Value judgment
The fate of your next home purchase or mortgage refinancing may be determined in an unpretentious, computer-lined office suite like the one real estate appraiser Donald Zimmerman runs in Northfield....
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DRUGS, TRAVEL AND MOTELS LEAD A LONG LIST OF DISCOUNTS
Following are some of the discounts available to "seniors." - AARP Pharmacy Services actually is offered to members through a for-profit company called Retired Persons Services Inc., which pays a...
MANY CALL, BUT FEW ARE CHOSEN
The state may be facing a teacher shortage within the next decade, but in Lake County right now, it's a buyer's market. In Deerfield Elementary School District 109, where the...
Mmmmmmmmm, PCBs! Somehow, the world’s largest concentration…
Mmmmmmmmm, PCBs! Somehow, the world's largest concentration of PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) looks less menacing when depicted in green frosting. The centerpiece of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recent yacht tour...
STUCK IN TRAFFIC
If Lake County weren't such an attractive place to live, traffic wouldn't be a problem. The catch is, that same traffic can diminish Lake County's appeal. This has set the...
STUCK IN TRAFFIC
Put the blame on Northbrook Court. That's the song being hummed by a quartet of women who have lived in four separate communities along Lake-Cook Road for decades and who...