Barrington Hills Opinion
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Editorial: Local schools, colleges should be controlled locally, not in SpringfieldMay 27, 2015 11:00 pm - Legislators' efforts to meddle in the affairs of local community college districts stalled Friday and for all the right reasons. Liz Brown, of the Illinois Council of Co...
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Harper's staff gave meaning to serviceMay 27, 2015 1:00 am - On May 16, I had the honor of giving the keynote address at Harper College's commencement ceremony. It was a privilege to speak to graduates who were kind enough to rema...
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Editorial: Denying professional drone use defies logicMay 13, 2015 5:00 am - You see what they see at the scenes of fires, amid the devastation of tornadoes and other natural disasters. You hear them buzzing overhead at weddings. Drone aircraft -...
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Editorial: Changing times, technologies give cause to renew debate about sprinkler mandatesApr 24, 2015 1:00 am - The people living in the Barrington Hills home that went up in flames last weekend were, by all accounts. lucky. Nobody died. Had the house fire started in the middle of...
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After-school programs in Illinois help fight crimeApr 17, 2015 1:00 am - As parents and state's attorneys, we have peace of mind knowing that kids are safe and supervised at school during the day while adults are at work. But we're worried ab...
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No D220 candidate vowed to cut costsApr 02, 2015 5:00 am - Responding to your article on the plus and minuses of electing an educator, I think one important negative not mentioned is that, because teachers benefit from the curre...
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Editorial: Imagine the possibilities of Harper's promise of free college tuitionMar 29, 2015 1:00 am - Give a moment to this intriguing paragraph that opens a marketing message that Harper College in Palatine is to begin circulating Monday: "What if we could promise every...
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Editorial: Arlington Hts. nonprofit fights to save heroin addicts, one naloxone injector at a timeMar 27, 2015 1:00 am - In a nondescript little office on the north side of Arlington Heights, history is being made in the war on heroin overdose. For the first time, the lifesaving drug nalo...
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Endorsements: Battle, Ruffolo, Bernardi for Barrington Dist. 220Mar 15, 2015 1:00 am - Residents of the Barrington area are fortunate to live in one of the state's highest-performing and most-innovative school districts. Among the myriad reasons for the su...
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The SoapboxMar 07, 2015 1:00 am - So sad. So young. We, too, grieve for loss of Ally Bradford and Seth Egger, the Aurora Central Catholic High School students killed when their SUV collided with a s...