Paul Valade
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Images: Memorial Day events in the suburbs and around the countryMay 25, 2020 1:00 am - Residents in the Chicago suburbs and from around the country celebrate the 2020 Memorial Day in various ways due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
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Mount Prospect's St. Raymond School kicks off Teacher Appreciation Week with May Day paradeMay 14, 2020 6:00 am - "It was a day I will never forget," St. Raymond School Assistant Principal Cathy Hart said about the school's recent May Day Parade. To kick off the month and Teacher Ap...
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Wauconda Grade School food drive helps 1,000 familiesMay 14, 2020 6:00 am - Wauconda Grade school held its first "emergency food bank" on March 18 to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic, school closures and stay-at-home order. The school ...
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Grass Lake School students treated to drive-by paradeMay 07, 2020 1:00 am - Grass Lake School teachers and staff members faced a big challenge Thursday to reach the roughly 173 students with a drive-by parade. The 42 teachers and staffers of th...
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Juvenile red-tailed hawk swoops in near Hawthorn MallMay 06, 2020 1:00 am - A juvenile red-tailed hawk, most likely less than a year old, was seen looking over the Hawthorn Mall parking lot in Vernon Hills on Wednesday. It's the most common hawk...
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Clever Pokemon-themed party lets Libertyville boy celebrate 9th birthday with classmatesMay 02, 2020 7:30 am - Celebrating birthdays during Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order has been quite a challenge for area residents. Drive-by parades complete with car horns, balloons, ...
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Their Life's Work: Volo Auto Museum making lemonade out of lemons during closureMay 01, 2020 5:30 am - The Volo Auto Museum dates back 60 years. It started with a garage sale in an old barn and has grown to a 250,000-visitors-a-year destination. Museum director Brian Gra...
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Signs of the times: Messages of thanks and encouragement spring up outside suburban hospitalsApr 27, 2020 1:00 am - Spring flowers aren't the only things popping up around area hospitals. Messages of encouragement, hope and gratitude are showing up at hospital entrances for health car...
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Images: Gurnee School District 56 stay-at-home photosApr 24, 2020 1:00 am - Gurnee School District 56 officials shared its "weekly communique" with district families on April 17. The newsletter included photos of students and parents engaged in ...
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Their Life's Work: Knife sharpener tries to keep his edge during pandemicApr 23, 2020 1:00 am - Nearly everyone was wearing masks, including Dave Nells, who runs Sharpening by Dave from a van with his wife, Amanda. As one of just a few vendors spaced a safe distanc...