Ames Boykin
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Elk Grove trustees approve first pay raise for selves in four yearsApr 08, 2008 11:00 pm - For the first time in four years, Elk Grove Village trustees on Tuesday night gave themselves a raise. The pay of the three trustees elected in spring 2009 will go from ...
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Two Des Plaines administrators will not have to live in the cityApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Des Plaines aldermen Monday night scaled back residency requirements for department heads, voting to exclude the chiefs of human resources and finance from the rule. T...
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Republican challenger enters state House raceApr 07, 2008 11:00 pm - A Republican candidate on Monday entered the 57th House District race in a challenge to Democratic incumbent state Rep. Elaine Nekritz for the seat she first won in 2002...
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Estonian offers insights into his countryApr 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Better late than never isn't always my mantra as a reporter at a daily newspaper. But in this case, a late response from one of the Estonian visitors to Grove Junior Hi...
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Former Rosemont mayor's name coming off signsApr 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Signs of the late Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens exist everywhere in the village he led for a half-century. His name itself, though, will be removed from the village'...
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Officials to watch river for floodingMar 31, 2008 11:00 pm - In Des Plaines, the city's sandbagging machines are on standby for another rainy day. The Des Plaines River is expected to hit 6.5 feet today in the suburb, slightly abo...
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Des Plaines' Riviera project needs more timeMar 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Citing the slumping housing market, a developer pitching a high-rise retirement community next to his Des Plaines restaurant wants a two-year extension for the project. ...
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Des Plaines to look at streamlining news boxesMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Even as a journalist, you won't hear me stick up for the beauty of news boxes. But their freedom to exist on the sidewalk as a matter of free speech, well that's when I ...
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Chicago close to taking first Elk Grove siteMar 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Chicago is close to buying its first piece of land in Elk Grove Village, frustrating the hard-line foe of new runways at O'Hare International Airport. Using its condemna...
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Mayor: Elk Grove police station is 'on time and on budget'Mar 25, 2008 11:00 pm - Steel beams stretching vertically toward the sky show a work in progress. Elk Grove Village is moving right along on its $25 million project to build a new police admin...