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Meetings on the move

Officials have moved four Hoffman Estates meetings from village hall this April because of expected renovation work. The village board meeting on Monday, April 7 will be held at the Park District Community Center and Ice Arena, 1685 W. Higgins Road; the committee meetings on Monday, April 14 will be held at the police station at 1200 Gannon Drive; the board meeting on Tuesday, April 22 will be held at the Public Works Center at 2305 Pembroke Ave.; and the committee meetings on Monday, April 28 will also be held at the police station.

College saving seminar

A seminar on saving for college will be held at 7 p.m. March 18 at the Rolling Meadows Senior Center, 3705 Pheasant Drive, Rolling Meadows. As college tuition continues to rise, parents are encouraged to learn about Illinois 529 plans that will ease the burden of paying for college, said state Rep. Suzanne Bassi, a Palatine Republican. Representatives from both Bright Start and College Illinois will discuss both 529 college saving programs along with information about scholarship opportunities and new programs within their plans. College Illinois is a prepaid tuition program.

Grant for Barrington area

Congresswoman Melissa Bean will present a $493,500 grant to Barrington area emergency responders at 10:15 a.m. today, at the Barrington Police and Fire station, 400 N. Northwest Hwy. The federal grant helps pay for communications equipment -- portable radios, mobile radios and consolettes -- for the Barrington-Inverness Police Department, the Barrington Hills Police Department and the Barrington-Countryside Fire Department, replacing their incompatible equipment. Officials say the new interoperable communications equipment will allow seamless communication among area police and firefighters, and will allow the agencies to participate in the Illinois statewide first responder communications network Starcom21.