Christopher Placek
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Ruling means layoffs for Prospect Hts. police departmentOct 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Prospect Heights is expected to lose 4-6 police officers by Tuesday morning, following an arbitrator's ruling last week that the city improperly instituted furlough days...
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District 26 program links 5th graders from different schoolsOct 21, 2010 11:00 pm - The debate over grade level centers versus neighborhood schools in River Trails School District 26 earlier this year left a community divided. School board meetings were...
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Mt. Prospect gets aggressive against ash borerOct 20, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect residents who have trees infested with the emerald ash borer or elm bark beetle will have to remove the trees at their own expense. Homeowners will have 1...
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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...