Larissa Chinwah
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Middle-schoolers ask intelligent questions about news reportingApr 12, 2008 11:00 pm - It's not often I have the opportunity to talk to students about the life of a newspaper reporter, and to encourage them to follow a similar career path. So, it was a pri...
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Trustee's sentencing for domestic battery delayedApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Sentencing for the Carpentersville trustee convicted last month of domestic battery was postponed Thursday. Trustee Paul Humpfer, 44, faces a maximum of 364 days in jail...
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Others say Carpentersville trustee's comment won't doom careeerApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Political allies and adversaries of Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski say the first-term trustee's comment comparing children climbing trees to monkeys doe...
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Listening to life stories is reason to be a journalistApr 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Some days I ask myself to come up with a list of reasons for continuing a career in journalism. Since I started covering Carpentersville in June 2006, my personal life h...
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Big hole leaves Algonquin man with sinking feelingApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - There's a creek, tall trees, assorted plant species and numerous natural elements surrounding Tom Gamoe's Algonquin property. But now an unwanted force of nature has pop...
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Woman hit, injured by bus was drunk, police sayApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - A woman injured when she was struck by a school bus in the parking lot of Cary-Grove High School Friday morning was drunk at the time of the accident, police said. Cary ...
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Carpentersville approves budget; priorities are roads, repairsApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Road and infrastructure repairs remain atop Carpentersville's priority list as the village prepares for the upcoming fiscal year. Board members this week unanimously app...
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Tax on new residents could help village's financial woesApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - A proposed tax on new residents could help bump West Dundee's 2008-2009 budget into the black. Village board members Monday night discussed options to generate hundreds ...
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Carpentersville trustees argue about lawyersApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Carpentersville village officials spent more than $20,000 between May 2005 and January of this year on legal costs brought about by contentious in-house issues. In an ei...
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Motion to remove Carpentersville trustee gets no supportApr 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A resolution seeking the removal of a Carpentersville trustee failed to gain support Tuesday night despite the impassioned plea from the village president. Village Presi...