Christopher Placek
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Elk Grove Village buys Heavenly Bodies and neighboring properties for $6.15 millionMay 29, 2024 6:20 pm - For two decades, Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson had a gentlemen’s agreement with the owner of gentlemen’s club Heavenly Bodies: Take my community’s name out of you...
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Glenbrook South yearbook investigation begins as tensions rise in communityMay 28, 2024 9:51 pm - Glenbrook Township High School District 225 officials said Tuesday they are continuing to investigate how a Glenbrook South student yearbook quote expressing support for ...
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‘We don’t have to operate that way’: An end to parent-teacher conferences in new District 214 teachers’ contractMay 24, 2024 7:35 pm - An end to “ceremonial” parent-teacher conferences, keeping the block schedule, and trying to retain in-house coaches and club sponsors are among the key provisions in a f...
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‘We did listen to your concerns’: Elk Grove park board brings back pickleball plan despite neighborhood oppositionMay 24, 2024 4:57 pm - Nearly two months after withdrawing a proposal for pickleball courts amid neighborhood opposition, Elk Grove Park District commissioners revived the plan and agreed to send it back to the village board for approval.
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Nano brewery proposed for downtown Arlington HeightsMay 23, 2024 1:52 pm - The recently-closed Bangkok Cafe at 17 N. Vail Ave., in Arlington Heights is proposed to become Eric Lamkins’ nano brewery, where the bearded home brewer will craft small batches of his favorite suds.
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Rosemont’s bronzed Don makes delicate move across townMay 22, 2024 7:52 pm - The larger-than-life bronze likeness of Rosemont’s Donald E. Stephens is now in place at its new home after movers completed a tedious relocation across town. It took a c...
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Rosemont mall nears full occupancy with latest additionsMay 22, 2024 12:00 pm - Despite the nationwide decline in brick-and-mortar retail, Fashion Outlets of Chicago boasts a 97% occupancy rate of its two-floor, 530,000-square-foot indoor shopping center in Rosemont.
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Elk Grove selling vacant site to builder of affordable senior housingMay 21, 2024 6:42 pm - Once the site of an abandoned orthodontist’s office, a now-vacant plot of land on Arlington Heights Road in the center of Elk Grove Village is envisioned as a new home fo...
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Two residents safe after basement fire in Arlington HeightsMay 21, 2024 4:08 pm - Two residents safely escaped after a fire broke out in the basement of their house Tuesday morning in Arlington Heights. The residents were out of the house on the 700 bl...
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Home to two ice rinks, Rolling Meadows could host international youth hockey tournamentMay 20, 2024 6:05 pm - Rolling Meadows, which is home to two indoor ice rinks, could host an international youth hockey tournament in the coming years, city officials announced. Amateur hockey ...