Christopher Placek
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COD rescinds proposed pact with Glen EllynMay 24, 2011 12:00 am - Less than a month after approving an intergovernmental agreement with Glen Ellyn, members of the College of DuPage board of trustees have a new message for the village: ...
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Glen Ellyn hires village managerMay 23, 2011 12:00 am - Glen Ellyn’s village president and board have narrowed down a list of 82 candidates for the open village manager’s position to one. Mark Franz, the current village manag...
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Glendale Heights’ Jackson marks 20 yearsMay 22, 2011 12:00 am - When Linda Jackson and her husband Bill moved to Glendale Heights in 1974, the small village was known to have little more than “beer, bars and a bowling alley,” she rec...
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Carol Stream carving out dog park with 4-foot fencesMay 20, 2011 12:00 am - Man's best friend will have a place to fetch and run around when a Carol Stream dog park opens this fall. Plans are moving ahead for the three-acre park on the northwest...
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Dist. 300 asks teachers union for budget helpMay 20, 2011 12:00 am - Community Unit District 300 officials say they need to cut another $5 million to balance the district’s budget, and they’re looking to the teachers union to come up with...
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Men accused of helping plan Waukegan bank heistMay 20, 2011 12:00 am - Two Wisconsin men have been charged with helping plan the armed robbery of a Waukegan bank in February. James Bey, 61, and Trevor Gregory, 26, both of Kenosha, have each...
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Fire ravages townhouse in WheelingMay 20, 2011 12:00 am - A two-story townhouse in Wheeling was left uninhabitable after a fire Thursday night, authorities said. The blaze broke out about 10:30 p.m. on the 500 block of Custer C...
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Candles, incense started Woodridge apartment fireMay 20, 2011 12:00 am - A fire at a Woodridge apartment was sparked by candles and incense that were part of a religious shrine, authorities said Friday. The fire inside a first-floor unit of t...
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Carol Stream library board won’t rescind pay hikes, hiresMay 18, 2011 1:00 am - Following the election of two anti-tax trustees to the Carol Stream library board in April — but before they were seated in May — the board approved a request to make th...
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Glen Ellyn halts work on park’s safety villageMay 18, 2011 12:00 am - A new majority of members on the Glen Ellyn Park District board continued to wash their hands of a long-planned safety village project endorsed by their predecessors. On...