All Stories from September 6, 2017 (Change date)
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Dining events: Raise a glass to Wildfire's Oktoberfest beer dinnersSep 06, 2017 6:00 am - Wildfire hosts Oktoberfest beer dinners Fall is coming as suburban Wildfire locations host special Oktoberfest beer dinners this week. The four-course menu paired with c...
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Veggies: After a quick spin in the blender, chia goes from slime to sublimeSep 06, 2017 6:00 am - It was summer, a few years ago, and we were at a dear friend's house, finishing up a lovely, casual supper, when out of the fridge they came: little cups filled with chi...
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Homemade's the way to go if playing with your food appealsSep 06, 2017 6:00 am - My mother always told me not to play with my food. Of course, that doesn't mean I listened - or still do, even now. I am old enough to know better, but I can't eat an Or...
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Arlington Heights trustees OK Greenbrier School expansionSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Arlington Heights trustees approved plans Tuesday for an expansion to Greenbrier Elementary aimed at alleviating overcrowding. The two-story, 8,280- square-foot additio...
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How the state is taking local sales tax moneySep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Many suburbs will find their coffers a little light this month. That's because towns with local sales taxes are getting 2 percent less from the state than they're used t...
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Spending fight keeps Elk Grove Township from authorizing billsSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - A spat in Elk Grove Township politics will cost taxpayers a couple thousand dollars and wasted workforce hours. Last week, board members angrily ended a meeting without ...
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Naperville sales tax talk turns to internet salesSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - As Naperville officials consider raising the local sales tax in their city, they also turned their attention Tuesday night to the way sales tax is charged - or not charg...
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Carpentersville offering tax incentives for business park beautificationSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Carpentersville is offering tax incentives to encourage businesses in the Spring Hill Center for Commerce and Industry to beautify their properties. The village board o...
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St. Charles police station headed to Valley Shopping CenterSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - In February, St. Charles aldermen took a 5-4 preliminary vote to move the city's police station to a site on Red Gate Road, at the edge of the city. No one, including th...
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Survey: District 220 students were sleepy and driving drowsy last yearSep 06, 2017 5:30 am - Lack of optimum sleep and drowsy driving to high school were among problems reported by students in a survey compiled by Barrington Area Unit District 220 officials who ...