Christopher Placek
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No primary races in ElginNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin voters will have 11 candidates to choose from in next spring's election for three seats on the city council, but they'll only have to go to the polls once since a ...
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Thanksgiving feast what Elgin's all aboutNov 21, 2010 10:00 pm - In recent weeks, Elginites have rallied around Patricia Keeney, a local business owner battling cancer, by collecting donations and helping run her sporting goods store ...
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Walsh to supporters: 'I work for you'Nov 20, 2010 10:00 pm - Congressman-elect Joe Walsh told supporters Sunday he's going to Washington, D.C. to do what he was elected to do, and if he doesn't, the voters will respond in two year...
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Two more file in Elgin council raceNov 20, 2010 12:00 am - Another candidate has entered the race for three seats on the Elgin City Council. Michael Curtain, 28, the vice president of the South West Area Neighbors community grou...
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South Elgin levy is flatNov 19, 2010 10:00 pm - South Elgin village officials expect to receive just $2,000 more from property tax payments next year compared to this year. The village's 2010 estimated property tax le...
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Blaze damages house in Hoffman EstatesNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - A fire that started on an outside deck and spread to the rear of a house in Hoffman Estates was quickly extinguished Friday morning, fire department officials said. Fire...
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Three dead in Westmont shootingNov 18, 2010 10:00 pm - Three people, including a six-year-old girl, were found shot to death in their apartment in Westmont Friday morning, police said. Officers were responding to a request f...
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Elgin will keep at-large council systemNov 17, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin voters for now will continue to elect their representatives to the city council at large, and not in a ward system. A measure to put an advisory referendum questio...
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Elgin planning on less income from the casinoNov 16, 2010 10:00 pm - City planning for less income from casino
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Workshop aims to revamp Elgin's imageNov 15, 2010 10:00 pm - Elgin's downtown isn't what it was before the explosion of shopping malls and suburban sprawl, and many avoid it like the plague. Business owners and residents trying to...