Christopher Placek
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Snow day will come with call or e-mailOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Beginning this winter, parents of students in Wheeling Township Elementary School District 21 will get a phone call or e-mail when a snow day has been called. On Thursda...
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Mt. Prospect approves loan to aid library operationsOct 20, 2010 1:00 am - Mount Prospect will extend a temporary line of credit to the village's library to help pay its bills through the end of the year. The library, which gets over 90 percent...
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Palatine moves ahead with strip mall redevelopmentOct 17, 2010 11:00 pm - Palatine is moving ahead with plans to redevelop a former strip mall that will include the village's new police headquarters and, potentially, an upscale grocery store. ...
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2 charged with burglarizing police officer's homeOct 16, 2010 1:00 am - Two men have been charged in connection with a home invasion and burglary at a police officer's Spring Grove residence in 2008. The McHenry County sheriff's office annou...
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Rob Roy loses one of its stalwart leadersOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - Al Bayer was always the first person to arrive for Prospect Heights city council meetings, and usually the last to leave. The Rob Roy resident was a mainstay at meetings...
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Freight train problem delay Metra trains in BarringtonOct 14, 2010 11:00 pm - A mechanical problem with a freight train stalled rush-hour traffic for more than two hours Friday in Barrington. The southbound Canadian National Railway train came to ...
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Dist. 23 chief: Grade level centers could save $500K a yearOct 13, 2010 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 could save up to $500,000 a year and plug a budget deficit at least that large if it reorganizes its primary students into grad...
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Dist. 102 to discuss future of 'Indians' mascotOct 12, 2010 11:00 pm - Like other school districts across the country, Aptakisic-Tripp District 102 will discuss if it should keep the “Indians mascot for one of its schools. School board memb...
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Prospect Hts. debates special tax to pay for leveeOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights may create a special taxing district to pay the city's share of construction and maintenance costs of a flood control levee on the Des Plaines River. Th...
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Cook board 9th candidates differ on sales taxesOct 08, 2010 11:00 pm - There's little disagreement among the three candidates running for 9th district commissioner on the Cook County Board when it comes to sales taxes. All say they were opp...