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Women at the empty tomb, by Fra Angelico, 1437-1446. Fra Angelico — the common English name Fra Angelico means the “Angelic friar”. In 1982 Pope John Paul II proclaimed his beatification. Sunday March 31, 2013 Christians celebrate Easter (also called the Pasch or Pascha) — a Christian festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus [...]

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Entry of Christ into Jerusalem (1320) by Pietro Lorenzetti — an Italian painter, active between approximately 1306 and 1345. Palm Sunday is marked by the distribution of palm leaves (often tied into crosses) to the assembled worshippers. In the Gospels according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John; Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem took place about [...]

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Change Your Clocks Overnight When Daylight Saving Time begins on the second Sunday in March, turn clocks forward 1 hour to Daylight Saving Time (-5 GMT/UT) “Spring Forward”… Daylight begins later; Nightfall arrives later. The body feels like it loses an hour. Set clocks forward at 2:00 a.m. Sunday, March 10, 2013. At 2:00 a.m. [...]

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Marian Hossa scored his NHL-leading fifth goal on a power play 1:41 into overtime bring a 3-2 comeback win for the Chicago Blackhawks over the host Dallas Stars on Thursday. While Marian Hossa, shot past goalie Kari Lehtonen, a group was playing hockey at Hickory Meadows at Douglas and Marion in Arlington Heights. Arlington Heights [...]

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Composite map of the world assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite for nine days in April 2012 and 13 days in October 2012. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC. Scientists unveiled on December 5, 2012, an unprecedented look at planet Earth at night. A global composite image, constructed using cloud-free night images from [...]

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Pearl Harbor Remembrance with taps at Arlington Heights Historical Museum on December 7, 2008 with excerpts from Franklin D. Roosevelt “date in infamy” speech from December 8, 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (Operation Z in planning) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against [...]

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Santa Rohrman and Mayor Mulder (See over 100 more photos). Race organizers were sure they had a record on their hands — not a land speed record, but the number of participants in the Annual Rotary Santa Run Saturday, December 1, 2012. Prior to race day, registration was already over 1700 participants. The Fifth Annual [...]

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VIDEO: Third Annual Arlington Heights Rotary 5K Santa Run 2010. Coming to town this Saturday, December 1, 2012 is the Fifth Annual Rotary Santa 5K Run, 1-mile walk and 10-and-under Rotary Reindeer Run. Runners of all ages and abilities are invited to run on a 5K traffic-free course that starts at Campbell Street and Vail [...]

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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME END SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2012 at 2:00 AM … the first Sunday in November in 2012. Turn your clocks back one hour overnight Saturday-to-Sunday and gain one hour of sleep. The Shepherd gate clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UK does not change for Daylight Savings Time. ARLINGTON HEIGHTS TIME ZONE Arlington [...]

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Three fans of the trains at Harmony Park enjoy an evening earlier this summer. Voting for your favorite train ends July 21, 2012 at an online ballot …

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Biggest Chicagoland fireworks show in 2012 is at Arlington Park Racetrack in Arlington Heights. WEDNESDAY Special July 4 Racing/Chicagoland’s Largest Fireworks Display Join Arlington Park for a fun filled July 4th featuring racing, music and and fireworks. Live racing will begin later in the day than normal (Special Post time 3:00 p.m./Gates open at 1:00 [...]

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Did you see the Strawberry Moon? Strawberry Moon rising over Chicagoland, Monday, June 4, 2012.

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