Susan Sarkauskas
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Batavia wants more input before tackling video gamblingSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - A Batavia city council committee has postponed discussion of what to do about video gambling until its next meeting in October. The government services committee was due...
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Kaneland school board OKs budget with deficit spendingSep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - The Kaneland school board adopted its 2009-10 budget this week, and it calls for spending about $760,000 more to run schools than it expects to take in. However, it won'...
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Kane Co. United Way dials down expectationsSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - People's need for help hasn't diminished, but the local community's pocketbook has. The United Way of Central Kane County, recognizing that, has lowered its goal for its...
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Geneva schools chief gets contract extensionSep 15, 2009 11:00 pm - The Geneva school board extended Superintendent Kent Mutchler's contract another year Monday night. The board approved it 5-2, with Mark Grosso and Leslie Juby voting ag...
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Geneva school board under fire for budgetSep 14, 2009 11:00 pm - The Geneva school board faced a tough room Monday night in a nearly 90-minute budget hearing before a crowd of 140-plus residents and staff. Even though it presented las...
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Geneva Festival of the Vine features crafts, cooking infoSep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - It's Festival of the Vine, not Festival of the Wine, in Geneva this weekend. That means you can have fun and celebrate harvest-time without taking a single sip of syrah....
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'Liberty Trail' protesters in area speak up for 'Tea Party Patriots'Sep 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Suburban residents mad about how the government spends money, proposed health-care and trade legislation, gun control and perceptions that the United States is becoming ...
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Batavia welcomes Army captain 'home'Sep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - A town that is just getting to know him thanked discharged Army Capt. Jon Sergent for his service to the United States Friday. Cynthia and Robert Sergent, who have lived...
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Garage sale to help neighborhood stay drySep 11, 2009 11:00 pm - People have garage sales to raise money for many causes - the Muscular Dystrophy Association, church building funds, marching band trips. Novak Park subdivision resident...
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Elburn man's garden honors Sept. 11 victims, heroesSep 10, 2009 11:00 pm - It wasn't a fancy ceremony, but it meant a lot to the firefighters who gathered at Paul Wdowicki's front yard on North Second Street in Elburn Friday morning. Two pairs ...