Lenore T. Adkins
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Founders' Days sticks to recipe of proven successJul 23, 2008 11:00 pm - If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Instead, tweak certain things when warranted. That's the mantra of Kevin Myers, president of the Founders' Days board of directors. F...
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Local kids take the spotlightJul 22, 2008 11:00 pm - On Friday afternoon, I decided to give the new Channing Park tennis courts a test drive and ended up teaching a boy how to play tennis. His name is Alex, he's 11 and pl...
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Algonquin, Cary firefighters help stranded construction workerJul 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Algonquin and Cary tag-teamed on a rescue Monday when a construction worker was injured and stranded atop a luxury condominium building going up at Route 62 and Harrison...
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Kane Co. Fair offers a crash worth being part ofJul 20, 2008 11:00 pm - Daredevils drove and crashed their cars into other drivers, the way we sometimes wished we could on the road. Some cars became airborne. Other took hard hits to the fro...
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Interviews begin for Algonquin community development directorJul 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Roughly three dozen people are vying for the position vacated by former Algonquin Assistant Village Manager Jeff Mihelich, who up until July 1 was in charge of the town'...
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Elgin chief meets neighbors on prostitutes, drugsJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Elgin police are committed to ensuring pimping, prostituting, drug-dealing and abusing don't come easy on the city's near west side. To that end, they have devoted addit...
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Cut-through drivers make subdivision noisy, dangerous, residents sayJul 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Construction is driving motorists to cut through the Grand Reserve subdivision on Eineke Boulevard - and residents say the constant traffic and noise have turned their f...
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Grand opening set for new Elgin parkJul 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Tennis anyone? Later on this week, you'll be able to play at Channing Park, one of the newest parks in Elgin. Workers on Wednesday were expected to hook up nets to the p...
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Algonquin no free lunch for ash borersJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Emerald ash borers, which are responsible for killing millions of ash trees in the Midwest, are not welcome in Algonquin. Village officials said as much Tuesday when th...
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Reporters get really bugged by their mistakesJul 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Last week when I was interviewing Algonquin Village Manager William Ganek about a story, he told me during the course of the interview that the premise of my story last ...