Christopher Placek
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‘It creates positivity’: Messages of good character being etched on sidewalks throughout Elk GroveMay 16, 2024 6:19 am - Be kind. Do good. Believe in yourself. You are loved. You matter. Then there’s the play on words in front of Jarosch Bakery: Life is what you bake of it. Those are among ...
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Pizzeria settles feud with Elk Grove Village, will receive relocation assistanceMay 15, 2024 2:37 pm - Following a monthslong dispute with village hall, the owner of a long-standing Elk Grove Village pizzeria has inked an agreement that terminates her lease, but also provides funds for a possible relocation.
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‘They’ve got buy-in now’: Small Cheval, Zanies, Taco Bell buy Rosemont propertiesMay 14, 2024 5:55 pm - Proprietors behind Small Cheval, Zanies Comedy Club and Taco Bell are putting down deeper roots in Rosemont by purchasing the buildings they now lease from the village.
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Unlikely allies? Suburban mayor, GOP legislator backs Bears’ lakefront planMay 13, 2024 7:26 pm - The governor of Illinois and top leaders in both chambers of the state legislature have thrown cold water on the Bears’ request for public subsidies to develop a new Chicago lakefront stadium. But the plan has a key supporter who wields influence in the Northwest suburbs, city of Chicago and hallways of the state Capitol in Springfield: Brad Stephens.
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‘A Mother’s Love’: Palatine singer-songwriter created a tribute to the grandmother she never knew as a gift to her momMay 10, 2024 10:08 pm - Every Mother’s Day, Lisa Medina would see a tear in her mother’s eye as she thought of her own mom. “The way she would talk about her, it sounded so much like my own mom,...
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Schwingbeck declares candidacy for Arlington Heights mayorMay 10, 2024 5:50 pm - Arlington Heights Trustee Tom Schwingbeck has declared his candidacy for mayor — now the second person in town to show interest in the elected position held by Tom Hayes ...
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The force was with them during Arlington Heights school’s annual WalkathonMay 09, 2024 8:35 pm - Students, teachers and staff from Patton Elementary School in Arlington Heights paraded through the school neighborhood Thursday to raise money for Make-A-Wish. It marked...
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District 25 fires nurse under investigation for giving students wrong medicationMay 09, 2024 7:24 am - Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 school board members have fired a school nurse under investigation for dispensing the wrong medication to students. During a spec...
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Amid growing popularity of women’s sports, Rosemont extends deal with pro softball leagueMay 09, 2024 6:00 am - An innovative women’s professional softball league that launched in Rosemont at the height of the pandemic is putting down deeper roots at the village-owned softball stad...
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Last billboards in Arlington Heights — other than one owned by Bears — to come downMay 07, 2024 7:33 pm - With approvals due to expire next month for the Bears’ revenue-generating billboard at Arlington Park, Arlington Heights village board members this week told a small-busi...