Marie Wilson
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'Every bit of strength counts' in truck pull for charityOct 08, 2011 12:00 am - To almost 200 people gathered Saturday in Oak Brook, making a donation to charity for the chance to pull a 50,000-pound truck 75 feet sounded like a great way to spend a...
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Three charged in Naperville-area Ecstasy ringOct 08, 2011 12:00 am - Three people have been charged with selling hundreds of Ecstasy pills in Aurora and Naperville, according to DuPage County court records. Timothy N. Morris, 28, was arre...
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Scarecrow fest draws thousands to St. CharlesOct 08, 2011 12:00 am - Plenty of family activities and a sunny fall day combined to draw what sponsors estimated to be 25,000 to 30,000 people to downtown St. Charles on Saturday for the 26th ...
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Lombard's website transparency policy moving toward voteOct 07, 2011 5:00 am - Lombard village board members remain divided about whether the exact salaries of village employees should be posted online by employee name, but a website transparency p...
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Lombard ditches fiscal year for calendar year budgetsOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - There’s the calendar year, the school year, plenty of different religious years, and, for most governments and businesses, the fiscal year. But Lombard trustees decided ...
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Lombard rejects plan to waive downtown permit feesOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - Lombard village trustees say they’re willing to do almost anything to bring new businesses into downtown. But they won’t initiate a proposed grant program to waive up t...
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Aurora siblings charged with neglecting elderly motherOct 06, 2011 12:00 am - Three Aurora siblings face charges of neglecting their 77-year-old mother so severely that part of her right leg developed gangrene and had to be amputated. The sibling...
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Aurora Fire Department expands safety campaignOct 06, 2011 12:00 am - The message of National Fire Safety Month may be taken to heart more than usual in Aurora, after the worst fire in the city’s history claimed six lives in May. The city’...
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In Naperville, Caroline Kennedy praises mom's courageOct 05, 2011 11:00 pm - It was Jacqueline Kennedy's intellectual curiosity and commitment to accuracy that led her to be so honest, Caroline Kennedy told a Naperville crowd of about 1,000 Wedne...
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Lombard Jaycees to haunt building on North AvenueOct 04, 2011 12:00 am - A storefront on North Avenue between Lombard and Villa Park is about to go from dormant to haunted in less than two weeks. The building at 660 E. North Ave. will be the...