Eric Peterson
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Schaumburg likely to tax treehouse, other short-term rentalsJun 27, 2016 1:00 am - New Schaumburg regulations already ensure that a large, luxurious backyard treehouse village officials learned about last year is the last of its kind. But trustees on T...
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Buffalo Grove doctor charged in national health care fraud sweepJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - A Buffalo Grove physician is among 301 people charged in connection with a nationwide health care fraud sweep disclosed this week, the largest such action in U.S. histor...
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Harper College deal would mean indoor pool for Palatine residentsJun 22, 2016 1:00 am - Palatine Park District residents could be just two years away from a long-sought indoor pool through a pending agreement between the district and Harper College. Harper ...
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Hoffman Estates hires consultant for 185-acre TIF districtJun 21, 2016 5:00 am - Hoffman Estates village board members voted 5-2 Monday to pay a consultant $28,500 to work with them on considering a $21 million property tax reimbursement for a develo...
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Hoffman Estates approves three-year police contractJun 21, 2016 1:00 am - Hoffman Estates officials have approved a new three-year contract with their police officers union retroactive to the beginning of this year. The village's officers will...
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With renovations complete, Woodfield Mall gets new general managerJun 21, 2016 1:00 am - Fresh off its $13.9 million facelift in 2015, Schaumburg's Woodfield Mall will soon have a new general manager in Kurt Webb, a six-year employee of parent company Simon ...
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District 54 superintendent gets 10 percent raiseJun 20, 2016 1:00 am - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 Superintendent Andy DuRoss will receive a 10 percent raise next school year after the accomplishments of the past two years re...
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How to create a monarch butterfly way stationJun 18, 2016 7:32 am - While any commitment to increase the number of milkweed plants in the environment is likely to help the monarch butterfly, following these tips from the University of Ka...
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How to bring monarch butterflies back to suburbs: Plant milkweedJun 17, 2016 11:00 pm - As far as conservation movements go, advocates for the monarch butterfly hope theirs is a relatively easy sell. Schaumburg schoolteacher Kim Savino and the Schaumburg Pa...
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District 211 board hears public input for new strategic planJun 17, 2016 1:00 am - After nearly six months of gathering public input, the leaders of Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211's community engagement facilitating team on Thursday share...