Northbrook
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Cook County agency pays $10,000 to dress employees for successAug 25, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cook County President's Office of Employment Training has a professional new look, but critics say the new attire comes at too high a cost. The office recently spent...
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Soccerfest breaks in Schaumburg's new turfAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Soccerfest wrapped up its fifth annual tournament over the weekend in Schaumburg, drawing more than 3,500 players or 244 travel teams from the Northwest suburbs. But th...
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Local districts balk at Canadian National purchaseAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Officials from two local school districts plan to speak out this week against the proposed purchase of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Co. by Canadian National. Barrin...
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Seals to improve education for allAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Dan Seals understands that among our country's greatest virtues is that of opportunity. America offers public education to every citizen, which acts as the first step on...
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Coping in the aftermath of drug overdose deathAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Losing a family member to a drug overdose can be like wearing a scarlet letter, Mary Thrasher says. After her only son, Brian, died of a heroin overdose outside his Chic...
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Metra's UP North line back on scheduleAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Metra officials say that most trains on the Union Pacific North Line between Kenosha and Chicago are back on time after being more than one hour late Monday morning due ...
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District 23 looking for new board memberAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 is looking for a new board member to serve until the next election in April. The seat is open after the resignation of Tom Pawlik...
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Northwest suburbs in 60 secondsAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Public works groundbreaking Wheeling will hold a groundbreaking tonight for its new public works facility. A presentation about the new building will be followed with ho...
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Homeowners clean up maligned Wheeling neighborhoodAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - After 15-year-old Chavario White was shot and killed near his home at the Colonial subdivision in 2006, residents of the Wheeling townhouse complex decided they needed t...
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Niles mayor steps downAug 24, 2008 11:00 pm - After serving as Niles mayor for 47 years, Nicholas Blase will retire today. Blase made his abrupt retirement announcement this weekend in a letter posted on the village...