Cook County
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Two charged in string of Asian store burglariesSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Two men who initially drew police attention after being caught urinating behind a Mount Prospect strip mall have been charged as a result of a multijurisdictional invest...
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Schaumburg prepares new, lower tax levySep 19, 2011 12:00 am - As predicted in the spring, Schaumburg officials are recommending the village’s third property tax levy this fall be reduced by 6.1 percent from last year’s, due to cont...
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Use care, courtesy when riding a bikeSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - The other day I was asked why I ride my bicycle on the road. Did we waste our money building bicycle trails? The answer is an emphatic no! I love trails because they ar...
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Employees luckily away when SUV crashed into Mt. Prospect storesSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - If it had happened just minutes earlier, two employees of a Mount Prospect car rental business would have been squashed. Hertz employees Shane Music and Marcin Pogorzels...
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Schaumburg traffic campaign leads to arrests, citationsSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Schaumburg police have released the results of their participation in an Illinois Department of Transportation grant program for a Labor Day Enforcement Campaign from Au...
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Fixtures on sale at closed Arlington Hts. hotelSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - The sale of fixtures and furniture at the former Sheraton Chicago Northwest Hotel in Arlington Heights will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20. Items range from sleigh b...
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Arlington Heights to review details of Sheraton planSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Curious about the proposal to turn the former Sheraton Chicago Northwest, the closed hotel next to the Arlington Park racetrack, into luxury rental apartments? The proje...
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Alzheimer’s event Sept. 21 in Arlington Hts.Sep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Church Creek in Arlington Heights will host “Resources to Remember,” an event for caregivers and families of Alzheimer’s patients, from 3:30-6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 21. ...
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Books picked for 8th year of Suburban Mosaic reading programSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Organizers of the Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year program consider literature to be a special kind of weapon — one that heals instead of destroys. “Books let us see and...
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Prison terms for $1 million pot bust in North AuroraSep 19, 2011 12:00 am - Two of three people arrested in January in connection with a bust of 50 pounds of high-grade marijuana along Interstate 88 are going to prison, while a third is due in K...