Christopher Placek
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'We're going to fight against it': District 15 says it'd challenge a Bears tax-financing districtOct 24, 2022 1:00 am - Opposition to a tax increment financing district for the proposed Chicago Bears redevelopment at Arlington Park is growing, with the school district that would be most a...
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John Scaletta, Arlington Heights' most senior trustee, won't seek reelectionOct 21, 2022 5:00 am - John Scaletta, Arlington Heights' most senior village trustee, announced Thursday he won't be seeking reelection in the spring. First elected to the village board in 200...
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Once 'pro-life,' Severino says he wouldn't vote to ban abortion federallyOct 21, 2022 1:00 am - Though having declared himself "pro-life" in the past, the Republican candidate trying to unseat a longtime Democratic congressman says he wouldn't vote to ban abortion....
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Borrell chosen to replace Smart on Arlington Heights library boardOct 19, 2022 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights resident who holds a master's degree in library science has been chosen to fill the Arlington Heights Memorial Library board seat of the one-time st...
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Bears' development LLC back active after state listed it as not in good standingOct 18, 2022 1:00 am - A limited liability company the Chicago Bears set up more than a year ago as part of its possible purchase and redevelopment of Arlington Park is back in active status w...
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Elk Grove carjacking ends in fiery crash on I-57Oct 18, 2022 1:00 am - A suspect is in custody and being questioned by police after a carjacking Tuesday morning in Elk Grove Village that ended with a fiery crash on Interstate 57 on Chicago'...
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Elk Grove Village's next sports marketing sponsorship: NASCAROct 17, 2022 1:00 am - With a stock car burnout, the school band and cheerleaders, NASCAR driver Brad Keselowski and passenger Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson made a grand entrance at th...
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'Certainly possible' Arlington Heights might end up rejecting Bears' plans, mayor saysOct 17, 2022 1:00 am - Arlington Heights Mayor Tom Hayes said Monday that while a proposed agreement between the Chicago Bears and village would aid the team in closing on its pending $197.2 m...
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Consultants for Bears say Arlington Park plan won't take away Metra parkingOct 15, 2022 1:00 am - Amid concerns the Chicago Bears' redevelopment of Arlington Park would displace commuter parking at the popular Metra station nearby, consultants working for the team ar...
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Not your traditional libraries: District 21 unveils new school media centersOct 13, 2022 1:00 am - Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 this year is unveiling four new school libraries — or “21st-century library-media centers,” as district officials call them — in...