Marie Wilson
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NFL hopefuls try out in NapervilleMar 12, 2011 1:00 am - About 90 football players ran the first 40 yards toward accomplishing their dreams of playing in the NFL at a regional combine Saturday in Naperville. But for Isiah Calh...
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Naperville’s St. Patrick’s Day off to running startMar 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Anne Marie Hickey always enjoys the day when West Suburban Irish holds its St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Naperville. The event turns her Jefferson Avenue storefro...
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Lombard sleep center, “Biggest Loser” contestant teach importance of shut-eyeMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Donna Pavisic wonders whether she even knows what it feels like to be truly awake. “I think I get a good night’s sleep, but a half an hour after I get up in the morning,...
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Dead fish removed from Glen Ellyn pondMar 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Hundreds of dead fish have appeared and disappeared twice this week at a pond in the Maryknoll Estates subdivision in Glen Ellyn, but officials say there’s an easy expla...
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Radio woes trigger safety concerns in Naperville, AuroraMar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Naperville, Aurora responders say system is faulty
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Aurora accepts state grant for downtown parkMar 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Five months after Gov. Pat Quinn announced an $8 million grant for the music garden at Aurora’s proposed RiverEdge Park, the city council approved a plan detailing how t...
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Fox Valley developer Vantreese ‘lived a full life’Mar 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Fox Valley developer Joseph Vantreese may not have lived a long life, but family and friends say it was a passionate one, full of energy and enthusiasm. Vantreese, of Ba...
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Addison festival demonstrates art techniquesMar 04, 2011 10:00 pm - Wielding a hair dryer on an extension cord, Elke Simmons of Addison stood behind a watercolor artist and waited for her cue to switch on the device and aim it — not at a...
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Lombard exhibit revives Underground RailroadMar 04, 2011 1:00 am - A miniature covered wagon rests in the middle of the room with reproduction slave shackles on one wall. A painted map showing the Chicago area in the 1840s decorates an...
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Aurora reports overall crime decreaseMar 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Major crime in Aurora dropped roughly 11 percent in 2010 compared to 2009, police said Friday. A smaller percentage of crimes occurred in five of the eight major crime ...