Christopher Placek
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Superintendent who leads opposition to Bears property tax appeal gets 4% raise from school boardJun 25, 2024 4:58 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 Superintendent Scott Rowe received a 4% raise Tuesday as he approaches his anniversary at the helm of the state’s second-largest high school district.
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Hilton hotel to be built where La Quinta stood at Elk Grove Village entrywayJun 24, 2024 6:27 pm - Where a La Quinta Inn motel had stood for decades at the entryway to Elk Grove Village is set to be the construction site for a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel.
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Motorcyclist swerved just before deadly collision, Arlington Heights police sayJun 23, 2024 5:56 pm - The motorcyclist who died Tuesday in a crash along Lake-Cook Road in Arlington Heights had swerved in an effort to avoid the fatal collision, police said Wednesday.
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Cooper’s Hawk tax dispute between Rolling Meadows and Arlington Heights to be decided by Illinois Supreme CourtJun 21, 2024 6:22 am - The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear Rolling Meadows’ appeal of a ruling that would have the city pay Arlington Heights more than $1 million in misallocated sales taxes from Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant.
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Revived Elk Grove pickleball plans get trustees’ unanimous approvalJun 19, 2024 7:09 pm - The Elk Grove Park District’s revived pickleball court plan earned a unanimous vote from village trustees Tuesday, following two hours of debate and public comment from n...
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‘The kids chose a great playground’: Geometric climbing structure coming to Rolling Meadows parkJun 19, 2024 11:27 am - A Rolling Meadows park is set to become the first in Illinois to feature a geometric net climber on its playground, officials said.
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A sign of good will? Arlington Heights OKs Bears’ billboard extension request despite focus on lakefront stadiumJun 18, 2024 10:13 pm - A little more than a month after the Arlington Heights village board told a small-business owner to tear down the revenue-generating billboards on his property, the elect...
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Plan to turn old Rolling Meadows Sam’s Club into Asian-focused ‘lifestyle center’ could get green lightJun 17, 2024 6:32 pm - Elected officials in Rolling Meadows will vote Tuesday on a plan that would transform a long-vacant Sam’s Club into what’s being billed as an Asian-focused lifestyle center of restaurants, shops and entertainment.
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After public dust-up between officials, second District 59 school to get copJun 16, 2024 9:24 pm - After a public dust-up between a Northwest suburban school district superintendent and mayor over the latter’s push to add a school resource officer to a junior high, now the school board — controlled by the mayor’s son — has approved hiring a cop to walk the hallways of another school.
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Seeking to strengthen ties with business community, Bears president joins state economic development panelJun 14, 2024 4:18 pm - Kevin Warren was named Friday to a statewide public-private economic development organization’s board — another recent sign of how the Chicago Bears president and CEO is ...