Colleen Thomas
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Being a kid helps Mom win a Wii for her familyNov 04, 2021 11:06 am - As parents citywide are hearing strains of "I'm booorrred" this summer break, one Rolling Meadows family is looking forward to hours of fun with a newly won prize. They'...
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Just how does a rain garden help the Earth?Nov 04, 2021 10:15 am - It may seem like an efficient way to handle a big rainfall: the water gathers in your gutters then spills down the driveway and out into the street. So orderly. So syste...
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Gardening program plants seeds of learning at ConyersNov 04, 2021 12:28 am - It may be the month for kids to dance around the maypole, but some preschoolers instead enjoyed planting around the flagpole. Students at Conyers Learning Academy in Rol...
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Donuts, basketball put school on track to raising $15,000 for charityNov 03, 2021 11:25 pm - Plum Grove Junior High has got it down. Its students know how to raise money to fight cancer -- and do it quickly. For the sixth straight year, students raised thousands...
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Plant and craft fair just in time for springNov 03, 2021 10:21 pm - Though I write this with some trepidation, I think it may finally be safe to plant flowers. Nature has bloomed a little late this year, but the Rolling Meadows Hometown...
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4 new Eagle Scouts work at improving their communitiesNov 03, 2021 9:23 pm - Four Boy Scouts with ties to Rolling Meadows can call themselves Eagles, and the city is a better place for it. Only about 2 percent of Scouts achieve the top rank in sc...
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WildStangs crush competition at world robotics tourneyNov 03, 2021 8:02 pm - To an outsider, it may have looked like spindly contraptions on wheels moving down a track tossing huge balls in the air. But to the suburban students trained to remote...
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Rolling Meadows residents learn how their city worksNov 03, 2021 6:55 pm - Ever wonder why city crews dig those deep holes next to the streets? Or what the painted lines and arrows on sidewalks mean? One of your neighbors now may have the answe...
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Library's new computer system has many perksNov 03, 2021 5:54 pm - You may not have noticed something new at the Rolling Meadows library -- and that's just the way the staff wants it. The library recently went live with its new computer...
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Rolling Meadows goes green with recyclingNov 03, 2021 3:58 pm - They've been hard to miss, the big green recycling carts dotting the curbs this week in Rolling Meadows. Carts have arrived at each house and signal the start of the cit...