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Looking for a great book to read this summer? This list of illustrated books for kids ages 2 to 7 is so much fun. Plus it includes books young readers can start to read TO you! Read on...

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Plainfield’s festival season begins Saturday with an old favorite with a new name and new location. Kick Off to Summer Festival, previously known as Strawberry Fest then Spring Fest,...

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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a skydiver! All will be in the air this weekend during the 13th annual Cavalcade of Planes at Bolingbrook’s Clow International Airport. Attendees...

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Some were decked out in red, white and blue, while others were waving small American flags, but they were all there for one reason: To remember America's fallen heroes at Plainfield's ann...

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As America prepared to pay tribute to its fallen heroes, hundreds gathered in Plainfield’s Setters’ Park in honor of servicemen and women injured in the line of duty. The first-ever ...

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Editor's note: This article originally ran on May 30, 2011. How did Memorial Day get started? Here are some facts about the national day of remembrance for America’s fallen heroes.&#...

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Gold Star mothers have a unique and special perspective on Memorial Day. Aside from the obvious, their stories are really no different from the rest of us who grew up in America in the po...