Lenore T. Adkins
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Long road to a story winds its way across the Atlantic, surprisinglyApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - One of the most interesting aspect about being a reporter is the way in which we get stories. Case in point, the story about local substitute teacher Sheri Gartner of La...
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NIU, MCC to get $50,000 to tighten securityApr 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Two months to the day after lone gunman killed five Northern Illinois University students before turning the gun on himself, seven local colleges, including NIU, will ge...
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Brunswick Zone agrees to work on light compromiseApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - It may be time for Brunswick Zone XL to turn down the lights after all, a company official said this week. Though the establishment didn't violate any village laws, Algo...
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1 world record, 2,050 ladybug collectibles, $2,010 for charityApr 11, 2008 11:00 pm - It was 1967 when Sheri Gartner's obsession with ladybugs began. That year, the Lakewood resident received a tea set from her mother decorated with painted-on ladybugs. O...
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Trustee agrees to mediation with neighborsApr 10, 2008 11:00 pm - In a move to quiet controversy and mend fences, Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski has agreed to a mediation with the black neighbors she offended when she ...
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Trustee never intended to step down as delegateApr 09, 2008 11:00 pm - Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski, who Saturday likened her black neighbors' children to monkeys, did not quit her post as a Barack Obama pledged delegate ...
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Trustee's poor word choice still carries hurtApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Like many of you, I've been following the political drama that's been going down in Carpentersville these days. And when I got a phone call Saturday night from our Carpe...
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Racially tinged comment may be end of Carpentersville trustee's careerApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - By her own admission, the comment Carpentersville Trustee Linda Ramirez-Sliwinski made over the weekend to her African-American neighbors' children spells the beginning ...
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Hero gets a little of his dueApr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Fred Schau, battalion chief for the Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District, doesn't like to be in the spotlight. He says he was merely doing his job last ...
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Algonquin streets tops on to-do listApr 04, 2008 11:00 pm - Road improvements is Algonquin's top job to be done during the fiscal year that starts May 1. The village board this week approved its new $38 million spending plan, wh...