Christopher Placek
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Rosemont trustees vote themselves 10% raise, but mayor’s $260,000 salary stays the sameOct 14, 2024 8:32 pm - Rosemont trustees — who attend short monthly board meetings and ribbon cuttings — are in line for a 10% pay raise, but Mayor Brad Stephens — who doubles as a Republican state representative — is foregoing any salary increase.
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Indoor golf simulator opens this month in Arlington HeightsOct 14, 2024 11:35 am - With a liquor license in hand and building upgrades partially funded by tax increment financing district monies almost complete, a long-planned golf simulator venue is set to open at the end of the month in Arlington Heights.
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Bears CEO says lakefront ‘best’ stadium site, but leaves door open for Arlington HeightsOct 09, 2024 6:55 pm - While maintaining that downtown Chicago is the “best” site for a new Bears stadium, team President and CEO Kevin Warren said Wednesday architects are designing a venue that is “agnostic” to location, including Arlington Heights.
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‘The Button Man’: Artist brings new art installation to Fashion Outlets in RosemontOct 09, 2024 11:53 am - You’d expect there to be buttons sewn to the clothes for sale within the stores at the Fashion Outlets of Chicago. But tons of the tiny fasteners also can be found in the corridors of the Rosemont mall — part of the new art exhibition “Button-Up, Button Down.”
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How an Elk Grove company’s CEO brought a renowned karate master to townOct 08, 2024 8:48 pm - The forced relocation of a long-standing karate studio in Oak Park has brought the business — and its world-renowned karate master — to Elk Grove Village’s business park.
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Mixology classes coming to downtown Arlington HeightsOct 07, 2024 10:56 pm - A combination upscale liquor store and mixology classroom planned in downtown Arlington Heights received liquor licenses from the village board Monday night.
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Schneider, Carris both support Israel, but debate whether Biden is doing enoughOct 06, 2024 4:09 pm - In a north suburban congressional district long home to a large Jewish population, the Democratic incumbent and his Republican opponent don’t disagree about United States support for Israel — but whether the Biden administration is doing enough.
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‘They’ll tell their story’: Traveling Sept. 11 exhibit led by firefighters who were there comes to Arlington HeightsOct 05, 2024 10:11 am - Contained within an 83-foot tractor-trailer, a traveling museum of artifacts from ground zero on Sept. 11, 2001 regularly makes stops at state fairgrounds, community picnics and festivals throughout the country. But more often than not — like Monday and Tuesday at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights — the Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s 9/11 NEVER FORGET Mobile Exhibit comes to schools.
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Once hampered by pandemic, debt-heavy Rosemont gets credit rating upgradeOct 02, 2024 8:13 pm - Notorious for carrying loads of debt for its big municipal building projects, Rosemont has received a post-pandemic credit upgrade.
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‘Yes, we’re ready’: Suburban firefighters doing search and rescue in hurricane-ravaged North CarolinaOct 01, 2024 7:26 pm - Two dozen firefighters from Cook and DuPage counties are among the first responders doing searches and rescues and providing other assistance near Asheville, North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.