The holidays are here, and the sights and smells of the season are everyone. That unmistakable smell of a fresh-cut Christmas tree (or an air…
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By Sandy Vasko “Seeing the elephant” … it’s what every soldier and soldier “wanna-be” wanted to do during the Civil War. It means seeing real…
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There were signs the December 5 County Board reorganization meeting was not going to go smoothly. The most neon-like billboard was the official count from…
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With the holidays just around the corner, this is a great time to think spring! Not because the weather is cold and the days are…
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By Sandy Vasko This week, we continue walking through downtown Joliet during the holiday season of 1876. The next establishment we enter has a familiar…
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I have heard a phrase that makes me bristle. But I will come back to that later. In 1987, when I was only 24 years…
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We have had a tiny touch of winter so far … a few flurries, and some quick dips into the frigid, but early December is…
Read More Today, I would like to morph two of the favorite asks on Facebook: What Christmas songs annoy you, and which ones cause you to turn…
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