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Mark Lavender Interiors When Sonia Esler, an artist based in Chicago, moved into her home with her husband and two children, she thought about hiring a designer to help with a few key things, but she knew she didnt want somebody that would just focus on the pretty. She wanted a designer who was a critical thinker and would be a true collaborator, understanding (and embracing) her love of plaid, rainbows and her need to recreate—or perhaps, rewrite for her own kids—certain moments from her ...

The deputy makes a new friend NEWPORT -- A Monroe County sheriffs deputy was on police duty when he unexpectedly made a new friend. Deputy Zachary Straub had responded to a call in the Marshall Fields subdivision near Newport when resident Wayne Braden spotted the patrol car Friday afternoon. Bradens 15-month-old grandson, Easton, happened to playing in his own police car at the time. The deputy stopped and took the time to meet with the family and show the toddler a real-life police car. "It w...

Would we have "The Wizard of Oz" in its many iterations -- from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" book to Broadway shows "Wicked" and "The Wiz" -- without L. Frank Baum's Chicago years? New PBS "American Experience" documentary considers the author's life.

One of America’s leading financiers in the 1800s was Charlemagne Tower, Senior. His family roots began in England, then arrived in the first Puritan colonies in America, and eventually moved to New York State. His wife, Amelia Bartle Tower, was born in Ohio but traveled with her parents to California, where she met Charlemagne during a trip he made there. After their marriage they settled in Pennsylvania. He began to invest in the development of coal mines and the railroads that went with ...

None of us are without prejudices, however, I believe we must strive not to act upon them, particularly when making public policy.

CST Abraham Lincoln was one of the earliest members of the Illinois State Society of Washington, DC, which was founded in 1854. The oldest of the state and territorial societies in Washington, it represents former Illinoisans from all parts of the state, including Chicago. We and hundreds of historians, District of Columbia officials and local residents honor Lincoln at an annual birthday celebration at the Lincoln Memorial — the most popular of all of the monuments here in the nation’s cap...

Evanston Now 8th Ward aldermanic candidate: Ann Rainey Incumbent 8th Ward Alderman Ann Rainey was first elected to the Evanston City Council in 1983. And except for a four year gap, shes been on the Council ever since. Ann Raney. Incumbent 8th Ward Alderman Ann Rainey, 77, was first elected to the Evanston City Council in 1983. And except for a four year gap after a failed race for mayor, she’s been on the Council ever since. Rainey and other 8th Ward candidates wer...

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Culling programs aimed at habituated deer have been strongly opposed in the past, but the councillor who proposed the goose cull says she has been flooded with letters of support. Coun. Dalvir Nahal says the provincial government should get involved because most municipalities have similar concerns about aggressive geese and the piles of excrement they leave behind. A program set up to manage Canada geese in the Okanagan estimates about 2,500 resident birds nest between Vernon and Osoyoos, but ...

Growing flocks of Canada geese in Vernon, B.C., prompt city council to approve a cull Canada geese glide in for a landing at Barr Lake State Park, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2020, near Brighton, Colo. Non-native, resident Canada geese in British Columbias north Okanagan have overstayed their welcome and Vernon council has voted in favour of a cull. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/David Zalubowski January 26, 2021 - 10:14 AM VERNON, B.C. - Non-native, resident Canada geese in Briti...