Christopher Placek
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'Upsetting to me': Mayor, trustees assail effort to quash incentives for Bears or any businessSep 20, 2022 5:00 am - Arlington Heights' elected representatives and staff Monday lambasted a conservative political advocacy group's proposed anti-corporate welfare ordinance, though the vil...
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Lockdown at Barrington High lifted after police arrest student carrying gunSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - Barrington High School was put on lockdown Friday morning before police arrested a student who was carrying a pellet gun, officials said. Students reported to school adm...
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Debbie Smart, former Illinois library trustee of the year, stepping down in Arlington HeightsSep 15, 2022 5:30 am - Longtime Arlington Heights Memorial Library board Trustee Debbie Smart - once named state library trustee of the year - is stepping down from her elected post. "It's wit...
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Rosemont scraps plans for new police HQ and village hall, buys building to move to insteadSep 14, 2022 5:20 am - Rosemont officials are scrapping plans for a new separate village hall and public safety department headquarters, deciding instead to buy and renovate a shuttered office...
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'We hope you shop Elk Grove with it': Officials mailing $200 prepaid gift cards to every householdSep 14, 2022 5:15 am - Elk Grove Village officials Tuesday mailed $200 prepaid gift cards to all 14,000 households in town, in what is the third economic relief package distributed by the muni...
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Prospect High honors alumni, former band directorSep 13, 2022 11:00 pm - Prospect High School has inducted three distinguished alumni into its Wall of Fame, and named its band room after a longtime band director. The recognition of the three ...
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'Bears cannot develop this property without village approval': Arlington Heights to vote on processSep 13, 2022 5:00 am - Arlington Heights' village board next month could vote on a so-called development road map laying out the village review process for the Chicago Bears' Arlington Park pl...
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What Bears envision for $5 billion 'magic' makeover at Arlington ParkSep 10, 2022 1:00 am - While the Bears kick off the season at noon Sunday at Soldier Field - the team's home for more than a half-century - it could be another decade until their first snap at...
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'Want to be good neighbors' but 'need help,' Bears execs tell residents about Arlington plansSep 08, 2022 1:00 am - Many clad in blue and orange, hundreds of residents from Arlington Heights and other Northwest suburbs came to the John Hersey High School gymnasium Thursday to get thei...
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Bears to pay $200,000 worth of village costs for Arlington Park stadium project consultantsSep 07, 2022 5:00 am - Arlington Heights is requiring the Chicago Bears to pay more than $200,000 worth of the village's consultant costs for studies on the economic, traffic and parking impac...