Melissa Silverberg
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Northwest suburban schools grow more in math than readingOct 31, 2014 5:30 am - Two plus two is the same in every language. There's no trick answer, there's no need for context or comprehension to find the answer. For those reasons and a few others...
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Dawn Patrol: Cold Halloween weather coming; Neuqua Valley to reopenOct 31, 2014 5:01 am - Bundle up - there's scary Halloween weather ahead It's not too late to add a coat to your Halloween costume. The forecast could be more trick than treat for those c...
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Time-lapse video: St. Peter Lutheran students form a '150'Oct 31, 2014 1:00 am - St. Peter Lutheran School started in 1864, with 16 students being taught by a local carpenter at the back of a shoemaker's shop in what would become Arlington Heights. T...
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Bomb threat cancels activities at Neuqua Valley, school open FridayOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - After school activities were canceled on Thursday due to a bomb threat at Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, but officials said school will be open on Friday becau...
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Rolling Meadows police looking for hit-and-run driverOct 30, 2014 1:01 am - Rolling Meadows police are looking for a driver who was racing through a parking lot on Tuesday night when he hit a man and left the scene of the accident. Two drivers w...
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Why yes, it is snowing on Halloween morning in the suburbsOct 30, 2014 1:00 am - The first trick this Halloween morn: snow flurries. And the forecast doesn't get much better for those celebrating Halloween tonight as a major storm with wind, rain, co...
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Rauner tours suburbs, Quinn touts Amazon coming to IllinoisOct 28, 2014 1:01 am - With a week to go in a race for governor that has seen nearly everything, the candidates today traded punches over a disease that hasn't infected anyone in Illinois and ...
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Gasp! Rauner orders ketchup on hot dogOct 28, 2014 1:00 am - As part of his suburban swing Tuesday, Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner stopped at a Portillo's in Vernon Hills and committed what some believe to be a Chi...
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Irish tenor's concert Monday to benefit Arlington Hts. familyOct 26, 2014 1:01 am - Mark Beuligmann had been feeling tired and having pains in his side. Then one morning on the way to work he couldn't breathe. He drove himself to the hospital, where doc...
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Dawn Patrol: Cops praised for heroism; pit bull attacks mail carrierOct 24, 2014 5:00 am - How Island Lake cops' heroic actions saved lives Island Lake police officer Gilbert Hueramo is a one-man ambulance, always prepared for the worst. On all calls, he ...