Barrington Hills
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Pre-algebra out as U-46 intensifies math curriculumMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Pre-algebra has been booted from the high school math curriculum in Elgin Area School District U-46. Number phobes -- don't rejoice just yet. As part of an effort to int...
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Stores, theater in S. Barrington to open in fallMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Though winter weather has complicated construction of the Arboretum of South Barrington, officials still aim to open the "lifestyle" shopping center by September. The 86...
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U-46 bus negotiations failMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - About 22,000 Elgin Area School District U-46 students could be without a ride next week if union members today reject a "last, best and final" contract offer. Monday's f...
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New fire chief sworn inMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Terrence Vavra, the new Buffalo Grove fire chief, was sworn in Monday night at the village board meeting. Vavra, 50, was formerly deputy chief at the Lisle-Woodridge fir...
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Kirk: Hospitals should give infection dataMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A 2003 state law requires hospitals to disclose health care-related infection rates. But more than four years later, the law has yet to be implemented. U.S. Rep. Mark Ki...
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Blackmail by e-mail? Arlington Hts. police isn't sayingMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights police declined to comment late Monday about a published report about three residents receiving "spam" e-mails telling them to pay up or they'd be kill...
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Some spring quotesMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." --Alfred Lord Tennyson "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tel...
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Local schools win titles at TeamDanceMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It was an emotional state tournament for members of the St. Charles North High School pom team. Three weeks after senior Lauren Laman collapsed during practice and late...
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Ski-masked thieves hit GameStop in Round Lake BeachMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Two masked thieves, one armed with a handgun, robbed a Round Lake Beach video-game store Sunday night. The robbers hit GameStop, 617 E. Rollins Road, shortly before 8 p....
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Armed robberies in Arlington Hts., Buffalo Grove might be linkedMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A Wheeling woman arrested over the weekend for a Buffalo Grove armed robbery might be connected to two similar incidents in Arlington Heights, police said. Karin Elizab...