Articles filed under Neighbor
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How Elgin High School nearly lost its nameMay 31, 2012 2:00 pm - What's in a name? Apparently everything when it comes to a high school. At least that was the case 50 years ago this spring when the U-46 Board of Education, then common...
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Firefighter sworn in; ‘Wild About Nature’ awardMay 31, 2012 10:51 am - Ÿ Christopher Jannusch was sworn into the office of Des Plaines Firefighter/Paramedic by Mayor Martin J. Moylan, on Wednesday, April 11, in the Mayor’s City Hall Office....
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Naperville native tells story of Loomis Street Crossing train accidentMay 31, 2012 10:32 am - Chuck Spinner was in his mother’s womb on the day a passenger train plowed into the back of another, killing 45 people and injuring more than 100 others, just one block ...
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Railroad’s dark day recalled at 50th anniversaryMay 31, 2012 10:31 am - This story originally appeared in the Daily Herald on April 24, 1996. By Lorilyn Rackl Daily Herald Staff Writer It was April 25, 1946. A sergeant, with medals on his ch...
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How you can help Carpentersville kidney recipientMay 31, 2012 10:00 am - Earlier this week, we reported that Nathan Saavedra, the 3-year-old Carpentersville boy who was born with prune belly syndrome, has found a second man willing to donate ...
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Batavia celebrates its ‘music man’May 31, 2012 8:19 am - More than 1,200 people filled the Batavia High School gym to honor one who has given our community one of its greatest gifts — the gift of music. Like Meredith Willson’...
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Art fair returns to historic Graue MillMay 31, 2012 8:17 am - In a world of “bigger, louder, more,” Graue Mill and Museum’s annual fine arts festival offers smaller and quieter and, well, more. Among 100-year-old trees, the histori...
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Pet Walk funds Hinsdale Humane Society's efforts to help homeless petsMay 31, 2012 8:00 am - Pam Salomone has seen the work of the Hinsdale Humane Society firsthand. She's seen how the organization has saved homeless, abandoned and starving animals and found th...
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Taste of Wheaton launches summer funMay 30, 2012 2:08 pm - Summer entertainment in Wheaton means rocking with an “American Idol” alum. Or spinning on a Tilt-a-Whirl. Besides carnival rides and concerts, it also means getting a c...
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Batavia author’s book relives Northwoods memoriesMay 30, 2012 2:05 pm - For many of us who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, Wisconsin was the place where we spent the vacations of our youth, whether going to church camp at Lake Geneva, tent c...