Des Plaines Business
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School bus company plans 300+ layoffsMay 07, 2014 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — A Joliet-based company that provides school-bus services plans to lay off more than 300 employees by the end of June. According to notices filed by Illinoi...
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Shuttered Mount Prospect banquet hall closer to reopeningMay 07, 2014 1:00 am - The new owners of the abruptly shuttered Bristol Court banquet hall, which now will be called Bristol Palace, are closer to reopening after Mount Prospect trustees this ...
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Negotiations continue over controversial Wheeling TIF planMay 07, 2014 1:00 am - Negotiations to avoid a lawsuit over Wheeling's plan to establish two Tax Increment Financing districts on the sites of failed TIFs continue, say representatives of the ...
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Agreement: Rivers Casino can't threaten workers wanting unionMay 06, 2014 1:00 am - Rivers Casino management must post a notice to employees promising not to threaten them if they seek to join a union, according to a settlement between the Des Plaines c...
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Longtime taste tester on the edge of foodie trendsMay 05, 2014 1:01 am - Maria Reyes of Woodridge has spent about 30 years taste testing foods. There's been pasta and sauces, vinegars, rice and "Oh, my God" the cookies. "I don't have to eat t...
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Cannings discuss logic behind their Harper giftApr 29, 2014 5:30 am - In the early 1980s, newly divorced and in search of a job, Rita Canning headed to Harper College. She had been out of the workforce for some 20 years. At Harper, she fre...
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Harper College lauds $1 million donation to women's programApr 29, 2014 5:00 am - From her hospital bed, Denise Owens made a simple request. The Hoffman Estates mother of three asked her kids to deliver her laptop so she could finish her homework. ...
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Speedway gas station in Des Plaines plans expansionApr 29, 2014 1:01 am - A popular gas station on Des Plaines' south side plans to expand, though at least one city alderman is concerned about the impact it would have on traffic. The Speedway ...
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Fresh Thyme now open in Mt. ProspectApr 25, 2014 1:01 am - People began lining up at 3 a.m. Wednesday for the grand opening of Fresh Thyme Farmers Market, 211 W. Rand Road in Mount Prospect. Fresh Thyme CEO Chris Sherrell joine...
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Des Plaines expands business incentive programs citywideApr 23, 2014 1:01 am - Des Plaines is expanding its business incentive programs that until now have been restricted to downtown businesses. The programs will offer grants for eligible business...