Christopher Placek
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Rolling Meadows library hires new executive directorApr 16, 2024 6:35 pm - The Rolling Meadows Library’s new executive director is Jack Bower, who has spent 13 years working for public libraries including in Broadview and neighboring Arlington H...
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Arlington Heights using budget surplus to replace lead pipesApr 15, 2024 9:48 pm - Amid the Monday deadline for Illinois municipalities to submit inventories of their lead service lines, Arlington Heights village board members agreed to use a $5.75 mill...
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‘It’s complicated’: Why lobbyists think Bears could be back to Arlington if bid for lakefront stadium failsApr 14, 2024 5:27 pm - Amid the yearlong property tax dispute at Arlington Park, the Bears also face a series of legal, financial and political hurdles to building a new stadium on the Chicago ...
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Schools’ tax attorney to Bears: Dismiss your appealApr 12, 2024 7:02 am - The attorney for three Arlington Heights-area school districts called on the Bears to drop their Arlington Park property tax appeal, which could refund the NFL club $7.2 ...
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‘Almost have no reason not to vote for it’: Elk Grove mayor defends field light vote — and still supports pickleballApr 10, 2024 7:45 pm - Elk Grove Village officials have doubled down on their support for soccer field lights at a neighborhood park — and indicated they may be in favor of pickleball there as ...
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Rosemont’s Stephens statue will be on the moveApr 10, 2024 7:16 pm - The eight-foot, 1,500-pound bronze-cast statue of Rosemont’s founding Mayor Donald E. Stephens — along with furniture, computers and paperwork that might fit more easily ...
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After Palatine and Wrigleyville dealerships close, new Harley-Davidson to open in RosemontApr 09, 2024 6:45 am - The owner of a Rosemont Harley-Davidson dealership and since-closed locations in Palatine and Wrigleyville is consolidating operations and moving to a still-to-be-built d...
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‘Least-hairy option’: School leaders believe Arlington Heights Bears stadium still in playApr 05, 2024 9:46 pm - Three Arlington Heights-area school district superintendents say they’re being mischaracterized for potentially quashing the deal to bring the Bears to town, and question...
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‘So thankful for the entire city’: Officials celebrate opening of long-planned mosque in Rolling MeadowsApr 05, 2024 7:06 pm - Members of the Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs are giving thanks this Ramadan that they now can perform prayers inside their new mosque — a project eight years in th...
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Pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights group sends school districts a messageApr 03, 2024 9:04 pm - The Bears say they've shifted their focus to developing a new domed stadium on Chicago's lakefront, but a pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights business coalition isn't giving u...