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Contest: Enter the Great Patch Christmas Cookie Bake-off
Holiday eats just aren't the same without some sweet treats—and you're known to whip up some of the best around. You're the Christmas Cookie Queen, the Host with the Most in Oven Mitts, the guest at...
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Add the Punchline to Our Talking Turkey Cartoon
Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment...
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Letter: Darien Police Chief Reflects on First Year
Dear Residents of Darien, November 16 marked the completion of my first year of service to the citizens of Darien. I would like to thank you for welcoming me into your community, and it has been a...
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Darien Rotary Works to Help Homeless Veterans
Story submitted by Chris Gerrib: Six members of the Rotary Club of Darien, including one friend, helped serve about 850 homeless veterans in the Chicago area earlier this month. On Nov. 8, the local...
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Darien Grocery Stores Open on Thanksgiving Day
Pass the cranberry sauce … oops! Even if you plan ahead for Thanksgiving, there always seems to be something you forgot. So, just in case … here's a list of Thanksgiving Day hours for grocery and...
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Caption This: Who Says Cats and Dogs Can't Be Friends?
Patch readers, you're up! We need your wit, creativity and animal psychic abilities to craft the perfect caption for the next edition of our pet photo caption challenge! What are this cat and dog...
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Five Thanksgiving Movies to Love
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987) If you’ve experienced that disaster of a trip home for the holidays—the car breaks down, a blizzard adds hours to your drive time, you lost your cell phone and...
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Sold! Local Home Sales: Nov. 22 Edition
A four-bedroom, three-bathroom, 1,905 square-foot single-family house at 1208 Emerald Dr., Lemont, recently sold for $315,000. The split-level home, built in 1987, has a large eat-in kitchen with a...
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Thanksgiving Leftovers: What Do You Do With Them?
Dinner’s done and the only thing more stuffed than the bird is you. Now the question becomes: What to do with all those leftovers? While many say simple reheating is all that’s necessary to have a “day...
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Darien Man Charged in Police Seizure of 600 Pounds of Marijuana
A Darien man was one of five people charged in a police sting that netted about 600 pound of marijuana last week. Dean A. Dziuba, 55, of the 1100 block of Lodgepole Court in Darien, was charged with...
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Predict the Score: Chicago vs. Minnesota
Well that was ugly. The Bears' Monday Night Football shellacking at the hands of the 49ers could make Chicago fans worry about the rest of the season. Predicting what could happen is useless, because...
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Enter Patch's “Deck the House” Contest For a Chance to Win $100,000
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that...
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This is What $500,000 Will Buy You
1. 13171 Meadow Hill Ln., Lemont: Priced at $500,000, according to listings. This is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom single-family house built in 1997. The home's kitchen has granite counters and the...
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Darien Businesses to Like on Facebook
There are a lot of benefits to liking local businesses on Facebook. Besides telling your friends and neighbors your favorite places in town, you can get to know those places more through their Facebook...
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Patch Roundup: Thanksgiving Garage Fire, Kidnapping/Murder Charge
Here are some of the top stories from the past week in Patch's west Chicago region: Batavia—Batavia Garage Fire on Thanksgiving Ends in $19,000 Damages—A vehicle was also damaged in the blaze. Here are...
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OMG PD: Bananarama, FBI Don't Think So
LA GRANGE Dude Just Wants Bananas Police received a complaint at 7:52 a.m. about a man “panhandling and harassing people” at the entrance to Trader Joe's. Officers found that the man was just loudly...
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