Marie Wilson
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Aurora gets special gang prosecutorAug 24, 2011 12:00 am - In the fight against gangs, Aurora police just found a new weapon. The weapon isn’t firepower, extra police officers or undercover stings. It’s a special prosecutor. Aur...
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DuPage elementary schools stress social, emotional learningAug 23, 2011 1:00 am - Elementary school districts across the suburbs know their role. And it's not just to educate kids. Districts serving children from kindergarten through fifth grade, and ...
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Blackberry Farm getting $1.5M upgradeAug 22, 2011 1:00 am - Visitors come to Blackberry Farm expecting a peek into the past, but some brand-new features are coming soon to the park and living history museum on Aurora’s southwest ...
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Fall from ladder kills Addison womanAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - An Addison woman fell from a ladder and died early Sunday morning while trying to access the roof of a Chicago building, authorities said. Patrycja Wiszkowska, 22, was a...
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Cops: Man who fire bombed Algonquin store once worked thereAug 22, 2011 12:00 am - The man who tossed a Molotov cocktail into a crowd at an Algonquin grocery store, used to work there, police confirmed Monday. Fabian J. Torres, 24, of Sleepy Hollow, is...
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Rain doesn’t dampen charity cardboard boat race in AuroraAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - Participants in the Fox Valley United Way’s What Floats Your Cardboard Boat Race knew they’d get wet Saturday when their handmade crafts began to sink. So the day’s rain...
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Tasters walk a wine line at Naperville festAug 20, 2011 12:00 am - More than 300 wines from around the world merged Saturday into a grassy area the size of a football field in Naperville, giving suburban connoisseurs the chance to taste...
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FDIC: Deposits in failed Geneva bank are safeAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - It's really just a name change. That's what customers of First Choice Bank in Geneva — now a branch of Inland Bank of Oak Brook — were being assured Saturday after that ...
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Muslims for Life seeks 10,000 blood donorsAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - On the eve of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks that killed so many, a national Muslim organization is launching a campaign to save even more lives. A local ...
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Lombard to spend surprise $1.3 million on Finley RoadAug 19, 2011 12:00 am - For Lombard, 2011 is turning out a little better financially than village staff expected. The village has about $1.3 million of “unanticipated revenue,” and that funding...