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Local thrift stores offer bargain fashion for a cause

By Jason Pfrommer | July 25, 2011

DeKALB | Goodwill stores across the nation participate in discount days, but DeKalb's Goodwill, 1037 S. Annie Glidden Road kg/pc, is one of the only Goodwill locations to offer its patrons a Dollar Day Sale.Store Manager Aaron Bick kg/pc said the idea...

Local thrift stores offer bargain furniture

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | July 5, 2011

DeKalb | With the start of the fall semester looming in the distance, some students are on the hunt for cheap thrills to spruce up their dorm or apartment.In addition to checking out garage sales or bringing hand-me-down furniture from home, students...

Local thrift stores offer cheap furnishings for students

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | June 30, 2011

With the start of the fall semester looming in the distance, some students are on the hunt for cheap thrills to spruce up their dorm or apartment. In addition to checking out garage sales or bringing hand-me-down furniture from home, students can also...

Local businesses offer holiday tree varieties

By Allyson Martin | December 5, 2010

Sitting around a tree festooned with holiday ornaments has long been an image that comes to mind during the holiday season. A variety of local businesses offer live and artificial trees for the holidays. Both Walmart and Target, located at 2300 Sycamore...

Children, minorities experience the highest poverty rates in the state

By Melissa Mastrogiovanni | November 1, 2010

As the season begins to change, some will pull out their winter coats and turn up their heaters to stay warm. Some people, however, don't have that luxury. According to the Social Impact Research Center at Heartland Alliance, as of 2009 in DeKalb County,...

October brings choices of costumes for students

By Allyson Martin | October 26, 2010

The month of October has students wondering what they want to be for Halloween and considering the possibility of making their own costumes. Students may shy away from taking this task, thinking that they do not have the skills or the equipment. However,...

NIU Alum Shirley Johnson, of Maple Park, Ill., views a piece from the exhibit "The Autumn Leaves - A Century of Fall Fashion 1900-1999" Wednesday afternoon in the NIU Art Museum at Altgeld Hall.

Fashion does not fall short

By Jerene-Elise Nall | September 1, 2010

Autumn always leaves, but style stays around. "Autumn Leaves," an exhibit on fall fashions, will be running through Dec. 4 in the NIU Art Museum. The exhibit, according to museum director Jo Burke, uses "fashion as a metaphor" that explores "the connections...