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Chicago About To Transform Back Into a Normal City

It’s almost a wrap!
“Transformers 3″ is spending its last day filming in downtown Chicago on Thursday.
Shooting will start in Millennium Park from 6 to 11 a.m., where the crew will be using pyrotechnics to create explosions.
From 7 to 9 p.m., a helicopter will be flying above the main branch of the Chicago River filming explosions [...]

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Food Stamps Available for Illinois Flood Victims

Victims of the recent Northern Illinois flooding may now be eligible for food assistance.
Governor Pat Quinn on Monday said that food stamps are available to residents of the seven counties that were declared federal disaster areas as a result of last month’s flash flooding.
“The recent floods in Cook and six other northern Illinois counties have [...]

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Mural New Source of Pride to Uptown Neighborhood

Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood was just uplifted.
A new mural designed by teenagers was unveiled Saturday at Uplift Community High School, 900 W. Wilson.

The bricolage mosaic, which covers multiple exterior walls of the school, was created over six weeks this summer by After School Matters students involved in the Green Star Movement’s Uplift Bricolage Mural Program.
According to [...]

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Wheaton Home Should Be First in Illinois to Achieve Emerald Certification

Only 12 new detached homes nationwide have achieved Emerald certification by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), which signifies the highest achievement currently possible in residential green construction.
On pace to become lucky 13, as well as Illinois’ first Emerald status residence once it is completed and certified in early September, is a new single-family [...]

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Gerstad Builders Helps You Save ON Your Home and AT Home

Gerstad Builders is always ready to help you save on your McHenry County new home, but sometimes, people need help saving money while they’re preparing to buy a new home or after they’ve just moved. Actually, these days, most of us find ourselves needing to save money at home whether we’re in the homebuying market [...]

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More Closures and Reroutes as Filming Goes Into Overdrive

Hey, Chicago residents: That movie being shot downtown is going to transform 12 CTA bus routes this week.
The movie “Transformers 3″ was supposed to rap up filming on August 23, but now comes word that more streets will be closed and buses rerouted until 6 a.m. Friday, August 27.
Washington and Madison Streets will be closed [...]

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Activities For All Ages This Holiday Weekend

The Naperville Jaycees Last Fling is a community festival over Labor Day weekend that gives families one more chance to let loose before the end of summer.
There will be a carnival, live entertainment, food vendors, business expo booths and more.
A Labor Day parade will take place on Monday starting at 10 a.m. in [...]

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Daley Increasing Condo Renter and Buyer Rights

Mayor Richard M. Daley unveiled a plan Thursday aimed at protecting Chicago real estate renters and buyers.
When the real estate market was hot several years ago, there were developers converting apartments into condominiums all over the city, which strengthened neighborhoods and allowed many buyers to purchase their first home.
Many renters found themselves displaced, however, because [...]

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Zillow Now Offers Apartment Listings

Two of the nation’s largest online real estate sites are partnering up.
Chicago-based Apartments.com will now add its list of 90,000 managed apartment rental listings to Zillow.com, bringing the total number of home and apartment rental listings to more than 150,000 to the Seattle-based site.
Zillow.com, which offers real estate information for homeowners, buyers, sellers, renters, agents [...]

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Maintaining Good Credit While Purchasing a New Chicago Home

You’re buying a Chicago new home, and you’re far enough along in the process to have your loan application approved. In a recent post on the Equifax Personal Finance Blog,  real estate expert Ilyce Glink reminds us that now is not the time to party. You need to do everything you can to protect your [...]

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It’s Like a Shopping Game for Adults

Need some new cookware? Want some for a penny apiece? Like stickers?
Jewel-Osco has started a promotion that is reminiscent of trading stamps from yesteryear.
Here’s how it works:
*You shop with your Jewel-Osco Preferred Customer Card
*You earn a reward sticker for every $10 spent on eligible purchases
*You save up your stickers
*You redeem those stickers for cookware
There are [...]