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Decent: Hilary’s ready and willing to answer all your ‘important’ coronavirus questions as she learns to ‘shelter in place’

March 24, 2020 at 1:05 p.m.

Now that we are all social distancing, I appreciate hearing from readers more than ever. Here are a few I thought I'd share with you... Hi, Hilary, I can tell...

People arrive to cast their votes at a laundrette, set up as a polling station, in Oxford, west of London, as Britain holds a general election on December 12, 2019.

Decent: Endless debates, giant pots of money, people who can’t be bothered — Tuesday’s election through the eyes of a voting ‘virgin’

March 20, 2020 at 3:15 p.m.

On March 17, I did something I've been wanting to do for 13 years, and I don't mean drink a Shamrock Shake on St Patrick's Day. For the first time...

Decent: Downtown Naperville a ghost town in wake of virus shutdowns and behind the closed doors people are struggling

March 17, 2020 at 4:47 p.m.

How many times have you complained about how hard it is to find a parking place on a busy Saturday or get an ice cream cone on a warm summer's...

During World War II, the British government promoted a message of "Keep Calm and Carry On" in the wake of bombings and other wartime hardships that might well be applied today as we try to navigate our way through all the changes being made as a result of coronavirus, columnist HIlary Decent says.

Decent: Advice from this Brit in the midst of the coronavirus pandemonium — keep calm and carry on is still good advice

March 19, 2020 at 7:15 p.m.

Two things have happened to me recently that I'd like to share with you. First, we returned from a cruise and, second, a couple of weeks later, Grumpy and I...

Ogden 6 Theatres, which has called a Naperville strip mall home for more than 40 years, is closing to make way for the city's second Costco.

Decent: Ogden 6 may be closing, but memories people have from 40 years of seeing movies there will live on

March 6, 2020 at 5:55 p.m.

Coming soon: The heart-warming story of a small-town movie theater facing the final curtain. Starring Jason Arcand as the projectionist turned manager, Kevin Peterson as the master remodeler and featuring...

Decent: It may come as a surprise but many women finding careers in funeral industry

February 28, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

While it may not exactly be a career women are dying to get into, there are increasing numbers who can claim "death becomes her." According to the New York State...

Decent: Going back to a childhood haunt with your grandchildren conjures up memories and emotions

February 21, 2020 at 3:59 p.m.

Sometimes, it's all about the little things. In these days when everything is bigger and better, faster and smoother, when toys for 2-year-olds feature all the latest technology, and people...

Decent: Seniors taking their golden years into their own hands by deciding how and where they want to live

February 14, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

Over the next 25 years, the number of Americans 65 or older is set to double. According to the Population Reference Bureau, baby boomers — those ages 55 to 73...

Decent: Valentine’s Day so much sweeter the second time around

February 7, 2020 at 2:42 p.m.

"Love is lovelier the second time around, just as wonderful with both feet on the ground. It's that second time you hear your love song sung, makes you think perhaps...

Decent: Century Walk needs financial stability from the city of Naperville

January 31, 2020 at 3:27 p.m.

As Naperville's Century Walk celebrates its 25th anniversary, founder Brand Bobosky finds himself at an impasse. "We've reached an age where we should decide if we are going to terminate...

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