Ames Boykin
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New 5-year pact approved in District 207Jun 03, 2008 11:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 teachers have a new contract just in time for summer break. School board members early Tuesday approved by a 6-1 vote a five-year...
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Des Plaines school mourns loss of teacherJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Valerie Murdy regularly brought life lessons into the classroom, once turning the occasion of a student on the verge of U.S. citizenship into a class project. She had he...
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Des Plaines may mold money into sculpturesJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Bronze sculptures of birds, children playing with a turtle and young people playing leapfrog could be coming to downtown Des Plaines. Des Plaines aldermen on Monday nigh...
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Dist. 207, teachers agree in principle to contractJun 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 teachers on Monday ratified a new five-year contract after more than a year of talks. Teachers approved the proposed agreement b...
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Lock up that GPS deviceJun 01, 2008 11:00 pm - It takes just 15 minutes of scouring a few adjacent parking lots in Schaumburg to find five sitting targets. Perched above the dashboard, GPS devices spied in vehicles i...
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Elk Grove Twp. out of regional groupMay 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Township has pulled out of a suburban regional government council, saying the group never did anything for the township. Township board members this week voted...
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Problem-solving pair head to competitionMay 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Good news out of Des Plaines: There are some future problem solvers among us. Four students at the Science and Arts Academy in Des Plaines will compete in an internation...
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Multilingual materials have home at libraryMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - You can go around the world within the walls of the Des Plaines Public Library. The library is ready to serve its diverse community, offering materials in Spanish, Germ...
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Attention, readers: Little City putting 200,000 books on saleMay 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Little City Foundation will create a tent city packed with rows of books for more than a week in June. More than 200,000 donated books will be featured under a large ten...
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Maine high teachers close in on contractMay 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Maine Township High School District 207 and its teachers union have reached a tentative agreement that still needs the OK of school board and union members. Few details...