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Water funding may impact future community gardening
The Austin Green Team gardening group may have to start paying for water previously provided by the city under the Mayor’s 2012 proposed budget. The Austin Green Team’s founder Mary Peery said her garden, Paradise, was the first of the many Chicagoland neighborhood gardens, which are directly effected by the water supply cuts for non-profit organizations. […]
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Even before fishing season officially opens in Chicago’s waterways, residents spent one afternoon, in early spring, trying to snag a non-seasonal catch in the debris-laden water. Frequent fisher Melody Harden, Chicago nurse, spent the afternoon fishing with her sister Roxanne, visiting from California and her brother James, of Bellwood, Ill. She said Columbus Park was […]
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Convicted former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich ate a double patty melt, his last meal as a free man, before entering prison today. He visited Freddy’s Frozen Custard in Littleton, Colorodo, just before entering Englewood Federal Correctional Institution. “He seemed in good spirits,” Josh Andreakos, Freddy’s general manager, said in a telephone interview. Andreakos said Blagojevich […]
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Singer and actress, Whitney Houston has died at 48. Chicago publications and fans take to social media airwaves sharing memories, condolences, and their pain from news of her untimely death. [View the story “Chicago Reacts to Whitney Houston’s Death” on Storify] Whitney Houston Has Died At Age 48 (chicagoist.com) Video: The Most Touching Whitney Houston […]
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