Marie Wilson
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Bedbugs at Lombard hotel send woman to hospitalSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - Carrie Brown thought it was one mean and hungry spider that was biting her — and biting her and biting her — during her stay at a Lombard hotel. She was wrong. The insec...
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Safety, money play roles in holiday traffic crackdownsSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - Booze, buckling up and speeding. Police say those three things are the focus of virtually every holiday traffic patrol they conduct, from Christmas to Labor Day. But wh...
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Blood tests for DuPage drivers who refuse BreathalyzerSep 01, 2011 12:00 am - Suspected drunken drivers who refuse to blow into a Breathalyzer this Labor Day weekend can’t hide the amount of alcohol in their system from DuPage County law enforceme...
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No compromise in Lombard soccer field disputeAug 31, 2011 12:00 am - Three soccer teams that split from the club affiliated with Lombard Park District can’t play on park land, but that doesn’t mean they lack a home field. Roughly 50 teen...
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Wood Dale soldier happy to be homeAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - Home. Home is what Army National Guard Sgt. Carlos Velazquez said he missed almost as much as his family while serving a year in Afghanistan. And home is where the 48-ye...
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‘Sights and sounds’ enliven Glen Ellyn art festAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - The Glen Ellyn Festival of the Arts is all about sights and sounds. Lawn decorations, pottery, necklaces, postcards and framed paintings graced a backdrop of water, mat...
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Scouts paint U.S. map on Wood Dale playgroundAug 27, 2011 12:00 am - The pavement playground at Oakbrook Elementary School in Wood Dale got a new addition Saturday to its painted four-square courts and basketball free throw lines — a map ...
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Aurora pawn law already netting arrestsAug 25, 2011 12:00 am - An online database for Aurora pawn shops and secondhand dealers to post information about every transaction already is helping the city’s police department track stolen ...
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Aurora mayor: Hire back 4 copsAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - No one in Aurora is saying tough financial times are over, but optimism is rising that the city’s major budget cuts and contentious contract negotiations over the past t...
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Aurora quarry to begin accepting construction debrisAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - Today, the land at the southeast corner of Route 25 and Mettel Road in Aurora is a former quarry, gated and locked and partially filled with waste from the city’s water ...