Glendale Heights
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Pols should read bills before votingJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It's amazing how the mere length of the stimulus and cap and trade bills tells me all I need to know about the state of government. Twelve hundred pages tell me no one r...
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Scofflaws plead their cases, but most tickets upheldJul 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It's a sunny morning outside, but inside a chilly gloom pervades the utilitarian meeting room at the Elk Grove Village fire department. There's a green carpet, neutral w...
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Naperville director discusses park district goalsJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Naperville Park District Executive Director Ray McGury must be doing something right. Several of the goals outlined in a 12-page list of the district's "leadership team'...
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A simple question for lawmakersJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I have a simple question for each and every senator and Congressperson: Will you give up your very generous taxpayer-provided health care program for the program that yo...
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Battery charge dropped against District 88 board memberJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - As a DuPage High School District 88 school board member, Paul D. Habel said he made it his primary mission to keep students safe. So, when Habel spotted a group of Addis...
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Boy struck by van in AddisonJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - A 6-year-old boy was taken to Elmhurst Memorial Hospital Thursday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle on LaLonde Avenue in Addison, police said. The boy's injuries...
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Chicago media academy program popular with suburban studentsJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Like many kids, Marc Barrowclift has had a number of different aspirations as he's grown up. The St. Charles native dreamed of being an astronaut. A magician. A comic bo...
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Drive a spike through gamblingJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Gambling expansion is making enablers of us all. We are enabling the destruction of families within our communities knowing very well that greater ease of gambling bring...
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Odious options in budget crisisJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Regarding our new state budget cut, I would like to say that neither option of raising taxes or cutting state funded programs are right. Higher taxes mean we have to rea...
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Heroes beacon of hope in murky timesJul 10, 2009 11:00 pm - I am moved to write to express my profound admiration and thanks for the actions of Scott Laine and Bob Jewell in saving the life of a man caught in a burning SUV on Jun...