Christopher Placek
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Glen Ellyn restructuring public works departmentFeb 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn’s public works department is being restructured in an effort to streamline operations and increase management oversight, village officials said this week. It ...
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Artificial turf on tap at Glenbard South, EastFeb 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Plans are in the works for the two remaining schools — Glenbard South and Glenbard East — to have artificial field turf installed on its playing fields — perhaps as earl...
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Former Chicago fire commissioner to be Carol Stream deputy chiefFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Less than two weeks after stepping down as head of one of the nation's largest fire departments, former Chicago Fire Department Commissioner Robert Hoff has a new job — ...
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Glen Ellyn approves deal with CODFeb 27, 2012 11:00 pm - A plan to transfer jurisdictional control of the 273-acre College of DuPage campus in Glen Ellyn to DuPage County is now in the hands of county officials. The Glen Ellyn...
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Glen Ellyn pulls plug on development corporationFeb 23, 2012 11:00 pm - Glen Ellyn will stop funding its economic development corporation with an eye toward doing more in-house work to attract and retain business. The EDC, created as a not-f...
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COD, faculty may be headed to mediationFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Contract talks between the College of DuPage and its faculty association likely are headed to mediation, President Robert Breuder said. The two sides have been at the b...
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COD approves tuition increaseFeb 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Citing uncertainties in state funding, increased employee costs, declining enrollment and higher building expenses, College of DuPage board members approved a 3 percent ...
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COD board OKs plan to transfer jurisdictionFeb 20, 2012 11:00 pm - Whether jurisdictional control of the College of DuPage campus will be transferred from the village of Glen Ellyn to DuPage County is one-third of the way to becoming re...
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House 46 candidates debate experience, qualificationsFeb 19, 2012 11:00 pm - One candidate has been in elected office since the late 1980s. The other is a political newcomer, yet has managed to rack up major endorsements from the local Republican...
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Stolen horses returning to Spring Grove stableFeb 18, 2012 9:00 am - Four horses stolen from a Spring Grove farm have been found and are making their way back to their stables, breeder Claudia Haugh said Saturday morning. “We’re trying to...