Deerfield Schools
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No more corporate sweetheart dealsOct 25, 2011 5:00 am - More than 20 years after receiving some $247 million in state and local tax incentives to stay in Illinois and develop a new business campus in Hoffman Estates, Sears wa...
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St. Viator updates ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ to the 1960sOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - One of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays comes to life this month when St. Viator students star in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Though it was written in the late 1...
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Baader, Stevenson take chargeOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Thirteen wasn’t unlucky for Stevenson’s Rachel Baader on Tuesday night. Baader pounded 8 kills on 13-of-13 hitting, and Liza Pflugradt added 7 kills, as the Patriots won...
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Calistri, Deerfield too much for Grayslake CentralOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - Grayslake Central’s boys soccer team made a good run in the postseason, winning a regional championship last weekend to earn a spot opposite Deerfield in the sectional s...
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The story about dinosaurs is in fossils, rocksOct 25, 2011 12:00 am - You wanted to know “Why did dinosaurs become extinct?” asked students in Katherine Crawford’s fifth-grade at West Oak Middle School in Mundelein. If you had to answer a ...
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D214 bond sale approved; construction aheadOct 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 approved a $20 million bond sale on Thursday and outlined some of the facility improvements and major maintenance projects th...
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Lake County crafts blueprint for dealing with sex assault casesOct 24, 2011 5:30 am - Complex and sensitive by their nature, sexual assault cases are among the most difficult undertaken by the justice system. They involve a host of people from beginning t...
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Golash made a good point on role modelsOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Among one of my first tasks when I open the paper is going to the Neighbor section to read the Fencepost. These are comments by thoughtful neighbors giving their opinion...
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Let’s stand up and demand lower taxesOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Taxes, taxes, taxes — when will they stop increasing? It’s amazing how my property tax has almost doubled within the past few years as my property value has decreased by...
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A little restraint on taxes would helpOct 24, 2011 5:00 am - Gosh, all the local taxing units seem to think that everyone has excess money to pay for their wants and needs. Well, I can’t. I live on a fixed income, and this is not ...