Articles filed under Communities
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Proposal to limit municipal primaries faces oppositionSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Provisions in an already controversial Senate bill sent to the governor's desk likely would reduce the number of municipal primary elections. "That particular provision...
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Like others, Neale rides the cash cowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - It seems that School District U-46's educational messiah joined the list of other public servants to threaten themselves into huge benefits. Now Connie Neale also joins ...
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Liberians safe from forced return, for nowSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Joseph Dahnweih couldn't go back. Time had taught him that. With an ailing wife and little hope of work in a country where eight of 10 people are unemployed, Dahnweih kn...
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The bedroom of their dreamsSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Many suburban moms will identify with Kathy Gregg. The master suite in the house she and her husband, Rich, just bought was bright blue with daisy borders top and bottom...
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U-46, teachers agree on contractSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - After nearly 180 hours of negotiations, Elgin Area School District U-46 and its teachers have hammered out a tentative three-year deal, officials said Saturday. The prev...
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Building homes provides a creative outletSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - ...
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Saxons top LZ second time around for titleSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Even though Lake Zurich's girls volleyball team fell to Schaumburg for the championship of the Hersey Invite Saturday, the Bears were able to leave the Ken Carter Gymnas...
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Being thoroughly pillaged leaves one short on sympathySep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - Lab reports, phone messages from doctors, long-term prognoses. None are among my favorite things. But I didn't make Superintendent Connie Neale's health my business. She...
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Treasury of handmade warmthSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - The first time Joan Todd tried her hand at quilting, she made a pillow for a fundraiser at Elgin's First United Methodist Church. She was so pleased with the results tha...
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Ill winds dissipate around school siteSep 15, 2007 11:00 pm - When Wheaton Warrenville Unit District 200 proposed that a new Hubble Middle School be built in Warrenville, it did so knowing it wouldn't be popular among those who wan...