Susan Sarkauskas
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Dist. 129 starts layoffs, eyes school closingMar 16, 2009 11:00 pm - West Aurora District 129 continued to batten its financial hatches Monday night, giving notice to 169 workers that they won't have a job next school year. Of those emplo...
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Batavia mayoral hopefuls talk bridge needsMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Batavia mayoral candidate Alan Wolff thinks that one of the first things the city ought to address is where to build a second bridge over the Fox River. His two opponent...
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Poison disposal day? Not this springMar 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Garage-clearing residents in central Kane County who want to get rid of household poisons like paint thinner or antifreeze will have to drive farther this spring to do i...
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Geneva council looking for budget trims small and largeMar 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Less money for flowers. Fewer new bike racks downtown. No new bench for tired shoppers on Third Street. Geneva aldermen, meeting as a committee of the whole Monday, took...
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Batavia soldier returns home to hero's welcomeMar 09, 2009 11:00 pm - A Batavia neighborhood turned out in force Monday afternoon to welcome a young soldier home from war. Army Sgt. Kevin Schafer, who grew up in the Braeburn North subdivis...
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Carpentersville man gets six years in rape caseMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - A Carpentersville man was sentenced Friday to six years in prison -- the minimum under state law -- for the aggravated criminal sexual assault of a teenage girl in 2006....
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Well-known Geneva booster loses cancer battleMar 06, 2009 10:00 pm - Marc Fagot was determined to keep on doing what he loved, even as he battled small-cell brain cancer through much of 2008 and into this year. He continued to work as muc...
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Lady Vikes sent to playoffs with plenty of spiritMar 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Charlie Duber made sure the Geneva High School girls basketball team left for the state championship Thursday with a proper send-off. After the girls had boarded the bus...
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Batavia clinic to expandMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Batavia city officials were happy Monday night to help a longtime business manage to expand while staying in town. The city council agreed - 12-0 - to let Advocate Dreye...
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Boilers' breakdown has Gustafson students on the moveMar 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Classes will resume Tuesday for Alice Gustafson Elementary School students in Batavia, after boiler breakdowns forced it to cancel classes Monday. However, students won'...