Rick West
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New ramen restaurant heading to ElginMar 05, 2021 12:00 am - If ramen conjures up images of college dorm rooms and salty seasoning soup packets, get ready for a whole new experience. Tatsu Ramen House will open at the end of Marc...
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Elgin school mourns loss of teacher who 'poured her heart and her soul' into jobMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - Students and staff of a small Elgin school are mourning the loss of a beloved teacher. St. Thomas More Catholic School principal Sonja Keane said they were "devastated ...
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St. Edward Central Catholic to reopen to full-time, in-person learningMar 04, 2021 12:00 am - St. Edward Central Catholic High School in Elgin plans to allow all students interested in attending in-person classes to do so starting March 29. An email to parents T...
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Cryptographer, TV reporter, actor, water taxi pilot: What a life West Dundee man livedMar 03, 2021 4:30 am - Tom Korzeniowski of West Dundee is remembered by his son Michael “as a passionate man who loved what he was doing, no matter what it was.” And what it was, was a lot. A...
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Elgin hoping to partner with Salvation Army to help residents with past-due water billsFeb 26, 2021 12:00 am - With residents' past-due water bills mounting, the city of Elgin is looking at ways to get assistance to people who need it. The city council unanimously agreed Wednesda...
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New budget options to prevent Elgin fire service cuts don't sway enough councilmenFeb 25, 2021 4:05 am - After hearing three new options to cut $430,000 to balance the 2021 budget, the Elgin City Council voted 6-3 in favor of moving forward with a previous plan to change se...
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Elgin woman remembered as "a personal friend of the city council"Feb 25, 2021 12:00 am - A longtime Elgin resident and fixture at city council meetings was remembered with a moment of silence Wednesday night at Elgin City Hall. Carol B. Gage, 95, died on Feb...
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3 suburban teachers named Golden Apple finalistsFeb 24, 2021 12:00 am - Three suburban teachers are finalists for the 2021 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching to be awarded this spring. In all, 32 finalists were chosen from 708 pre...
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Grants awarded to Elgin projects aiming to fight community inequitiesFeb 23, 2021 12:00 am - Elevating Equity, a grantmaking program initiated by Grand Victoria Foundation, has chosen its first 10 grassroots-led projects to fund. The program awarded grants tota...
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How the Elgin Public Museum made the best of its pandemic closureFeb 22, 2021 4:30 am - When the pandemic forced it to close to the public in November, the Elgin Public Museum had a rare opportunity. Sure, museum officials were disappointed. Public is thei...