Cook County
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Gambling at track just delays inevitableJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - It is becoming abundantly clear that Mayor Mulder and a majority of village trustees have no long term economic plan or vision for the future for Arlington Heights beyon...
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Governor should veto gambling billJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Quinn, you repeatedly said the gambling expansion bill was too top heavy and said it would make Illinois the Las Vegas of the Midwest. Yet legislators kept adding t...
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Palatine HS band’s respect appreciatedJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Hats off to the Palatine High School band for marching in this year’s Memorial Day parade in full band apparel. In the past, while other bands have chosen to don T-shirt...
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Reinharts, sans Haley, perform at Wheeling fundraiserJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Although “I heart Haley” T-shirts were hard to miss Sunday night at a Wheeling disaster relief fundraiser, it was the rest of her musically talented family that stole th...
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Barrington can save itself, if it wants toJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Looking out as I pass through parts of downtown Barrington I am reminded of scenes from Detroit. The southwest corner of Main and Hough is vacant. The former Barrington ...
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Pancake breakfast at Schaumburg airportJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 153 will be sponsoring its 26th Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday, June 19, at the Schaumburg Regional ...
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ID cards can help keep children safeJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Gov. Pat Quinn proclaimed May 25 as Missing Children’s Day in Illinois to remind families throughout the state to make child safety a priority and recognize progress mad...
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Prospect Heights finalizes contract to bring back laid off copsJun 12, 2011 12:00 am - Front and center among Nick Helmer’s goals when he ran for Prospect Heights mayor was to resolve the impasse between the city and its police union. On Friday, about a mo...
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Dig deeper to find real identityJun 11, 2011 1:00 am - In a recent Fence Post letter about public pensions, I noticed the sender was the executive director of a group named Public Notice in Arlington, Va. The generic name of...
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Plan for extending life of MedicareJun 11, 2011 1:00 am - Now that Paul Ryan’s GOP plan to use vouchers to privatize Medicare is the official Republican plan, I think we should extend the same treatment to his supporters. The e...