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Local Connections
Hospice Fashion Show to Celebrate 25 Years
For 25 years, members of the Joliet Area Community Hospice guild have organized and put on a “Puttin’ on the Glitz,” hospice fashion show. This year, the event is bring held at the Rialto...
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Local Connections
Pick the Perfect Pumpkin, Part II
With the mid-October chill in the air, your stomach may be craving the comfort of foods such as pumpkin pie or pumpkin soup or a baked squash of another sort. While you might begin your s...
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Local Connections
Peanuts, Nut Products Added to Massive Peanut Butter Recall
A recall that began with a contaminated batch of peanut butter has now expanded again. The recall now includes raw and roasted in-shell and shelled peanuts, Sunland Inc. announced in a ne...
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Arts
Holy O'Batman! The Irish Are Talking About Comics
Will County's oldest Irish organization is hosting a cultural speaker at the Joliet Historical Museum Sunday. Charles Fanning will discuss Irish comics as social history, specifically Geo...
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Local Connections
Pick the Perfect Pumpkin
It's mid October, just about the time for families to head out to our local pumpkin farms to pick the perfect fruit for carving a jack-o-lantern. The University of Illinois Extensi...
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Arts
'Ghost Hunters' Find Spirits at the Rialto; Show Airs Next Week
Is Joliet's Rialto Square Theatre haunted? There may be definitive proof, but you'll have to wait for the Ghost Hunters show on Wednesday night to find out for sure. A crew from the ...
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Local Connections
Romeoville Woman Wins Patch's Tickets to Adam Carolla Show at the Rialto
Theresa Blisard of Romeoville is the winner of two free tickets to see funnyman Adam Carolla Friday night at the Rialto Square Theater. Bilsard was one of more than 125 local residen...
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Local Connections
Fundraisers to Help ‘Love Them Home’
Eric and Elizabeth Stepien are continuing their journey to add two children with special needs to their family. With the help of two upcoming fundraisers, the Plainfield couple is ho...