Christopher Placek
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Freight train problem delay Metra trains in BarringtonOct 18, 2010 11:48 pm - A mechanical problem with a freight train stalled rush-hour traffic for more than two hours Friday in Barrington. The southbound Canadian National Railway train came to ...
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Dist. 23 chief: Grade level centers could save $500K a yearOct 15, 2010 11:07 pm - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 could save up to $500,000 a year and plug a budget deficit at least that large if it reorganizes its primary students into grad...
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Dist. 102 to discuss future of 'Indians' mascotOct 15, 2010 12:15 am - Like other school districts across the country, Aptakisic-Tripp District 102 will discuss if it should keep the “Indians mascot for one of its schools. School board memb...
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Prospect Hts. debates special tax to pay for leveeOct 13, 2010 11:14 pm - Prospect Heights may create a special taxing district to pay the city's share of construction and maintenance costs of a flood control levee on the Des Plaines River. Th...
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Cook board 9th candidates differ on sales taxesOct 24, 2010 12:19 am - There's little disagreement among the three candidates running for 9th district commissioner on the Cook County Board when it comes to sales taxes. All say they were opp...
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Ethics debated in Cook Co. Board 9th DistrictOct 24, 2010 12:47 am - Longtime Cook County Commissioner Peter Silvestri says experience counts. But his opponents for the 9th district Cook County Board seat he's held for 16 years think the ...
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Dist. 207: Should bars be sponsors?Oct 08, 2010 11:48 pm - Dist. 207 agrees to let Paterno's be a sponsor — without mentioning bar
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Liz Dietz joins District 96 in place of Victoria JusterOct 07, 2010 9:00 am - The Kildeer-Countryside Elementary District 96 school board has appointed Elizabeth Dietz to finish the term of board member Victoria Juster, who stepped down last month...
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Prospect Hts. hires new city administratorOct 06, 2010 11:36 am - Prospect Heights has a new city administrator, following the retirement of Pam Arrigoni. Anne Marrin, 47, who most recently was assistant city manager of Highwood, start...
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Prospect Heights has changing of the guardOct 05, 2010 5:32 pm - Prospect Heights has a new city administrator, following the retirement of Pam Arrigoni. Anne Marrin, 47, who most recently was assistant city manager of Highwood, start...