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VERNON HILLS, Ill., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Local residents in and around Vernon Hills are being encouraged to support global efforts to raise awareness about climate change thanks to the efforts of Tetra Pak, a local food and beverage processing and packaging company, which is working with other local groups to spread the word and share information about Earth Hour.
On Saturday March 26th at 8:30 p.m. local time, millions of people in more than 4,600 cities around the world will be working together to take positive action on climate change and participate in Earth Hour, a global event sponsored by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Individuals, corporations and cities around the world will turn off their non-essential lights for one hour as a bold statement of collective concern about c...
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The sequence of events that led to 19-year-old John "Bobby" Surles' death last week in Bangor was like a scene out of "Romeo and Juliet" or its modern equivalent, "West Side Story.
It started with an argument whose origins no one can recall. One group of teenage males teetering on manhood called out another to a "rumble" spot, in this case a funeral home parking lot. The first group showed up carrying whatever weapons they could find - a baseball bat, a broken broom handle.
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An Americans United lawsuit that challenged official prayers and other religious presentations at events sponsored by a Southern California community ...
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Thrusting the District's aging public library system into the digital era and making sweeping renovations will not be part of the Fenty administration's early plans to improve government inefficiency and bring about swift change.
We're not going to be cutting edge because we have a lot of catching up to do," says Chief Librarian Ginnie Cooper.
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Three young people and a school group were honored for their outstanding commitment to the community Thursday at Mayor James L. Richetelli Jr.'s Youth Awards ceremony.
Out of 22 finalists for the awards, one each from elementary school, middle school, high school, and group categories got to take home a plaque.
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Terry Doloughty is hoping an influx of residents and businesses in Polish Hill will help the neighborhood shed its status as "a shortcut to somewhere else.
My dream would be to walk up to Brereton (Street) and have to put my name on a list to sit and eat at a restaurant," said Doloughty, 43, president of the Polish Hill Civic Association.
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Geoff Calkins, meet me on the river May 3rd for the 27th annual Outdoors Inc. Canoe and Kayak Race. If you don't show up, how can Memphis ever take you seriously as an advocate of sports?
I make this challenge to the best sports columnist I have ever read (other than Furman Bisher) because last year Geoff wrote a column about the race, which raises money for the Church Health Center.
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Standing at the top of the hill overlooking Newburgh's downtown, the former Cumberland Presbyterian Church has managed to survive war, flood and the march of time.
Today, the building at the corner of State and Main streets remains one of the most iconic structures in Warrick County, though it is no longer a hub of community activity.