Articles filed under Dundee Township
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Deer culling is overkillDec 13, 2011 4:00 am - Talk about a literal example of government overkill. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources wants to double down on the number of deer their sharpshooters bait and...
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Winter solstice marks the longest night of the yearDec 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The sun sets early these days, and mornings are cold and dark. The sun, it seems, has forsaken us and taken its warmth with it. Not to worry, that’s soon to change. At h...
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West Dundee names local man fire chiefDec 08, 2011 12:00 am - West Dundee didn’t have to look far for its next fire chief. On Monday night, village officials tapped Randy Freise to be the next fire chief. “I’m coming back to my ho...
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Dreaming of a greener Christmas?Dec 07, 2011 11:00 pm - Why not have a green holiday season by recycling old strings of lights? The locations below will accept lights, along with other electronic equipment, free on an ongoing...
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Rain cancels Dundee Christmas paradeDec 02, 2011 11:00 pm - The Dundees have not been getting along with the weather this year. Saturday’s Spirit of Christmas parade was canceled due to rain, the same thing that happened to Dunde...
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Hampshire vet spreads the word on service dogsNov 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Dan Sauer, the Hampshire veteran who uses a pint-size service dog to help him cope with his post-traumatic stress disorder, wanted me to share the name of the group in w...
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Weather a part of the atmosphere at Dickens in DundeeNov 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Planning a well-attended outdoor festival, such as Dickens in Dundee, during December in Northern Illinois is always tricky. Ideally, the perfect weather entails light ...
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Santa runs start Friday in Sleepy Hollow and GilbertsNov 28, 2011 11:00 pm - An ambulance used to follow Santa and Rutland Dundee firefighters to hold all the donated food, clothing and toys they collected during their annual holiday runs through...
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Pros, cons of businesses using historic homesNov 27, 2011 5:00 am - Take a peek down Main Street in West Dundee and you'll see stately old homes that now house a funeral home, banks, insurance agencies, law offices and a gift shop. It's ...
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Gilberts artist's wares featured at Christmas showNov 22, 2011 11:00 pm - John Warnock traded steel for eggshells after his tool and die business took a sharp drop in 2000. He traces his first business's decline to the election of George W. Bu...