Christopher Placek
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Elk Grove Village board maneuvers to scuttle term limits referendumJul 17, 2019 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village trustees have approved putting three advisory referendums on the 2020 ballot, a maneuver that could help scuttle an effort to impose term limits on vil...
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'Sigwalt 16' will finish Block 425 in downtown Arlington HeightsJul 16, 2019 5:00 am - A plan for 16 townhouses to fill out the remainder of the long-vacant Block 425 on the west side of downtown Arlington Heights was unanimously approved by the village bo...
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Arlington Heights businesses fined for selling booze to minorsJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Six Arlington Heights businesses were leveled fines totaling more than $5,000 on Monday for serving alcohol to minors during an annual undercover police department sting...
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'This is video gambling': Arlington Heights set to ban sweepstakes machinesJul 11, 2019 5:00 am - Arlington Heights is set to join Mount Prospect, Mundelein and Huntley in banning electronic sweepstakes machines, which local officials say resemble video gambling. The...
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Arlington Heights library board member named Trustee of the Year by state groupJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - A longtime Arlington Heights library board member has received the highest distinction for an elected representative from the Illinois Library Association. The organizat...
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New Rolling Meadows alderman says experience as nurse will be asset to councilJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows' new Ward 4 alderman points her day-to-day work as an oncology nurse and service on church committees as experiences that have prepared her for her new p...
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Term limit push in Elk Grove Village could end mayor's long runJul 10, 2019 5:33 am - Organizers of a weekend petition drive in Elk Grove Village say they collected 2½ times the number of signatures needed to get a question on the March 2020 primary elect...
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Arlington Heights music venue hosts benefit for Gerry's CafeJul 09, 2019 11:00 pm - Hey Nonny in downtown Arlington Heights will host a benefit concert next week for a soon-to-come cafe that will hire people with intellectual and developmental disab...
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Domo arigato, Mr. DeYoung: Styx frontman performs on short notice in Elk GroveJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - The stage was set, the band started playing — and it was no grand illusion that Dennis DeYoung sang Tuesday night in Elk Grove Village on only two weeks' notice. The for...
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Des Plaines park commissioner resigns in May, gets hired by district in JuneJul 08, 2019 1:00 am - A longtime Des Plaines Park District board member and one-time board president stepped down from his elected position in May, only to be hired by the district as its sup...