Port Barrington
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Dist. 300 adds furlough days to cut costsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - In a continuing effort save money, Community Unit District 300 has placed three mandatory staff furlough days on the summer schedule. The furlough days will affect year-...
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Chronic distracted driver, crossing guard know texting dangers firsthandJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Mary Aguilar runs a pet service out of her home and spends four hours a day driving to those appointments. Her contacts call her cellphone to book her, often while she's...
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Budget impasse could cost 52,000 jobs, halt road projectsJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Road and bridge construction projects around the suburbs could be halted this summer — along with 52,000 jobs statewide — if lawmakers don't return to Springfield to app...
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Beaubien funeral set for Friday in BarringtonJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - The life of state Rep. Mark H. Beaubien Jr., lauded by friends and colleagues as a man of conviction who unabashedly stood on principle during his 15 years in Springfiel...
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’Burbs flex muscle in new congressional mapJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - Thanks to Democratic state lawmakers, a Cubs fan who lives in Addison can head more than two dozen miles east to Wrigley Field at Addison and Sheffield in Chicago, never...
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Barrington area state Rep. Beaubien dies at 68Jun 05, 2011 12:00 am - State Rep. Mark Beaubien Jr., who represented the Barrington area in the state legislature for nearly 15 years, died Sunday after suffering an apparent heart attack at a...
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Why you should just hang up the phoneJun 05, 2011 12:00 am - Still think texting while driving isn’t a big deal? Maybe these statistics will convince you. The Itasca-based National Safety Council estimates that at least 28 percen...
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Small aircraft veers off runway in LITHJun 05, 2011 12:00 am - No injuries were reported after a small aircraft went off the edge of a runway Saturday morning at Lake in the Hills Airport. Pilot Michael Higgins of Palatine and instr...
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Island Lake legal bills tower over other towns' feesJun 05, 2011 12:00 am - Averaging $54,115 a month in March and April, Island Lake's legal bills are dramatically higher than those of other Lake County villages, a Daily Herald review shows. Th...
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Riverside Plaza developer says progress being madeJun 04, 2011 12:00 am - The developer of Riverside Plaza in Algonquin hasn’t yet shown the village he has the financing to finish the entire project, but said he is on track to complete most of...