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Editorial: Walsh should stay as nominee in 8th

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:21:40 +0000

Editorial: Walsh should stay as nominee in 8th
We didn’t endorse Joe Walsh when he ran for the 8th Congressional District in the Republican primary in February.

Police log

admin — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:21:15 +0000

Police log
• Joseph Allen, 31, of Boston, Mass., disorderly conduct, 1:20 a.m. Sunday on Lisbon Street. • Stephanie Jean Webster, 27, of 76½ Howard St., warrant, 6:05 p.m. Sunday, 97 Pine St.

Honor Roll: Bate Middle School

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 22:23:31 +0000

Honor Roll: Bate Middle School
Honor roll for Bate Middle School is as follows:

Congressional hopeful Walsh moves into 8th District

admin — Sat, 15 May 2010 22:22:43 +0000

Congressional hopeful Walsh moves into 8th District
It’s not the Barrington address he initially promised, but Republican congressional candidate Joe Walsh has moved into the 8th District.

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Route 120 bypass snubbed by state

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 22:27:10 +0000

Route 120 bypass snubbed by state
Following an intensive lobbying and consensus-building campaign, Lake County officials expressed dismay Tuesday that the Illinois Department of Transportation did not include funding for a major Route 120 improvement project in its latest five-year budget.At Tuesday’s meeting of the County Board, Chairman Suzi Schmidt and Public Works and Transportation Committee Chair Diana O’Kelly were among …

Track athletes get last chance at Gage meet

admin — Thu, 13 May 2010 22:26:38 +0000

Track athletes get last chance at Gage meet
MISSOULA — Friday was the last chance for Montana and Montana State track and field athletes to get an automatic qualifying mark for the Big Sky Conference Championships. And for two Bobcats, the Tom Gage Classic meet at UM was their ticket to the BSC meet.

GOP bosses sit down with Walsh, but don’t ask him to step aside

admin — Tue, 11 May 2010 22:21:26 +0000

GOP bosses sit down with Walsh, but don’t ask him to step aside
With controversy continuing to muddle Republican Joe Walsh’s run for Congress, party leaders held a two-hour sit-down recently with the candidate to vet his viability.

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Marriage licenses

admin — Sun, 09 May 2010 22:22:59 +0000

Marriage licenses
MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED BY ADA COUNTYDICK, Glenn James and LEE, Sumer Jo, both of Garden CityPO

Is Tea Party over for candidate?

admin — Sat, 08 May 2010 22:40:11 +0000

Is Tea Party over for candidate?
Is it an avalanche of supporters abandoning Tea Party candidate Joe Walsh’s campaign for Congress in the north suburbs or just a few defectors?Two former staffers, including one who says he was campaign manager, quit the campaign over the weekend and tried to close Walsh’s office in Grayslake, saying 200 volunteers were joining them in the exodus from the campaign.”We had been lied to and …

Track Roundup — Locals qualify for state

admin — Fri, 07 May 2010 22:27:42 +0000

Track Roundup — Locals qualify for state
Denison sophomore Jaycee Parker qualified for the state track and field meet with a second-place finish in the girls 400 meter dash at the Class 4A Region II meet on Tuesday at the University of North Texas.

Federal board hears testimony on CN discrepancies

admin — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:21:21 +0000

Federal board hears testimony on CN discrepancies
The three members of the U.S. Surface Transportation Board expressed disappointment with Canadian National Railway Co. officials at last week’s hearing regarding discrepancies in the company’s reporting of blocked crossings on the Elgin, Eastern & Joliet Railroad.

Two GOP chairmen still backing Walsh

admin — Wed, 05 May 2010 22:25:53 +0000

Two GOP chairmen still backing Walsh
U.S. 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh came under fire Sunday because two campaign staff members quit and called for him to withdraw from the race.

Walsh’s campaign office still open for business

admin — Tue, 04 May 2010 22:23:16 +0000

Walsh’s campaign office still open for business
Despite the efforts of two former campaign workers, Republican congressional candidate Joe Walsh’s Grayslake political office remained open for business Monday.

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Public Records

admin — Mon, 03 May 2010 22:21:45 +0000

Public Records
The principal and faculty of Westmoore Elementary School announce the Honor Roll and Distinguished List for the third nine-week grading period.

PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Unbeaten Marysville-Pilchuck shuts out Arlington, 10-0

admin — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:22:16 +0000

PREP SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Unbeaten Marysville-Pilchuck shuts out Arlington, 10-0
MARYSVILLE — The Marysville-Pilchuck Tomahawks just continue to go about their business. Having already secured a Wesco North 4A District 1 playoff berth and leading the division by half a game over Lake Stevens, Marysville-Pilchuck keeps winning.

Feds criticize CN Railway for underreporting crossing delays

admin — Sat, 01 May 2010 22:27:33 +0000

Feds criticize CN Railway for underreporting crossing delays
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today scoffed at Canadian National Railway’s assertion that its locomotive-sized undercount of delays at suburban railroad crossings was the result of a mere misunderstanding. Surface Transportation Board members said at a hearing that they were deeply disappointed in CN for reporting that, in November and December, there were only 14 occasions were trains …

Feds could penalize CN for underreported crossing blockages

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:21:13 +0000

Feds could penalize CN for underreported crossing blockages
Federal regulators aren’t happy with CN’s failure to report most of the railroad crossing blockages along the EJ&E Railway, and consequences could follow.

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Feds criticize CN Railway for underreporting delays

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:21:12 +0000

Feds criticize CN Railway for underreporting delays
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators today scoffed at Canadian National Railway’s assertion that its locomotive-sized undercount of delays at suburban railroad crossings was the result of a mere misunderstanding.

Walsh to file House disclosure form late, pay fine

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:21:12 +0000

Walsh to file House disclosure form late, pay fine
A suburban congressional candidate’s failure to file a federal financial disclosure form was a campaign oversight that will be rectified this week, his spokesman said Tuesday.

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Welcome Back, Courtney Love

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:30:41 +0000

Welcome Back, Courtney Love
Room, meet the rhinoplastied elephant in a tutu. To address the new Hole record, Nobody’s Daughter , without considering Courtney Love’s chaos-prone reputation—the “Courtney Love Monster,” as she recently described it on Twitter—is to analyze the recent health care bill without …

Winners of Waynesboro Easter jelly bean and bunny promotion announced

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:21:24 +0000

Winners of Waynesboro Easter jelly bean and bunny promotion announced
The retailers of Mainstreet Waynesboro Inc. held an Easter jelly bean promotion. Richard Heck was the winner of the grand prize, 4-foot-tall chocolate bunny from The Candy Kitchen. The jar containing a single black jelly bean for the grand prize was housed in The Wright Place Custom Tattoos and Advanced Piercing.

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