Christopher Placek
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Two District 59 appointments give new board majority even tighter gripAug 17, 2024 9:23 am - The appointment of two school board members this week in Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 gives new board President TR Johnson and his allies nearly complete control of the panel.
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Arlington Heights school nurse charged with giving students wrong medicationAug 16, 2024 6:27 pm - After an investigation that took nearly four months, an Arlington Heights school nurse was charged Friday in connection with misappropriating medication prescribed to stu...
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After nurse scandal, District 25 implements new rules for how students get medicationAug 15, 2024 6:27 pm - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 officials announced new procedures for how medication will be administered during the school day, after a nurse was fired for dispensing the wrong meds to students.
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Elk Grove sends $200 gift cards to households, thanks to better-than-expected revenuesAug 14, 2024 8:53 pm - Preloaded $200 gift cards began arriving at Elk Grove Village households Wednesday, in what is the Northwest suburban municipality’s fourth major residential economic relief initiative since the start of the pandemic.
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Shining bright: Arlington Heights boy to appear on Times Square jumbotrons next monthAug 14, 2024 1:27 pm - Bryson Berry, 4, of Arlington Heights will be featured in a Times Square video presentation for the National Down Syndrome Society on Sept. 7.
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Rosemont bans public camping, but vows not to disturb K-pop fans sleeping outside arenaAug 12, 2024 7:04 pm - On the heels of a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision on homelessness, Rosemont officials Monday formally implemented a ban on public camping, but vowed not to disturb K-pop fans who have been pitching tents outside the Allstate Arena in recent months.
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‘The girls didn’t stop screaming’: When Beatlemania hit suburban theaters 60 years agoAug 11, 2024 9:00 pm - With George Harrison’s opening guitar chord, hysteria enveloped American movie theaters 60 years ago Monday. The premiere of “A Hard Day’s Night” at 500 theaters nationwide only served to build the anticipation of the film’s release weeks later in the Chicago area.
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Bears to host stadium focus groups in Schaumburg and downtown Chicago next weekAug 09, 2024 6:41 pm - The Bears will host two invite-only focus groups of season ticket holders next week in Schaumburg and downtown Chicago to solicit feedback about a new stadium.
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‘Perfect’ location: Polish day care using old bank for new facility in Arlington HeightsAug 07, 2024 8:58 pm - A bilingual Polish-English day care program plans to move into a shuttered bank building in Arlington Heights.
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Plan to transform Recreation Park in Arlington Heights takes first stepAug 06, 2024 6:51 pm - Arlington Heights village trustees have signed off on the first part of a park district plan decades in the making to transform one of the oldest and most well-known parks in town.