 29, 2015 1:00 am - Glen Ellyn Elementary District 41 will destroy audio recordings of school board meetings held behind closed doors, despite objections from two members who question wheth...
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How a Glen Ellyn native ended up designing Pope Francis' Philadelphia sanctuarySep 25, 2015 12:00 pm - Jim Lenahan isn't the nervous type. When the Glen Ellyn native learned of an opportunity to design the outdoor sanctuary for Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia - a stru...