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Elk Grove supervisor reflects on long career

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Elk Grove Township Supervisor Nanci Vanderweel is retiring this April after nearly 28 years with the township. Vanderweel was the township's first female supervisor and previously served as an Elk Grove Village trustee.

MADHU KRISHNAMURTHY | Staff Photographer

Elk Grove Township Supervisor Nanci Vanderweel is retiring this April after nearly 28 years with the township. Vanderweel started a free library which earned the township a Governor's Home Town Award in 2008.

MADHU KRISHNAMURTHY | Staff Photographer

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After nearly 28 years with Elk Grove Township, Supervisor Nanci Vanderweel is stepping down at the end of her elected four-year term this April. “This has been very satisfying ... now, it’s time to move on and let somebody else sit here,” said the 75-year-old who became the first woman supervisor in the township’s 162-year history. She reflected this week on her long career in suburban politics, which started in the 1970s.