Christopher Placek
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Riverwoods fire starts in garageJan 26, 2012 11:00 pm - A newly constructed home in Riverwoods sustained heavy smoke damage in fire early Friday morning, authorities said. The fire began about 4:45 a.m. in a four-car attached...
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SARET store closing doors in Glen EllynJan 25, 2012 11:00 pm - A downtown Glen Ellyn boutique that uses its proceeds to benefit charity will be closing its doors for good this weekend. SARET Treasures of Hope, 449 N. Main St., had m...
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Cops: Glen Ellyn sergeant thwarts robberyJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - A Glen Ellyn police sergeant helped thwart an attempted robbery Tuesday night on Roosevelt Road, authorities said Wednesday. The officer saw a man and woman trying to ro...
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Parents share pain, lessons at drug forumJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - Doug Petit has been talking to parents and teens about underage drinking since 2005, when his son Jonathan attended a party, and days later was found drowned in a Carol ...
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42nd House candidates debate budget, pensionsJan 24, 2012 11:00 pm - The Republican candidates for the newly drawn 42nd House District agree: the state is in dire financial straits. How to fix it was a main topic of discussion during a ca...
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Judge tells COD, Glen Ellyn to talk with mediatorJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - A DuPage County judge Tuesday ordered Glen Ellyn and the College of DuPage to sit down with a mediator to discuss the college's plan to disconnect its 273-acre campus fr...
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Term limits up for debate in Dist. 24 candidate forumJan 23, 2012 11:00 pm - One candidate says his opponent is a career politician who has worn out his welcome in Springfield. The other says his challenger is a “climber” who keeps jumping from o...
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The debate over lights on Memorial FieldJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - The long-running battle over a proposal to install lights at a Glenbard West High School practice field appears to be entering the home stretch in Glen Ellyn. Glenbard ...
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COD names three administratorsJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - Three administrators have been appointed at the College of DuPage, though one board member says she was disappointed in the applicant pool generated by one of the search...
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Glen Ellyn board hears pros, cons of lights at Glenbard WestJan 22, 2012 11:00 pm - For the first time in a year, Glen Ellyn's village board on Monday took up a controversial proposal to install lights at a Glenbard West practice field. But an organizer...