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Tri-Cities Talk: Are You Happy With Your Child's School Lunch Options?

Tri-Cities residents, Patch wants to hear from you on the issues that affect you and your neighbors.

Welcome to Tri-Cities Talk—a regular feature in which we ask our Facebook fans to share their views on current issues facing Geneva, Batavia and St. Charles. Every week, we get the conversation started by taking a look back at a question we asked the Tri-Cities community in recent days on local Patch Facebook pages. There's been discussion recently about the quality of food served to our children in school lunches. Some parents say there should be healthier or more affordable options for students; others control what their children eat by packing their lunches at home. That brings us to this week's question: Take a look at what people had to say and join the conversation in the comments section.  Manou Chahmirzadi: Since the change of …

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House WOW!

For $1.6M, Roomy Fox Glen Home Has 3 Finished Floors On Acre of Land

Every week, Patch profiles a luxury home currently for sale in the Tri-Cities.

Cost: $1,595,000 Bedrooms: 6 Baths: 9 Square footage: 6,445 Built: 2001 Details: Seated on a lush acre of land within the Woods of Fox Glen neighborhood, the custom home at 2909 Glenbriar Drive in St. Charles has offers lots of extras and expansive space throughout three finished levels. Upgrades and unique architectural features include cherry floors in the foyer, a gourmet kitchen, a floating curved staircase beside the living and dining rooms, and detailed columns and arches throughout.  The master bedroom is on the first floor, while all other bedrooms are located upstairs. Each bedroom comes with a private bath. The finished English basement includes a bar, indoor gym and sports court, and other rooms for exercise, games and theater. …

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For $175,000, Which Home Would You Buy?

You could purchase one of three comparably priced homes for around $175,000 in Batavia, Geneva or St. Charles. Which would you choose?

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Introducing Small Business Patch

The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.

Patch has launched a new site to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to grow her business. Additional…

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Past Award Winners Return to 15th Annual St. Charles Fine Art Show

Taylor Mazer of Grand Rapids, Mich., and Jack McLean of Johnsburg, Ill., will be among the more than 110 artists in this year’s St. Charles Fine Art Show.

This year, retuning artists — including past award-winners Taylor Mazer and Jack McLean — represent more than half of the more than 110 artists who will be presenting in the 15th annual St. Charles Fine Art Show on Memorial Day weekend. The St. Charles Fine Art Show runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2013, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 26, on Riverside Avenue (formerly 1st Avenue) between East Main Street/Route 64 and Illinois Avenue, according to a release from the Downtown St. Charles Partnership. The juried art show features over 100 artists in media ranging from photography to jewelry, wood, and sculpture. Residence: Grand Rapids, Mich. Discipline: Mixed Media St. Charles Fine Art Show artist history: Second-year …

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Tri-Cities Job Center: May 13, 2013

Take a look at the public and private sector job openings we found in the Tri-Cities of Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles.

Welcome back to Job Center, Patch's listing of local job advertisements in the Tri-Cities area. We have pored over local websites and online job boards to bring you a selection of job listings from Batavia, Geneva and St. Charles. If we missed anything, please feel free to add the details below in our comments section for this post. Most listings were found via the direct websites of the local agencies, but we found more on Indeed.com, an aggregator of job postings from all over the nation. The city of St. Charles has no openings posted on its website this week. St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 on Monday, May 13, 2013, has 43 job postings, some involving multiple positions. The portal to its job listings is at http://district…

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Fermilab Proposes Neutrino Construction Project

Construction of the project would take place on the western portion of the laboratory site, close to Kirk and Giese roads in Batavia, and could begin as early as 2015.

It would be the world’s most ambitious neutrino experiment. And Fermilab wants everybody to know about it, especially its neighbors. Construction of the project would take place on the western portion of the laboratory site, close to Kirk and Giese roads in Batavia, and could begin as early as 2015. The Department of Energy and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory are inviting the local community to an informational meeting about the proposed Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment. The meeting, which will feature illustrative posters and short presentations, will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at Fermilab's Wilson Hall atrium in Batavia. The meeting will provide neighbors and the local community with an opportunity to…

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