Christopher Placek
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'It's overwhelming': Why Arlington Heights funeral home is leading opioid crisis trainingAug 28, 2018 5:30 am - Drivers who pass by Glueckert Funeral Home on Arlington Heights Road this week will notice a screen of netting with 2,155 individual purple ribbons tied to it, represent...
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Booze and bets: Liquor service returning to Arlington's OTB after brief hiatusAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - Ditka's restaurant cuts back its hours at the racetrack
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Rolling Meadows man struck, killed on Algonquin RoadAug 24, 2018 1:00 am - A 43-year-old Rolling Meadows man was struck and killed Thursday night by a car on Algonquin Road, police said Friday. The victim, identified as Enrique Vazquez-Trejo, w...
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Elk Grove Bowl owner likes Elk Grove's (college) bowl sponsorshipAug 23, 2018 8:00 am - Though it won't be called the "Elk Grove Bowl," Elk Grove Village's $300,000 sponsorship of the Dec. 21 college football Bahamas Bowl has the endorsement of one noted lo...
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Decorative light ceiling installed in downtown Arlington HeightsAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - Light strands were hung Thursday at the intersection of Vail Avenue and Campbell Street for a new decorative light ceiling that Arlington Heights officials believe will ...
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'No hate' rally planned Saturday in Elk Grove VillageAug 23, 2018 1:00 am - A lineup of federal, state and local politicians will join leaders of local organizations at a "no hate" rally Saturday in Elk Grove Village. Indivisible-Elk Grove Towns...
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Arlington Heights library announces One Book, One Village pickAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights Memorial Library's selection for its fifth annual One Book, One Village community read explores neuroscience and the human condition. The library t...
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Arlington Heights raises campaign contribution limitsAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Already one of the few suburbs with local campaign finance rules, Arlington Heights is raising contribution limits that have gone unchanged for 24 years. Citing inflatio...
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Arlington Heights borrows $10 million for flooding fixesAug 21, 2018 5:30 am - Arlington Heights trustees Monday authorized borrowing nearly $10 million to help pay for infrastructure projects aimed at alleviating flooding throughout the village. T...
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Kitchen closed: Des Plaines replica McDonald's meets wrecking ballAug 21, 2018 1:00 am - The last reminder of where Ray Kroc opened his first franchised McDonald's in Des Plaines went into the history books Tuesday, when the 33-year-old replica restaurant bu...