Susan Sarkauskas
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Mooseheart to celebrate its 100th anniversaryJul 26, 2013 5:30 am - It was 60 years ago and he was only 5, but Bill Harvey remembers well the day three men from Indiana's child welfare department came to his home. He overheard them tell ...
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Ex-Batavia alderman Tom Schmitz diesJul 25, 2013 10:02 am - Former Batavia alderman Tom Schmitz died Wednesday. He was 73. Schmitz served as the 4th Ward alderman from 1999 until he stepped down in 2011. He joined the council the...
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Batavia still dealing with remnants of bygone era on Fox RiverJul 25, 2013 6:00 am - It's not exactly news when somebody says Batavia could make better use of the Fox River, as did a committee in a 2010 report to the city about its downtown. “Our residen...
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Sports fields revamp added to Batavia schools' capital planJul 24, 2013 9:00 pm - $13 million in work added to capital improvement plan
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Batavia schools’ proposed budget counting on more taxes from Aurora mall areaJul 24, 2013 5:03 pm - The Batavia school district is happily budgeting for a nearly 6 percent increase in the amount of property taxes it will receive to support its proposed 2013-14 budget. ...
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Fermilab's giant magnet headed near Glen Ellyn todayJul 24, 2013 12:00 am - Searching for teeny-tiny particles that may exist for the briefest of times in a vacuum requires really big tools. Shoppers and others at the Bolingbrook Costco gawked W...
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Geneva thinking again about all-day kindergartenJul 23, 2013 5:15 am - Geneva school officials have resurrected the idea of offering all-day kindergarten. “I would like us to pursue this aggressively. I think it is way past time that we do ...
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Waubonsee enrollment continuing to climbJul 18, 2013 12:57 pm - Waubonsee Community College is bucking the trend in enrollment, reporting an increase in students in three recent periods. The annual enrollment report was presented to ...
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N. Aurora knows Fox River's endless possibilitiesJul 18, 2013 6:00 am - Dale Berman enjoyed Independence Day along the Fox River. But not in North Aurora, of which he is president. Berman spent the evening at the new RiverEdge Park in Aurora...
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Waubonsee full-time faculty get raises in new contractJul 18, 2013 5:30 am - Waubonsee Community College's full-time faculty will receive raises of 4 percent under a three-year contract trustees approved Wednesday night. But they will have to...