Time's right for renters to buy

The Home Front

02/09/2011

It is likely that apartment rents will rise in 2011, so many prospective first-time home seekers are asking themselves, "Is now the time to take the plunge into homeownership?"
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Rescues of the week

02/09/2011

Mopsy is a lovely 8-year-young, Maltese/Lhasa Apso mix. This house-trained pooch has some basic obedience skills and sits nicely on command. She is very intelligent and would benefit from continued training. Mopsy is playful with most other dogs and relaxed when around people
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Do you want to know what love is?

02/09/2011

DEAR VALENTINE, is true love fairy dust or a mirage? A once-in-a-lifetime thrill or a biological complication? Maybe it’s all of the above. RESEARCHERS WHO EXPLORED WHAT HAPPENS physiologically as a romantic relationship progresses say it’s all about chemistry.
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Photos: Snow sculptures in Chicago

02/03/2011

Snow sculptures tower over viewers at the annual Snowdays Chicago event at Navy Pier on Sunday.
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43rd Ward candidate Smith accused of violating election law

Fundraising folly

02/03/2011

A campaign slip-up could land 43rd Ward aldermanic candidate Michele Smith in some hot water with the state’s election board. Smith, who is the 43rd Ward’s democratic committeeman and a contender in the ward’s upcoming aldermanic race, is currently awaiting a decision from the Illinois Board of Elections regarding a complaint against her campaign committee issued by a member of current 43rd ward Ald. Vi Daley’s own election team.
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Two new charter schools headed to Chicago's 27th Ward

Charting a new path

02/03/2011

Chicago Public Schools approved a charter school for the Near North Side and one for the Near West Side last week. With a specialized curriculum and reliance on private funding, they’re part of a controversial new direction taken by the Chicago Board of Education to improve schools citywide.
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Lincoln Park locals lobbying for affordable housing at Children's Memorial

A push for the pocketbook

02/03/2011

As the upcoming redevelopment of the Children’s Memorial Hospital promises to play a pivotal role in reshaping the residential landscape of Lincoln Park, some housing advocates are hopeful that the plan will be a touchstone for expanding economic diversity in one of the city’s most attractive neighborhoods.
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Man arrested in Goose Island shooting

02/03/2011

Tavell Cobbins, of the 200 block of N. Lavergne, was arrested by Chicago police in connection with a nightclub shooting that happened around 2:30 a.m. January 29. According to witnesses, Cobbins and a friend were allegedly involved in a verbal argument with a Northern Illinois University student at a club on the 1400 block of N. Halsted Street.
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Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match

Heart of the 'hood

02/03/2011

You don’t have to be a bona fide yenta anymore to help find love this Valentine’s Day for your grown child, thanks to Lincoln Park siblings Danielle and Brad Weisberg. I can’t help but kvell over the pair’s new matchmaking Web site that’s every Jewish mother’s dream come true: thejmom.com.

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Photos: Blizzard hits Chicago

02/02/2011

Web Extra! Slideshow
After a blizzard of historical proportion dumped more than 20 inches of snow on Chicago, residents began the backbreaking task of digging out.
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