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Caption This: Dog in a Bow Tie
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! Suggest your caption in the...
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Tough Week? Here's Some Inspiration to Get You to the Weekend
Friday's here. Thank goodness. One more day of work, and that's it. Here's a little inspiration to get you through to Saturday. For more than a month now, Patch and Grape-Nuts have teamed up to...
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William Shatner Beams into Naperville, Woodridge Next Weekend for New Star...
The original Captain Kirk will be firmly planted on planet Earth next weekend when William Shatner visits Naperville and Woodridge. Shatner will beam himself live and in person into Hollywood Palms,...
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Convicted Woodridge Carjacker Gets 40 Years in Absentia
Former nuclear engineer Michael Buhrman, 32, of Coal City, was sentenced in absentia to 40 years in prison on Wednesday for the May 2012 aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm of a woman’s car...
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Retiring at 50: Could You Follow This Woman's Extreme Savings Plan?
Americans may be living longer, but our retirement plans aren’t keeping up. Which means people are living longer with smaller bank accounts. But Marlene Konkoly will retire at age 50. How did she do...
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SOLD: Local Home Sales May 17 Edition
A 3-bedroom, 1.75 bath home recently sold in Darien for $307,000, according to real estate records. The home at 8682 Ailsworth Dr. features an updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances and...
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WTF, Illinois? We Curse Like Sailors
Well gosh darn it, turns out we're a bunch of potty mouths here in Illinois, thank you very much. That's the finding from the Marchex Institute, a data analysis firm, which ranks Illinois as the 5th...
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Medical Marijuana Bill Passed by Illinois Senate; Quinn Last Hurdle
By a vote of 35-21, the Illinois Senate approved legislation on Friday that would allow doctors in the state to prescribe marijuana as pain relief for severe medical conditions. The bill now goes to...
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48 Busted for Underage Drinking, Bank Robbed in Willowbrook: Crime Catch-Up
Look back at all the crime stories published this week on the Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills, Darien and Burr Ridge Patch sites. Hinsdale Police Bust 48 Juveniles at Underage Drinking Party: Some of the...
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OMG PD: Magic-Marker Threat, Apartment Climbing
NAPERVILLE Spider-Woman, 'Burbs Edition A woman who moved out of an apartment in the 200 block of East Bailey Road two months ago returned to the apartment May 15 and asked the property manager if she...
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Best of Craigslist: Hockey-Stick Chair; California Redwood Table
The following items and postings were found on Craigslist for the Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills and Lemont area. Note: Patch has no control over the status of these posts...
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Diezel the Bulldog Up for Adoption at West Suburban Humane Society
Name: Diezel Breed: English bulldog/basset hound mix Sex: Male Age: 4 years Spayed/Neutered: Yes Personality: Diezel and his brother, Bullet, were taken to the West Suburban Humane Society when their...
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Tillie the Cat Up for Adoption at the West Suburban Humane Society
Name: Tillie Breed: Domestic medium hair mix Sex: Female Age: 4 years Spayed/Neutered: Yes Personality: Volunteers at the West Suburban Humane Society describe Tillie as a puzzle because she is tough...
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DuPage DUI Arrests, May 19 Edition
BURR RIDGE April 28: Marcus Conner, 39, of the 2000 block of Wheatfield, Romeoville, was charged at 12:11 a.m. with DUI while driving his 2005 Chevrolet on Clarendon Hills Road at southbound I-55,...
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Severe Weather Possible Monday and Tuesday
Get ready for some storms.The storm system that dropped large hail and tornadoes on parts of Iowa, Kansas and Oklahoma is now headed toward Illinois. The National Weather Service has placed most of...
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Disability Doesn't Even Slow Down Bridget Brown
Living like a movie star for a week, Bridget Brown of Darien had a small part in a movie with Miley Cyrus. Brown also has her own consulting business, works as a dental assistant’s assistant and has...
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Patch Roundup: $4.85 Million Lottery Ticket Found in Jar; Man Guilty in...
Here are some of the top stories from Patch's West Chicago region last week: GENEVA—SWEET! Genevan Finds $4.85 Million Lottery Ticket in His Cookie Jar—Winning ticket stashed away for more than three...
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$1.5 Million For Acreage, Gated Property and Custom Details
Address: 4028 Belle Aire Lane, Downers Grove Cost: $1,499,999 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 7 Square footage: 7,000 Built: 1998 Details: With a gated entry, this home offers its buyer security along with the...
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Darien, Downers Grove Hit with Phishing-Scam Phone Calls
Several residents of Darien and Downers Grove were targeted over the weekend by automated calls that appear to have been part of a “phishing” scam attempt, the Darien Police Department said Monday. The...
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