Lenore T. Adkins
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House fire kills four Algonquin petsApr 28, 2008 11:00 pm - A fire ravaged a two-story Algonquin home Monday morning, scorching the front and sides and leaving four animals dead. The family of six -- including three children -- w...
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Skating to help fight cancerApr 27, 2008 11:00 pm - For Melissa Anderson of Streamwood, 2008 has been a trying year. Both of her South Elgin-based parents were diagnosed with cancerous brain tumors this winter, just three...
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Elgin undertaker committed to profession and to peopleApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - There were two sides to Ted Wachholz, the man who for 40 years owned Ted's Funeral Service in Elgin. He was the consummate professional who once left a family vacation e...
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Algonquin roadway project resumes MondayApr 23, 2008 11:00 pm - To all the residents and businesses along Algonquin Road west of Lakewood Road: Consider yourself warned. Starting Monday, workers from the McHenry County division of tr...
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Carpentersville's trustee-neighbor truce offers lesson for everyoneApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I'm so relieved Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski has worked things out with the black neighbors she offended when she compared their sons to monkeys. Hope...
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Pingree Grove hires village manager from down the roadApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - They cast a nationwide search for the Pingree Grove village manager's job, reeling in 50 candidates from 13 states, including Nebraska, New Jersey and Texas. In the end,...
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Speeders on Algonquin's Bunker Hill Drive bewareApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - Travel much on Bunker Hill Drive in Algonquin? Police have their eye on you. On average, motorists are driving between 25 and 29 mph between Bunker Hill Drive at Fairway...
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Carpentervsille employee rescues 87-year-old from burning houseApr 21, 2008 11:00 pm - A village employee rescued an 87-year-old woman from her Carpentersville home Monday, helping her out of the house as smoke rose from a kitchen fire. Ed Szydlowski, a vi...
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Tour makes stop to honor streetcar pastApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - With their streetcar tickets newly punched and their minds set on the past, about a dozen residents boarded a bus Sunday in West Dundee for a trip down memory lane. The...
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Algonquin establishes stray dog dealApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - After two years of working under a temporary agreement, Algonquin on Tuesday inked a three-year deal with Kane County to collect its stray dogs. Right now, Algonquin has...