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Common Grounds Vibe Cafe opens in downtown Lombard
Common Grounds Vibe Cafe, a family-owned coffee shop that operated in DeKalb since 2016, has opened at 22 W. St. Charles Rd. in downtown Lombard near the Metra station.

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Common Grounds Vibe Cafe, a family-owned coffee shop that operated in DeKalb since 2016, has opened at 22 W. St. Charles Rd. in downtown Lombard near the Metra station.
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A string of Midwest refinery breakdowns, led by repeated outages at the ExxonMobil plant in Joliet, has pushed DuPage County gas prices well above the national average, squeezing College of DuPage commuters and school transportation budgets across the region.


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