Lenore T. Adkins
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West Dundee dressmaker offers Bears, Packers wedding gownsJan 20, 2011 12:00 am - Would you prefer something borrowed in Bears blue, or something lean and mean, in Packers yellow, white and green? Bears/Packers fever has swept the region and hit the ...
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Packers fans pay double?Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Can't Packers fans get any love? Not at the Crystal Lake Rib House, which wants Packers patrons to pay extra for rib tips — at least according to a sign out front that r...
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Cary Park District to vote on workplace romance codeJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - A Cary Park District committee has created a policy that governs personal relationships in the workplace and it goes to the full board Thursday for a final vote. Commiss...
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Suburban author embraces shift to e-booksJan 14, 2011 3:29 pm - The world of e-books has been very good to Henry Perez. The Aurora-based author, who also covers sports for the Daily Herald, has penned a crime novel called “Mourn the...
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Local booksellers not all ready to yield to e-booksJan 14, 2011 3:29 pm - Some say there’s nothing like curling up with a good book. But technology has proved otherwise. According to Amazon.com, electronic versions of its 10 best-selling book...
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Pingree hopes to annoy pesky geeseJan 14, 2011 2:30 pm - The biggest subdivision in Pingree Grove is working on plans for a wild-goose chase. With the help of floating strobe lights. Three members of the village board this we...
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Man charged with raping S. Elgin teenJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - In mid-November, Juan C. Cabrera was supposed to pick a 16-year-old girl up from South Elgin High School and drive her to the doctor's office where her mother was waitin...
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New Cary police chief gets less pay, more time offJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - Cary officials have acknowledged their new police chief took a substantial pay cut when he signed on to lead its 27-member police force into the future. But an employee ...
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Cops: S. Elgin man goes wild at Buffalo Wild WingsJan 09, 2011 10:00 pm - A South Elgin man was accused Sunday of hitting another man in the face with a glass while the two argued about whose school is better, police said. Police say the alte...
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Facebook helps Elgin teen find life-saving boy's familyJan 07, 2011 10:00 pm - Two families brought together by serious diseases in 2003 reunited this week thanks to a connection made on Facebook. Todd and Mary Lamantia and their daughters Alyssa, ...