Elisabeth Mistretta
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West Chicago seeks input on revised rec center proposalAug 03, 2012 4:14 pm - The West Chicago Park District isn’t ready to give up on the idea of a new recreation center. This spring, roughly 53 percent of district voters rejected a proposal to b...
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Hundreds volunteer to build Dist. 2 playgroundJul 31, 2012 3:24 pm - To prepare for the merger of their two Bensenville schools, hundreds of students and parents from Mohawk and W.A. Johnson Elementary will volunteer this weekend to build...
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District 7 hopes to expand teacher home-visit programJul 31, 2012 11:12 am - Officials in Wood Dale Elementary District 7 knew they were launching a rare educational experiment last year and were unsure how it would unfold. The district began a p...
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West Chicago reopens storm-damaged Reed-Keppler ParkJul 29, 2012 3:19 pm - The West Chicago Park District reopened the south end of Reed-Keppler Park Friday, nearly four weeks after a July 1 storm pummeled parts of DuPage and Cook counties. Wes...
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Lombard trustee urges support for Chick-fil-AJul 26, 2012 1:00 pm - A Lombard village trustee plans to introduce a measure to create a local “Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day” on Aug. 1 in response to Chicago Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno's de...
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Heat delays Route 53 work but not deadlineJul 23, 2012 4:41 pm - The $45.5 million project to reconstruct Route 53 in parts of Addison and Itasca is on pace to meet its latest deadline, despite snags caused by, among other things, ext...
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Fenton alum to play for Nigeria in OlympicsJul 20, 2012 3:58 pm - A Fenton High School basketball alumnus will represent Nigeria this month at the Summer Olympics in London, and his former coach from the Bensenville school said he coul...
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Kline Creek Farm raising funds for storm recoveryJul 19, 2012 4:23 pm - Workers at Kline Creek Farm near West Chicago had only one hour left before roughly 500 visitors were set to arrive for an Independence Day celebration at the 1890s livi...
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Addison warns residents about possible tree service scamsJul 18, 2012 5:04 pm - Addison officials are warning residents about reports of tree service vendors taking advantage of villagers after the July 1 storm. “We had a couple of fly-by-night tree...
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DuPage Forest board to spend $175,000 on websiteJul 18, 2012 12:19 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials will spend nearly $175,000 to continue building an educational outreach website. The site, observeyourpreserve.org, launched ...