Christopher Placek
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Images: Icons of BensenvilleJan 03, 2016 5:00 am - Bensenville, home to 18,600 residents, sits in the far northeast portion of DuPage County, on the west side of O'Hare International Airport. In fact, it was the town's o...
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Explore the great outdoors in suburbiaJan 01, 2016 4:30 am - You don't have to travel far to sleep under the stars and experience the wonders of the wilderness - suburban forest preserves and nearby state parks offer plenty of pla...
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$60 million Guadalupe basilica shelved as too expensiveDec 24, 2015 12:00 am - It may not be the $60 million basilica they first envisioned, but leaders of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe are embarking on scaled-down plans to renovate an existi...
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Dawn Patrol: COD meeting; girl meets hockey heroesDec 23, 2015 4:00 am - 3 COD trustees who boycotted last week now want special meeting The three College of DuPage trustees who boycotted a board meeting last week to protest, among other thin...
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Rivers Casino owes county $3 million in unpaid taxesDec 23, 2015 12:00 am - A recent Illinois Supreme Court decision will allow Cook County to collect about $3 million in unpaid taxes and generate another $1 million in tax revenue annually from ...
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Officials stop extra funds to Des Plaines rebranding campaignDec 22, 2015 4:30 am - Des Plaines is putting a stop to spending additional money on a rebranding campaign, though aldermen Monday stopped short of putting a referendum question on the ballot ...
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Police say Buffalo Grove man punched Metra conductorDec 22, 2015 12:00 am - A Buffalo Grove man is facing battery charges after police say he punched a Metra conductor in the face and tried to push him down a stairway at Union Station. George J....
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Rosemont dome to be reinflated any day nowDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Rosemont's sports dome covering is being stitched together and will be reinflated any day now, in time for indoor sports and clinics to resume in early January, official...
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One Elk Grove K-9 retires, another joins forceDec 17, 2015 12:00 am - Elk Grove Village's police force is getting a new K-9, while another hangs up her leash for retirement. The new dog to join the force is Sem, a 3-year-old Belgian Malino...
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Elk Grove Village sets headliners for summer concert seriesDec 16, 2015 4:10 am - Peter Cetera, LeAnn Rimes, Foreigner and Michael McDonald are the headline acts who will be performing at Elk Grove Village's 8th Annual Mid-Summer Classics Concert Seri...