Christopher Placek
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Elk Grove buying shuttered church, plans to replace it with 'desperately needed' housingOct 18, 2023 5:00 am - A recently-shuttered Elk Grove Village church will be purchased by the municipality, which plans to prep the large corner property for residential redevelopment. Elk Gro...
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Mixology classes at Arlington Heights shop could be allowed under liquor code changeOct 17, 2023 1:00 am - A new business in Arlington Heights would offer mixology classes and let patrons drink there. But that would require village hall to make an exception to its long-standi...
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District 25 to pay at least $1.3 million to hire new kindergarten and gym teachersOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - At least a dozen teachers will be hired to staff Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 classrooms when expanded kindergarten programming begins next school year, the ...
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Rare rejection of teardown request in Arlington Heights, amid home's 'historical value,' officials sayOct 11, 2023 11:00 pm - Dozens of single-family homes have been torn down every year in Arlington Heights as part of the McMansion craze of recent decades. So it was rare when a lower-level vil...
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Metropolis theater gets extra $200,000 subsidy from Arlington HeightsOct 10, 2023 11:00 pm - Beset by the effects of the pandemic, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is poised to get an extra $200,000 subsidy from Arlington Heights village hall, the village board...
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District 59 adds school resource officer to Grove Jr. HighOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - Amid increased pressure from Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson over the last week, Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board members voted unanimously M...
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Plant trees and shrubs, or be cited, Arlington Heights tells business ownerOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - Arlington Heights officials will require a contractor that bought the former Elk Grove Township building to beautify the property at the southern gateway to town or be c...
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St. Viator president to step down at end of school yearOct 06, 2023 1:00 am - St. Viator High School President the Rev. Dan Lydon announced this week he will step down at the end of the school year, wrapping up a three-year stint that marked a ret...
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Settlement reached in 2017 Rosemont hotel freezer death case, but amount undisclosed for nowOct 05, 2023 9:00 am - The family of a Chicago teen found dead in a Rosemont hotel freezer in 2017 has settled a lawsuit against the hotel, its security company and a restaurant. But attorneys...
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Police: Student charged with bringing gun to Elk Grove High SchoolOct 05, 2023 1:00 am - An Elk Grove High School student was arrested and charged after bringing a gun to school and posting about it on social media last month, officials said Thursday. The ju...