Buffalo Grove Opinion
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Troubled by ECC public safety, truck schoolsAug 14, 2012 4:40 am - The Burlington village board OK’d a conceptual plan for ECC’s vision of a regional public safety and sustainability facility. We the people voted to approve a $178 milli...
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The SoapboxAug 11, 2012 5:00 am - Golden memories: Whether they won gold medals or not, we salute suburban athletes representing us well at the 2012 Olympic Games. From Aurora's Anna Li cheering on her g...
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Not the right time to build Town CenterAug 10, 2012 5:00 am - On July 24 the Daily Herald reported that the Village of Wheeling trustees just approved in a 6:1 vote to spend $120 million dollars last Monday for building the Town Ce...
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Not everyone is a fan of the OlympicsAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - The reader poll on July 262 had all the obvious answers to the question: “What Olympic sport are you most looking forward to?” Swimming, gymnastics, track and field, soc...
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Some solutions would create new problemsAug 07, 2012 5:00 am - I wanted to respond to Mr. Bill Hartman of Barrington, who proposed in a July 17 letter after reading adjacent headlines about rising ocean levels in California and drou...
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Health care law is badly neededAug 04, 2012 5:00 am - Thank goodness that as of now, the Supreme Court has upheld the basic tenets of the Affordable Care Act — please don’t be so demeaning as to call it Obamacare. As a two-...
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Editorial: Cold War artifact tells a chilling storyAug 02, 2012 9:06 am - Brett Blomberg’s mission in Vernon Hills doesn’t quite equate to pounding swords into plowshares, but it sure has a lot to say about the rumors of war. It’s a story wort...
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Editorial: In brutal summer, recommit to water safetyAug 01, 2012 5:00 am - It’s becoming almost routine this summer to hear about tragedies on Chicago-area waterways, and the death of a 10-year-old Libertyville boy near Lake Villa last weekend ...
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Firefighters’ work no less than heroicJul 31, 2012 5:00 am - While shopping in Vernon Hills, I received a phone call from my next door neighbor. “Where are you? Come home now. Our homes are about to go up in flames!” As we jumped ...
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Urge tollway officials to extend Route 53Jul 31, 2012 5:00 am - The tollway board just received the recommendations from their blue ribbon committee urging the extension of Route 53. If you agree with me that the extension and linkag...