Articles filed under Kane County Forest Preserve District
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Kane forest district to spend last of $30 million for landJul 12, 2012 3:26 pm - Kane County Forest Preserve commissioners have approved a budget for the new fiscal year that will see the last of the money from the $30 million tax increase voters app...
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Thoughts turn to sale of former Kane jailJul 13, 2012 8:11 am - With the controversies about putting a concert venue and mountain biking trails in the east segment of Fabyan Woods mostly resolved, Kane County Board members will now t...
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Happy trails: A guide to trail etiquette in Kane CountyJun 26, 2012 5:18 am - Picture this: You’re walking on a lovely wooded trail in Elgin. Suddenly, a bicyclist appears out of nowhere and whizzes past you. You’re startled half to death. “Bicyc...
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Mountain bikers booted from Fabyan Woods in new planJun 13, 2012 6:07 am - Fabyan Woods took another step toward remaining a quiet, little-used part of nature Tuesday as task force members deleted a plan to include mountain biking trails in the...
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DNA leads to charges in 2010 Aurora garden plot attackJun 12, 2012 2:11 pm - DNA evidence has led to charges against an Aurora man for an August 2010 sex attack at the Oakhurst Forest Preserve community garden plots on the Aurora's east side. Tyr...
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All aboard -- Fox River Trolley for Rails to VictoryJun 09, 2012 1:23 pm - Residents of South Elgin and the surrounding area will get a chance to travel back in history this weekend — all the way back to June 1944 in France. The Fox River Trol...
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County now has more than 20,000 acres of forest preserveJun 05, 2012 6:08 pm - Kane County residents now have more than 20,000 acres of forest preserve to enjoy thanks to officials’ latest land purchase with the $30 million tax increase approved in...
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Meet the jumping oak gall waspJun 05, 2012 8:12 am - Jumping Jehoshaphat! The ground is alive! Or so it seems when hundreds of tiny round spheres the size of a pin head are hopping around on the sidewalk. This spring there...
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Blackhawk War veterans to be honored in Elgin on Memorial DayMay 28, 2012 6:14 am - Elgin ceremony will mark conflict's 180th anniversary, pay tribute to two veterans buried locally
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Kane County residents decry mountain bikingMay 10, 2012 12:08 pm - Having already killed a plan to build a Ravinia-like concert venue, a group of Kane County residents who want elected officials to maintain the pristine nature of Fabyan...