Ten Big Stories from 2010

Editor's Note: This story originally said that a trial for Pamela Williams would begin Jan. 18. The judge has not set a trial date for Williams. Patch regrets the error.

On Wednesday, Darien Patch will celebrate its two-month anniversary. Though we haven't been around very long yet, we've already gotten to see some amazing stories unfold. Here, Darien Patch rounds up 10 big stories that happened during the last two months of 2010.

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This amazing group of teens from   in the Harper College Deaf Academic Bowl Nov. 5. They'll head to the national competition at Gallaudet University in March.

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With less than 20 deer remaining, the famous white deer population at Argonne is in a fight for its survival. But neither hunters nor deer culling programs are to blame: The most plausible cause is inbreeding.

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The mounted two prostitution stings during the last couple of months of the year. But in one, the officers were the ones .

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Frieda Schendl, a working mom before it was the norm, celebrated her 100th birthday Dec. 17. Her favorite pastime? Gambling.

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Despite tough economic times, the Lions Club purchased and collected a total of about 29,000 pounds of food to donate to more than 200 needy families during the holidays.

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District 86 battled two lawsuits this year—a federal discrimination suit filed by a former district pianist and a suit filed by school board member Dianne Barrett, who claims the district withheld information from her. Altogether, the district spent more than $37,000 in legal fees on the two suits.

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Hinsdale South's girls volleyball team won its second sectional title in school history. Though the Hornets to the Edwardsville Tigers, it was certainly a season to remember.

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A Darien woman is accused of collaborating on a $6 million mortgage scheme that the state's attorney's office said funneled money through her title company and directly into her pocketbook. The case continues with a hearing Feb. 1.

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As Darien approaches another tough budget cycle, approved a trial program that would cut the minimum number of patrol officers required for each shift from five to four. The city hopes to save about $23,000 in overtime pay with the change, but the Darien Police Union the plan in December.

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In March, the murders of three members of a Darien family in their home rocked the city. The state's attorney's office accused Johnny Borizov of hiring a man to kill his ex-girlfriend and the mother of his child, Angela Kramer. Kramer survived by hiding in a closet, but the man Borizov allegedly hired, , is suspected of murdering her parents and brother, the state's attorney's office said. A judge upheld an order in December denying Borizov visitation rights with his two-year-old son with Kramer.