Articles filed under Communities
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Downtown merchants help fellow store ownersAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Downtown business owners pulled together after many lost power last week. While most of downtown went dark on Aug. 23, one block at Campbell and South Dunton still had ...
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Oh-so-cool looks for fallAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - For many of us, flipping through the pages of glossy fashion magazines does more harm than good. Sure, we get up on the latest trends, but seeing thousand-dollar items o...
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Activists to talk energy optionsAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Two environmental activists will speak tonight to Batavia residents about the town's investment in a $3 billion coal power plant. "The only way to figure out what to do ...
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Get a taste of Serbian hospitalityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Members of Saint Basil of Ostrog Church welcome the public into their home to enjoy a two-day taste of Serbian food, music and culture. "We want to be good ne...
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Rockin' headlinersAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Last year's main stage lineup hit at snag at Schaumburg's Septemberfest: it rained. For the first time in the festival's 36-year history, one of its featured acts -- sin...
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Gates would save pedestrians' livesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - The death count rises while Metra and local officials argue about who should be responsible for installing gates at pedestrian walkways in passenger train stations. Mean...
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West Chicago church ready to rise from the ashesAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - On an early Sunday morning almost two years ago, a lazy cloud of smoke rose from St. Andrew Lutheran Church in West Chicago. Within minutes, the building, which was unde...
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Mundelein High looking for new superintendentAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Without a full-time superintendent for the second consecutive school year, Mundelein High School officials are looking to rectify that situation. District leaders hope t...
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Dist. 300 forms panel to fight alcohol, drugsAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - In May, Community Unit District 300 unveiled a strategic plan that included frank assessments of problems at schools, written by current and former students. Among the i...
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Some suicides require coverage, but always with sensitivityAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Sad though it is, covering tragedy is a mainstay of daily news reporting. When people are injured or die violently, a wide range of factors come into play to make that n...