All Stories from March 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Vice president backs three incumbentsMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - As you look through the candidates for the Streamwood park board, I ask you to join me in voting for the re-election of Adriana Vega Armstrong, Thomas Keating and Richar...
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Columnist Cohen rewriting historyMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - In his March 12 column on FDR, Richard Cohen states that “the war in Europe was not won by the United States, but more so by the Soviet Union.” I think he is guilty of r...
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Lawmakers on both sides flunk math testsMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - There’s a lot of hand-wringing about American students lagging their foreign counterparts in math skills. That should not be a big surprise, since many of our political ...
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Pensions ‘take from poor, give to rich’Mar 26, 2013 5:00 am - Jake Griffin’s column about the legal corruption at District 211 and other districts was enlightening. I had no idea that pensions were so ridiculously high in District ...
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A small expense to save a lifeMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - Nine years ago, I lost my son, Ryan, to a heroin overdose. He was one month shy of his 18th birthday. He had been working hard to remain clean. He said to me, time and t...
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Glenbard's scoreboard advertising deal falls throughMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - A deal with a firm to facilitate placement of advertising on scoreboards at Glenbard District 87 high schools has fallen through, district officials said. The school bo...
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Krick dedicated to Hanover Twp.Mar 26, 2013 5:00 am - My name is George Hough, and I am writing to support Howard Krick for Hanover Township trustee in the April 9 consolidated election. I am the chairman of the senior comm...
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Another traffic jam, courtesy of Cook Co.Mar 26, 2013 5:00 am - I would personally like to thank the Cook County Board president and the commissioners for causing more traffic issues on Lake Street in Bloomingdale (DuPage Co.) See, o...
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Sewer/garbage rates not higher, after allMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - A short time ago I wrote a letter about an apparent rate increase to sewer and garbage services in Mt. Prospect. My letter was based on my recent bill and the informatio...
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Absurd attempt to stifle muscle carsMar 26, 2013 5:00 am - George Orwell’s book, “1984” was a precursor of things to come. But some of the things being thrown out there recently by New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg and New...