Articles filed under Library Districts
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Vernon Area Library offering a scholarshipDec 28, 2012 12:15 pm - The Friends of the Vernon Area Library is accepting applications for the $2,000 Allen Meyer Memorial Scholarship through March 1, 2013. The scholarship will be awarded t...
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Murder-mystery dinner to benefit Palatine Library renovationDec 28, 2012 11:03 am - The Palatine Public Library District Foundation will hold the “Foundation for Murder — A Killer Reunion” murder-mystery dinner fundraiser at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 25, at t...
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Carol Stream library picks new directorDec 27, 2012 4:56 pm - A Glenbard North High School graduate who grew up near Carol Stream will become the next director of the village’s public library, officials announced Thursday. Susan We...
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Cook Memorial Public Library offers computer classesDec 27, 2012 2:44 pm - Some of the Cook Memorial Public Library District’s upcoming computer classes still have openings, officials announced. Courses are held starting Jan. 7 at the Vernon Hi...
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Mt. Prospect library helps residents declutter their homesDec 25, 2012 12:59 pm - After all the gift-opening and party-hosting that take place during the holidays, many people’s homes tend to look cluttered and messy. If the mess seems a bit overwhelm...
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Shoe recycling in GrayslakeDec 25, 2012 12:30 pm - The Grayslake Library hosts a Shoe Recycling and Donation Program Wednesday, Jan. 2 through Friday, April 26. The library is partnering with SWALCO, and collecting shoes...
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Northwest Cultural Council to hold workshop in PalatineDec 25, 2012 10:24 am - The Northwest Cultural Council will hold its Second Saturday Poetry Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 12, at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, P...
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Carol Stream pedestrian bridge to reopen soonDec 21, 2012 7:13 am - A 34-year-old pedestrian bridge connecting the Carol Stream Public Library with Armstrong Park is undergoing repairs and should be open after the new year, officials sai...
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Carol Stream library has two finalists for director’s jobDec 19, 2012 4:09 pm - Six months after the controversial firing of Ann Kennedy as Carol Stream library director, there are now two finalists for the job to be her successor, library officials...
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Ancient Egyptians used pulley system to build pyramidsDec 18, 2012 10:28 am - A student in Gregg Thompson’s sixth-grade social studies class at Woodland Middle School in Gurnee asked, “How did the ancient Egyptians carry blocks that were 1,000 tim...