Ames Boykin
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'Grease' cast won't say a word about holiday surprise tonightNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Members of the cast of "Grease" seem to have something up the sleeves of their leather jackets for tonight's tree-lighting ceremony in Des Plaines. But exactly what is u...
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Vote on term limits unlikely in Des PlainesNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - A move to reverse term limits for Des Plaines officials appears to have fallen a couple thousand signatures short of landing on February primary ballots. A Des Plaines ...
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Federal storm, flood loan applications being takenNov 28, 2007 10:00 pm - If that tree uprooted during the August storms crashed onto your home and you need a loan to help pay for the repairs, there is help. Or if those unrelenting winds and ...
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Train gate malfunctions vex drivers, emergency personnel in Des PlainesNov 26, 2007 10:00 pm - Gates are down. Red lights are flashing. But there's no train to be seen. This is the aggravating scene at least once a day in Des Plaines on average. This suburb has...
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16 percent property tax hike? Des Plaines may prefer it to telecom taxNov 23, 2007 10:00 pm - Most towns like to brag about how low they keep property taxes. But one suburb is considering moving away from a phone-tax increase and a new sewer fee in favor of a 16 ...
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Des Plaines moves in on Miner StreetNov 21, 2007 10:00 pm - Des Plaines has started to "land bank" Miner Street property downtown for future development. Aldermen this week unanimously approved plans to buy 1486 Miner St., which...
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Tax bill delay leaves Des Plaines in holeNov 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Des Plaines is taking out a short-term loan to make its loan payments. Officials blame the seemingly counterproductive move on the delay in property tax payments due to ...
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Des Plaines voters to weigh in on term limitsNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - A decade after Des Plaines voters set term limits for elected officials, residents will be asked in February whether they want officials to serve "unlimited" terms. Resi...
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Renters' heat off, on, in dispute over billNov 19, 2007 10:00 pm - Heat is included in the rent that Stephanie Jaggers and neighbor Tim Poe pay every month. So when the gas was shut off last week in their unincorporated Des Plaines apa...
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Special events budget gets cut for next yearNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Des Plaines officials are leaning on a group of volunteers to use more private donations for special events. Aldermen this week decided to slash the city's share of fund...