Mount Prospect
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Bison girls come home to applauseMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - It wasn't what they'd hoped for when students cheered them off Thursday, but it was quite an accomplishment nonetheless. And first thing Monday, Buffalo Grove students h...
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Early voting idea becomes a successMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - As Illinois' chief proponent of early voting, I applaud the Feb. 26 editorial ("Don't rush changes in early voting") for highlighting early voting's successes and pointi...
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Hoffman moves on loan for fire, police stationsMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The Hoffman Estates village board Monday approved the first of two proposed bond issues for various village projects, including new police and fire stations. The total b...
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Pre-algebra out as U-46 intensifies math curriculumMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Pre-algebra has been booted from the high school math curriculum in Elgin Area School District U-46. Number phobes -- don't rejoice just yet. As part of an effort to int...
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Stores, theater in S. Barrington to open in fallMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Though winter weather has complicated construction of the Arboretum of South Barrington, officials still aim to open the "lifestyle" shopping center by September. The 86...
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U-46 bus negotiations failMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - About 22,000 Elgin Area School District U-46 students could be without a ride next week if union members today reject a "last, best and final" contract offer. Monday's f...
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New fire chief sworn inMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Terrence Vavra, the new Buffalo Grove fire chief, was sworn in Monday night at the village board meeting. Vavra, 50, was formerly deputy chief at the Lisle-Woodridge fir...
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Kirk: Hospitals should give infection dataMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - A 2003 state law requires hospitals to disclose health care-related infection rates. But more than four years later, the law has yet to be implemented. U.S. Rep. Mark Ki...
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Blackmail by e-mail? Arlington Hts. police isn't sayingMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Arlington Heights police declined to comment late Monday about a published report about three residents receiving "spam" e-mails telling them to pay up or they'd be kill...
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Some spring quotesMar 03, 2008 10:00 pm - "In the spring, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love." --Alfred Lord Tennyson "People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tel...