Kerry Lester
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Three U-46 elementary schools get food grantsJun 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Three Elgin Area School District U-46 campuses will have the opportunity to get fresh next fall. Parkwood Elementary School in Hanover Park and Huff and Highland element...
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Buy a pie for a cause at Nick's Pizza next weekJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Recently, my colleague Harry Hitzeman wrote a story on local restaurants serving up "meal deals" in the tough economy. One of the eateries featured was Nick's Pizza and ...
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Sleepy Hollow residents unhappy with Jelkes Creek restoration workJun 18, 2009 11:00 pm - Betsy and Kevin Little heard a novel kind of noise coming from their backyard Thursday. Chain saws. The Sleepy Hollow couple, who have lived in the village's Bluffs ne...
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Elgin teen closer to new trial for attack on childJun 17, 2009 11:00 pm - A Kane County Judge has advanced Angel Facio's request for his guilty plea to be withdrawn in the August 2007 rape of an 8-year-old Elgin girl onto the next stage. In h...
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Sleepy Hollow cops may unionizeJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Sleepy Hollow's newly formed police union has submitted a contract proposal to be considered by the village. Police Chief Jim Montalbano said the police force's Illinois...
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University of Phoenix grads making best of tough economyJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Mike Martin walked in the procession of University of Phoenix graduates Saturday morning at the Sears Centre, waving proudly to his wife, Jane, and 12-year-old daughter,...
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Young Elginite with troubled past helping teensJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Kevin Echevarria stands in the second floor hallway of Gifford Street Alternative School one recent afternoon, nervously tucking and untucking his starched button-down i...
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U-46 to cut officer presence at Elgin middle schoolsJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Escalating costs compounded by budget cuts will slash police officers' presence in Elgin middle schools next year, Elgin Area School District U-46 officials said this we...
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State looking at practical side of educationJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - As a graduate student in Northern Ireland, I used to marvel at just how different the United Kingdom's educational system was from our own. For one, 11-year-olds took an...
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ECC holds the line on spending in new budgetJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Aiming to stay as lean as possible to weather the economic storm, Elgin Community College trustees have approved a $87.6 million budget - a $200,000 decrease from last y...