Articles filed under Carpentersville & Countryside PFD

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  Carpentersville fire chief retires Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
  Longtime Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt, who had been on paid leave for nearly two weeks, resigned from the department and announced his retirement Friday, Village Manager J. Mark Rooney said. Schuldt, 53, had been with the fire department for almost 33 years and its chief since 1996. “I cannot entertain what's in the man's mind to retire,” Rooney said.
  

   
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  Village manager will only say Schuldt is on paid leave Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
  Longtime Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt has been placed on administrative leave and nobody is saying why. “It’s a personnel matter and I don’t comment on personnel matters,” Village Manager J. Mark Rooney said Friday. “The public has a right to know things but on personnel matters, you’ve got to respect people’s privacy. There’s a time and place to discuss things and this is not the time and the place.”
  

   

• Carpentersville Fire Dept. supports breast cancer patientsNov 15, 2012 12:00 AM
  A fundraiser that the Carpentersville Fire Department recently held to help breast cancer patients at a pair of local hospitals, raised $1,600. The fire department sold pink T-shirts for several days in October, which is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The campaign was dubbed "Wear Pink."
  

   
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  Child playing with lighter destroys Carpentersville homeSep 27, 2012 12:00 AM
  A 4-year-old boy playing with a lighter in bed sparked a fire that destroyed a Carpentersville home late Thursday morning. The boy was home with his aunt inside the single-story home on the 200 block of Riverview Drive when the mattress went up in flames about 11:45 a.m., but both escaped with minor injuries.
  

   

• Fire departments battle brush fire in Carpentersville Jul 10, 2012 12:00 AM
  Firefighters from seven departments helped battle a Tuesday afternoon brush fire in Carpentersville's Helm Woods Forest Preserve. The fire burned through a large area of brush, but did not damage any structures or cause any injuries, according to fire officials.
  

   
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  Traditions honored at Elgin firefighter memorial May 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  About 50 area residents attended the Elgin Area Firefighters Memorial Service held Saturday at the Elgin Fire Barn #5 Museum. Traditions "define who we were, and who we are," Huntley Fire Chief James Saletta said. Representatives of about a dozen local fire departments attended the ceremony.
  

   
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  Man charged with DUI after crashing into store Mar 24, 2012 12:00 AM
  One man was charged with a DUI after crashing his car into a Carpentersville business Friday night. No injuries were reported.
  

   
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  Carpentersville gives boost to employees trying to stay healthy Feb 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Carpentersville is so serious about getting its employees fit that it is issuing reimbursements to those who get involved in wellness activities. On Tuesday, the village board approved $50 reimbursements for each of the 11 employees taking part in the village's “Biggest Loser" contest.
  

   

• Candles cause fire at Carpentersville church Jan 29, 2012 12:00 AM
  Unattended candles were to blame for a fire Sunday at a Carpentersville church, authorities said.
  

   

• Funeral Wednesday for former Cary fire chief Jan 16, 2012 12:00 AM
  Former Cary fire chief Lester Macko died last week. Visitation and funeral services will be held Tuesday and Wednesday.
  

   
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  Winter fire safety tips, courtesy of Carpentersville Dec 21, 2011 12:00 AM
  With winter officially here, the Carpentersville Fire Department has started an iniative to emphasise winter fire awareness called “Put a Freeze on Winter Fires and Keep the Wreath Red.” When you drive past one of the three fire stations, you’ll see a wreath with red light bulbs in it. Every time there’s a holiday-related a fire, personnel will replace a red bulb with a white bulb.
  

   

• Carpentersville inks deal with part-time firefighters Dec 21, 2011 12:00 AM
  Continuing a recent trend in Carpentersville in which unions negotiate contracts without the aid of attorneys until the very end, the part-time firefighters union has reached a deal with the village.
  

   

• The Soapbox Oct 15, 2011 12:00 AM
  The Soapbox pauses to remember the victims of Flight 191, toasts the opening of two new facilities at the College of DuPage and casts darts and laurels around the suburbs.
  

   
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  All around the Fox Valley, 9/11 remembered Sep 11, 2011 12:00 AM
  Communities across the Fox Valley stopped Sunday to remember the events of Sept. 11, 2001. In Elgin, the ceremony marked the latest in annual tributes that have been conducted since 2001. “We never want a year to go by that we don't remember,” said Tricia Dieringer, American Legion Post 57 Americanism chairman, who has coordinated the ceremonies every year for the last decade.
  

   
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  Where to find other Sept. 11 memorials in the suburbs Sep 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Many suburbs have memorials to the victims and rescuers of the Sept. 1, 2001, attacks. Here's where to find some of them.
  

   

• Help free Carpentersville fire chief from 'jail' Sep 1, 2011 12:00 AM
  Carpentersville Fire Chief John Schuldt is going to jail. But it won’t be your typical jail; this one’s at Nick’s Pizzeria and Pub in Elgin. Schuldt will have an hour to raise money at the restaurant on Sept. 28 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. He hopes to send affected kids to camp in 2012.
  

   

• Carpentersville seeks former firefighters to attend 9/11 ceremony Aug 16, 2011 12:00 AM
  Authorities at the Carpentersville Fire Department are looking for past firefighters to attend the dedication service of the department’s 9/11 memorial. The department will hold its ceremony at 10 a.m. Sept. 11 at 213 Spring St. An open house follows at the fire station. The memorial is dedicated to firefighters who served Carpentersville throughout the 96 years of the department’s existence and to the people who lost their lives during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
  

   

• Carpentersville men honored for putting out fire Aug 4, 2011 12:00 AM
  It was a clear case of neighbors helping neighbors. At Tuesday’s board meeting, the Carpentersville village board and Fire Chief John Schuldt honored four regular men for putting out a vehicle fire as it spread to a nearby house.
  

   

• Woman critically injured in Carpentersville crash May 10, 2011 12:00 AM
  A woman in her 70s was flown from the scene of a two-vehicle crash in Carpentersville in critical condition Tuesday night.
  

   
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  House damaged in Carpentersville fire Apr 23, 2011 12:00 AM
  No one was hurt in a fire Friday night inside a house in the 100 block of Park Avenue in Carpentersville, but the structure is now uninhabitable, fire officials said.