Christopher Placek
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West Chicago names first Hispanic mayorMay 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Ruben Pineda was only a baby when he arrived in West Chicago with his parents in the early 1960s. They were migrant workers from Texas who were looking for work, and her...
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DuPage Hounds to play season in LisleMay 07, 2012 6:18 pm - The DuPage County Hounds, a summer collegiate wood bat team, will play its home games at the Village of Lisle-Benedictine University Sports Complex baseball stadium star...
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DuPage nixes mosque plan near West ChicagoMay 07, 2012 5:00 pm - For the past four years, a plan to transform a house near West Chicago into a mosque has gone in and out of DuPage County's approval process. On Tuesday - the first tim...
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Fermilab job cuts to take effect Oct. 1, Oddone saysMay 04, 2012 4:21 pm - Up to 80 positions will be cut at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, officials announced Friday. The workforce reductions come amid anticipated federa...
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West Chicago preparing to appoint acting mayorMay 03, 2012 6:21 pm - West Chicago Mayor Mike Kwasman had a plan and vision for the city, his longtime friend and colleague Ruben Pineda said Thursday, and officials plan to see it carried ou...
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Walls going up on Carol Stream rec centerMay 03, 2012 4:00 pm - Walls have started going up at what will become Carol Stream's new two-story, 90,846-square-foot recreation center at the Town Center. Construction crews this week bega...
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New direction for Carol Stream library board?May 02, 2012 3:00 pm - Carol Stream's library board is shifting to the right, following the appointment of two new board members who are philosophically aligned with three current fiscally con...
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Bloomingdale homes school boundary swap deniedMay 01, 2012 6:00 pm - Two subdivisions totaling 25 houses in Bloomingdale will remain within the boundaries of Glenbard High School District 87 and Marquardt Elementary District 15, even thou...
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COD dinner widens rift between faculty, administratorsApr 26, 2012 10:00 pm - College of DuPage Faculty Association officials say a dinner they sponsored this week was meant as a relationship-building event between the faculty and administration —...
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Stacy's Corners drawing interest from developersApr 25, 2012 11:00 pm - More than a dozen developers have expressed interest in purchasing a property at the Stacy's Corners intersection at the northern entryway to Glen Ellyn, officials say. ...