Cook County
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Buffalo Grove meeting on funds for businessJun 03, 2012 6:39 pm - An event to help current and new local businesses owners access the capital they need for success will take place from 3-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at the Buffalo Grov...
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Accounting practices led to pension messJun 03, 2012 5:00 am - Letter writer Rosemary Colbert recently complained that how the pension mess came about has not been explained. I will answer, as I have been answering since 1983. It is...
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Elk Grove Village businesses betting on video gamblingJun 02, 2012 11:00 pm - After 50 years of catering to Elk Grove Village families, , target="_blank">Elk Grove Bowl is struggling to stay relevant in a troubled economy in which people have less...
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Paralympic-style track meet expands to open to all agesJun 02, 2012 11:00 pm - It was just going to be a small part of a suburban festival. Five years later, a Paralympic-style track meet created by a 9-year-old boy is its own separate event that'...
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The SoapboxJun 02, 2012 4:46 pm - Clear enough? It ought to be at least a little embarrassing that nearly every interaction between the village of Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage needs to be vetted ...
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Summer reading program begins at Gail Borden in ElginJun 02, 2012 2:12 pm - What do a typical dish from Tanzania, traditional dancing from Laos and intricate henna tattoos from Pakistan have in common? Why, reading, of course. The exhibit “Child...
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Cook County property taxpayers can expect earlier tax billsJun 02, 2012 2:00 pm - Cook County property owners this year can expect a surprise when the second installment of tax bills arrive: They will be on time. Those involved in the process expect t...
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Carpentersville hires new assistant village managerJun 02, 2012 8:00 am - He worked with former Carpentersville official
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We need voter ID to prevent fraudJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - A recent letter to the editor by Michael Fredian claiming requiring voters to show an ID to vote suppresses the Democratic vote as a reason there should be no standard f...
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Madigan’s pension reforms are tardyJun 02, 2012 5:00 am - I read with much amusement the “ideas” presented by many of our state legislators regarding pension reform “deals” being proposed, especially by Michael Madigan. He has ...