Marie Wilson
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Downtown Lombard welcomes butcher, dance shopMay 13, 2011 12:00 am - What do a butcher shop and a dance apparel store have in common? They both recently opened in downtown Lombard. Shannon’s Corner Butcher Shoppe hosted a grand opening Th...
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Lombard Lilac parade ‘always a thrill’May 12, 2011 12:00 am - Gail Clark expects this year’s Lilac Parade in Lombard to come at the perfect time. “We hope that the parade coincides with the blooming of the lilacs,” said Clark, Lil...
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Fox Valley Park District cuts budgetMay 11, 2011 12:00 am - Fox Valley Park District will be operating on a smaller budget this year compared to last, but still spending $21.6 million on construction projects and park improvement...
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New vote approves chicken slaughterhouse in AuroraMay 10, 2011 2:00 am - A specialty butcher shop will be able to slaughter and sell chickens and other poultry in Aurora after all. In the second vote on the shop, the Aurora City Council on Tu...
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Lombard continues attracting restaurants, retailMay 09, 2011 12:00 am - Yorktown Center may put Lombard on the suburban shopping map, but there's more to business in the Lilac Village than national chains and department stores. Small shops d...
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Wheaton church plants garden for food pantryMay 07, 2011 2:00 am - A few classes of English as a second language students took a break from their studies Saturday morning at a church in Wheaton to crouch under a tarp and plant vegetable...
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Beamer speaks of significance in ordinary livesMay 07, 2011 12:00 am - Lisa Beamer spoke at Wheaton College’s Graduate School commencement Saturday afternoon as who she is today — a Wheaton College graduate and an ordinary, suburban mom fro...
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Lombard grants funds to downtown cabinet shopMay 06, 2011 12:00 am - A Lombard cabinet shop that will conduct both wholesale and retail business will receive an $11,737 downtown retail business grant from the village. The grant is designe...
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Sinise bringing Rockin’ for the Troops back to WheatonMay 06, 2011 12:00 am - When actor Gary Sinise performs with his Lt. Dan Band each summer in the Rockin’ for the Troops concert at Cantigny Park, he likes to have fun and show the crowd a good ...
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Aurora to revisit specialty butcher voteMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - A specialty butcher shop that wants to slaughter and sell poultry may get to open in Aurora, after all. The Aurora City Council rejected the proposal from Fermin's Poult...