Palatine
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Is transit system running on empty?Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Two transit officials - one the former state treasurer - are challenging the purported size of Metra's budget shortfall as the agency pushes for a quarter-cent sales tax...
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RTA: Cuts, fare hikes imminentAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Metra, Pace and CTA officials drew a budget line in the sand Thursday. After pressing for nearly a year for tax hikes to fill a collective $240 million budget hole, tra...
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Governor declares 4-county disaster areaAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today declared Cook, Lake, Kane and McHenry counties to be state disaster areas. The governor toured the floodwaters of the Des Plaines Riv...
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Projects facing the ax in state budgetAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - SPRINGFIELD -- Millions of dollars for everything from a Sicilian delegation's suburban visit to new police cars were stricken from the state budget Thursday by Gov. Rod...
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Lake County club notesAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - From the clubs To submit a listing, send e-mail to clubs@dailyherald.com, or fax to Club News at (847) 427-1301. Bicycle Club of Lake County: The Bicycle Club ...
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Briefs: P.E.O. Rummage Sale starts todayAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - The annual P.E.O. Rummage Sale, sponsored by the Barrington and Lake Zurich Chapters of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, will be held today and Saturday at the Langendorf Park gy...
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Stockbridge community fully stockedAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Stockbridge, located on the far west side of Elk Grove Village, is full of spacious single-family homes set among parks and schools. Roseanne and Vincent Salemi liked St...
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Friday's football resultsAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Friday's results Nonconference Elgin 27, Plainfield Central 18 Larkin 29, McHenry 66 Marmion at South Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Hoffman Estates 20, Woodstock 14 Lake Park 16, Co...
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Volunteers help Rockford flood victims clean upAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - All it took was an e-mail popping up to inspire about 25 people to abandon summer weekend plans for barbecues or swimming. Instead, they chose to wade in water and debri...
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New school year brings new faces in Dist. 59Aug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Almost 60 new teachers at Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 took to the chalkboards this week after a flurry of retirements in June. A change in retirement rules...