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These kids really deliver
You can learn a lot working at the post office. Especially if you're a fourth- or fifth-grader, and that post office is set up to deliver mail to students and staffers at Gary D. Wright Elementary School in Hampshire. "This is a nice way for them to work on real-life skills," reading teacher Jen Breeze said.
You can learn a lot working at the post office. Especially if you're a fourth- or fifth-grader, and that post office is set up to deliver mail to students and staffers at Gary D. Wright Elementary School in Hampshire. "This is a nice way for them to work on real-life skills," reading teacher Jen Breeze said.
AT&T helps fund U46's 10 Boys' Initiative
ELGIN -- AT&T Illinois recently announced School District U46 is the winner of an "AT&T Investing in Illinois Award" to support the district's 10 Boys' Initiative that matches at-risk students with a mentor.
Plank Road Panther(s) still a mystery
It was exactly a year ago that Elgin deer hunter Pat Crawford started looking through the photos recorded by a motion-activated camera in the back of a friend's tree nursery along Plank Road. Among the deer pictures he had hoped for, he discovered the blurry image of what seemed to him to be a leopard-like cat. That set off a series of news stories we ran last year
It was exactly a year ago that Elgin deer hunter Pat Crawford started looking through the photos recorded by a motion-activated camera in the back of a friend's tree nursery along Plank Road. Among the deer pictures he had hoped for, he discovered the blurry image of what seemed to him to be a leopard-like cat. That set off a series of news stories we ran last year
West Dundee eyes possible tax on utilities for new year
WEST DUNDEE -- To open the new year, village residents here could be facing a utilities tax.
WEST DUNDEE -- To open the new year, village residents here could be facing a utilities tax.
A burning issue
EAST DUNDEE -- Village Trustee Lael Miller says he can't count all the trees on the two acres of property where he's lived for more than seven years in Lakewood Estates, bordering Carpentersville.
EAST DUNDEE -- Village Trustee Lael Miller says he can't count all the trees on the two acres of property where he's lived for more than seven years in Lakewood Estates, bordering Carpentersville.
More sacrifices in fight vs. Hampshire budget woes
HAMPSHIRE -- Six months ago, Hampshire began the current May 1-April 30 fiscal year with a budget that included pay freezes, unfilled jobs, and even employees cleaning their own offices.
HAMPSHIRE -- Six months ago, Hampshire began the current May 1-April 30 fiscal year with a budget that included pay freezes, unfilled jobs, and even employees cleaning their own offices.