Susan Sarkauskas
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Batavia woman repairing the world in several waysNov 27, 2014 10:00 pm - Joanne Spitz believes in carrying out tikkun olam, which means "to repair the world" in Hebrew. It has led her to many volunteer posts over the quarter-century or so sh...
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Waiting in the cold for deals in the suburbsNov 27, 2014 12:01 am - A $200 50-inch television set was the lure that had some people freezing their keisters in line Thursday afternoon outside stores in South Elgin, Schaumburg and Geneva. ...
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Aurora man charged with attempted murderNov 27, 2014 12:01 am - A 17-year-old Aurora resident has been charged with attempted murder in connection with an incident on Nov. 25 in Aurora, according to online Kane County court records. ...
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Fire damages Campton Hills houseNov 27, 2014 12:00 am - A late-night fire caused an estimated $200,000 damage to a house and its contents in the 6N900 block of Crestwood Drive in Campton Hills Thursday morning. No one was hom...
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Thanksgiving Day race set in BataviaNov 26, 2014 12:01 am - As many as 2,500 runners are expected to make room for pumpkin pie by taking part Thursday morning in the 18th annual The Fox and The Turkey races in Batavia. The races ...
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Batavia puts off brush, leaf collection fee hikeNov 25, 2014 12:01 am - Batavia residents won't have to pay more for brush and leaf pickup service next year after all. Although the city council committee of the whole asked last week that a $...
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Five seek 3 North Aurora village seatsNov 24, 2014 12:01 am - Five people are running for election to three 4-year terms on the North Aurora village board in April. Petition filing ended Monday afternoon. All three incumbents - Mar...
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Police visit to East Dundee murder suspect at jail questionedNov 20, 2014 12:01 am - The attorney for Richard Schmelzer, the Texas man accused of stabbing his grandmother to death in her East Dundee home, asked a Kane County judge Wednesday to admonish p...
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'I screwed up and have no defense,' Cunningham saysNov 20, 2014 12:00 am - Kane County Clerk Jack Cunningham pleaded guilty Thursday to violating the county's ethics ordinance for conducting campaign business using county email. Cunningham appe...
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Batavia school board seeks higher tax levyNov 19, 2014 4:30 am - With long pauses before casting their votes, Batavia school board members decided Tuesday to ask for 2.68 percent more property taxes in 2015, as they adopted a tentativ...