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Waste transfer station is scrapped
Morton Grove resident Tom Maddex breathed a little easier this week after learning that a garbage disposal company has scrapped tentative plans to open a waste transfer station in the village after neighbors began grumbling. "It does appear to be good...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Morton Grove, Cook County Government
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Glenview woman killed in Skokie wreck
Tribune reporterA 75-year-old Glenview woman was killed in a two-car collision today in Skokie. Â Maya Rekhtman, 75, of the 1100 block of Castillian Court in Glenview, was pronounced dead at 10:18 a.m. at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, according to the Cook County...Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Skokie, Transportation Accidents
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TribLocal guide to suburban farmers markets
Tribune reporterIf you're looking to add the freshest fruits, vegetables, baked goods, cheeses and flowers to your dinner table, look no further than in your own backyard. Don't see a farmers market near your town listed below? Check out the Illinois Department of...Tags: Gurnee, Arlington Heights, Dundee, Batavia, New Lenox
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Senior communities can be party central
Was it your parents' or grandparents' house that was the hub for family gatherings, celebrations and parties? That does not have to end after they have moved to a senior community. Even though the old house has been sold, senior communities are happy to...Tags: Jackie Stewart, Holidays, Religious Festivals, Family, Christmas
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Red Line replacement plan in hands of Congress, officials say
Tribune reporterSetting a timeline for the CTA’s No. 1 improvement project – the multibillion-dollar replacement of the Red Line – hinges on negotiations that will begin next week in Congress over a new transportation funding bill, CTA president Forrest...Tags: Union (McHenry, Illinois), Amtrak, Dick Durbin, Highway Transportation, Transportation
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NU hosts Maryland, Ga. Tech visits Illinois in Challenge
Northwestern and Illinois won’t have to hit Tobacco Road for their 2012 Big Ten-ACC Challenge games. They won’t even have to leave campus. Maryland will visit Evanston to play Northwestern on Tuesday, Nov. 27, and Georgia Tech will face...Tags: Big Ten Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels, Atlantic Coast Conference, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Abigail Washburn scales her own personal wall of China
Like the troubadours of old, banjo-playing singer Abigail Washburn gets around. She went to college in Colorado and Vermont; played, worked and traveled up and down the East Coast in her early twenties; spent significant time in China; and is now a...Tags: Abigail Washburn, Music, Bluegrass (genre), Washington, DC, Sparrow (music group)
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NU avoids Ohio State, Penn State, Wisconsin in 2015, '16
The Big Ten has released its 2015-16 football schedules. Northwestern should feel like the Bulls did when they hit the Draft Lottery and Derrick Rose fell into their laps. NU’s three “no-plays” for the 2015 and 2016 seasons are Ohio...Tags: Wisconsin Badgers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Big Ten Conference, Michigan Wolverines, Ohio State Buckeyes
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Joe Louis Walker, the blues and beyond
As a teenager in ‘60s San Francisco, Joe Louis Walker lived just blocks away from Sly Stone, roomed with Mike Bloomfield, and played shows with B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix and Thelonious Monk. Walker was the 16-year-old house guitarist at the Matrix,...Tags: Grant Park, Entertainment Events, B.B. King, Buddy Guy, Concerts
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Preckwinkle criticized for bullet tax idea
Clout StreetDemocratic Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faced criticism today after floating the idea of taxing guns and bullets to help balance the budget. Commissioner Timothy Schneider said he’s worried such a tax would do little other than hurt...Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Timothy O. Schneider, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Toni Preckwinkle
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Top weekend shows: Roger Waters, Kelly Hogan, Radiohead
Roger Waters: Last chance. Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters builds “The Wall” outdoors as the epic two-year tour (which played the United Center in 2010) winds down this summer. Alas, his Floyd bandmates won’t be with him to replicate one...Tags: Roger Waters, Wrigley Field, Berwyn, Tinley Park, United Center
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Feds: Major heroin ring busted in Chicago area
Tribune reporterA Mexican drug ring in 2011 picked the wrong person to help run their heroin sales in the Chicago area, federal officials said today -- a confidential source who already had been working with the government since 2010. On Thursday the U.S. Attorney's...Tags: Heroin, Harvard, Bartlett, Mexico, Defendants
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