Christopher Placek
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Schools’ tax attorney to Bears: Dismiss your appealApr 11, 2024 7:11 pm - The attorney for three Arlington Heights-area school districts called on the Bears to drop their Arlington Park property tax appeal, which could refund the NFL club $7.2 ...
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‘Almost have no reason not to vote for it’: Elk Grove mayor defends field light vote — and still supports pickleballApr 10, 2024 6:32 pm - Elk Grove Village officials have doubled down on their support for soccer field lights at a neighborhood park — and indicated they may be in favor of pickleball there as ...
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Rosemont’s Stephens statue will be on the moveApr 10, 2024 2:33 pm - The eight-foot, 1,500-pound bronze-cast statue of Rosemont’s founding Mayor Donald E. Stephens — along with furniture, computers and paperwork that might fit more easily ...
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After Palatine and Wrigleyville dealerships close, new Harley-Davidson to open in RosemontApr 08, 2024 7:24 pm - The owner of a Rosemont Harley-Davidson dealership and since-closed locations in Palatine and Wrigleyville is consolidating operations and moving to a still-to-be-built d...
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‘Least-hairy option’: School leaders believe Arlington Heights Bears stadium still in playApr 06, 2024 5:15 am - Three Arlington Heights-area school district superintendents say they’re being mischaracterized for potentially quashing the deal to bring the Bears to town, and question...
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‘So thankful for the entire city’: Officials celebrate opening of long-planned mosque in Rolling MeadowsApr 05, 2024 7:06 pm - Members of the Islamic Society of Northwest Suburbs are giving thanks this Ramadan that they now can perform prayers inside their new mosque — a project eight years in th...
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Pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights group sends school districts a messageApr 03, 2024 8:55 pm - The Bears say they've shifted their focus to developing a new domed stadium on Chicago's lakefront, but a pro-Bears-to-Arlington Heights business coalition isn't giving u...
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Despite neighbors’ opposition, pickleball courts at Elk Grove park not yet spikedApr 03, 2024 7:07 pm - The Elk Grove Park District’s plan to install pickleball courts as part of a $4 million transformation of a park has been blocked by homeowners who surround the public sp...
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Demolition begins at International Plaza in Arlington HeightsApr 02, 2024 6:35 pm - Demolition is underway at International Plaza, the blighted, shuttered shopping center on the south side of Arlington Heights, where redevelopment has stalled through mor...
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New Korean barbecue in Arlington Heights will be ‘like filet mignon,’ owner saysApr 01, 2024 10:01 pm - Sit-down Korean barbecue restaurant Marbling will be the latest addition to a shopping center on the south side of Arlington Heights that’s under new ownership.