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We asked people across our Patch communities if the recession is over for them, how they were affected and how they are coping.Word is the recession ended more than a year ago, in June 2009. At least that's the report from the nonprofit, nonpartisan National Bureau of Economic Research, a group considered the arbiter of such matters. But Northbrook officials, real estate agents, salespeople and other community members say that for the most part, they're still suffering the effects of the economic downturn. Is it really over? "It absolutely does not feel like it, and in many ways, our numbers show that it is worsening," said Jill Brickman, who oversees the Northfield Township Food Pantry as township supervisor. …
