Eric Peterson
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Going, going, almost gone: The demolition of Sears campus in Hoffman Estates is almost doneMay 14, 2025 5:06 pm - The demolition of Sears’ former 2.4 million-square-foot headquarters in Hoffman Estates is entering its final stages.
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Remodel plan for Prospect Heights Fire District’s headquarters wins city approvalMay 13, 2025 4:11 pm - The planned remodel and expansion of the Prospect Heights Fire Protection District’s 80-year-old headquarters that voters approved $10 million in taxpayer funding two years ago has received the green light from Prospect Heights city officials.
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Schaumburg commemorates National Police Week with ceremony honoring fallen officersMay 12, 2025 4:22 pm - Present and past members of the Schaumburg Police Department were joined Monday by other village officials and supporters for its first local memorial service for National Police Week.
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Krishnamoorthi leads panel at Harper College on value of public service careers under attack from DOGEMay 02, 2025 3:57 pm - While deferring any announcement regarding his own political future, Democratic U.S. Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi of Schaumburg led a panel Friday that sought to convey to Harper College students both the personal and societal value of public service careers.
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Johnson reflects on 52 years as Schaumburg Park District commissioner as he steps downMay 01, 2025 4:54 pm - Though Dave Johnson wasn’t a founder of the Schaumburg Park District, his 52 years on the board of commissioners have seen the community it serves through a period of immense growth and change.
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Schaumburg Business Association talks tariffs, sidesteps ideological issuesMay 01, 2025 8:56 am - Members of the Schaumburg Business Association were promised and received a non-ideological overview of tariffs and a history of their use by the U.S. on the 100th day of the second Trump administration Wednesday.
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Shuttered Prospect Heights hotel suggested for senior housing as prior taxes pursuedApr 29, 2025 4:11 pm - The new owner of the abruptly closed Crowne Plaza Chicago-Northbrook hotel in Prospect Heights has already made an informal proposal to the city to convert the 318-room building into a senior-living facility, city officials said.
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Pileckis retiring after 35 years as ‘artistic North Star’ of Schaumburg’s cultural servicesApr 28, 2025 4:22 pm - Rob Pileckis, an early pioneer of the village of Schaumburg’s innovative cultural services department, will retire Wednesday after 35 years as its “artistic North Star.”
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What you need to know about the local grocery tax most suburbs are adoptingApr 26, 2025 1:15 pm - Four basic things to understand about the local grocery tax many suburbs are approving are how it came about, who’s in, who’s out, and to which products it really applies.
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After 52 years of service, Schaumburg razes village hall to make way for new government centerApr 24, 2025 4:26 pm - After months of preparation, Schaumburg’s 52-year-old village hall was largely erased from the landscape this week to make way for its larger, two-story successor.