Eric Peterson
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Hoffman Estates officials take last look inside former Sears HQ before its demolitionApr 19, 2024 5:38 pm - Current representatives of the Hoffman Estates village board, that approved the once-mighty Sears’ corporate headquarters to move from downtown Chicago to 273 vacant acre...
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Police investigating fight at Bartlett High School that sent three students to hospitalApr 17, 2024 7:58 pm - Criminal charges are pending as Bartlett police investigate a fight involving four male students at Bartlett High School that sent three of them to the hospital Wednesday...
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Schaumburg Plein Air competition takes art outdoorsApr 17, 2024 11:40 am - Schaumburg’s 35th annual Prairie Arts Festival returns Memorial Day weekend, May 25 and 26, outdoors on the village’s municipal grounds, but artists who want to take part in the accompanying plein air competition need to get started soon.
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Years in the making: Schaumburg’s 31st hotel receives occupancy permitApr 18, 2024 11:15 am - Having weathered a number of delays, not least of which was caused by a global pandemic, the 87-room Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 40 N. Martingale Road in Schaumburg h...
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Schaumburg trustees poised to adopt $341 million budget for ‘more challenging’ year aheadApr 16, 2024 6:29 pm - Schaumburg trustees have voted 5-0 to recommend a proposed $341.2 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year that Village Manager Brian Townsend predicts will be one of ...
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‘Still too trusting’: Officials warn of surge in driveway paving scamsApr 16, 2024 6:49 am - Suburban officials and the Better Business Bureau are warning of a surge in scammers swindling thousands of dollars from homeowners and leaving behind shoddy or nonexiste...
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Fence goes up around Sears campus as demolition nearsApr 10, 2024 7:15 pm - Installation of a perimeter fence around the former Sears corporate campus in Hoffman Estates began this week in preparation for the razing of 2.4 million square feet of ...
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Designs for new village hall, police station part of Schaumburg’s proposed $341M budgetApr 09, 2024 6:54 pm - Designs for a new village hall and police station along with the creation of a tax increment finance (TIF) district to fund improvements to Schaumburg’s 600-acre Centex i...
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Thousands in the suburbs converge to observe sun and moon do the sameApr 08, 2024 5:41 pm - Harper College Associate Professor Raeghan Graessle had a hunch people would better enjoy observing Monday’s solar eclipse together, and an estimated 3,000 skygazers agre...
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Suburban food pantries experiencing record-high demand, 3 years after pandemicApr 02, 2024 6:25 am - Visits to suburban food pantries have surged over the past two years, exceeding previous record highs set during the pandemic.