Eric Peterson
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Floods can't stop Des Plaines River canoe raceMay 18, 2013 8:00 am - Yes, the 56th annual Des Plaines River Canoe and Kayak Marathon will go on as scheduled Sunday. But that doesn't mean organizers didn't have a few things to worry about ...
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Cool air averted flood-borne mosquito swarmMay 17, 2013 6:45 am - First the bad news. Mosquitoes hatched by last month's flooding in the Northwest and West suburbs should be reaching adulthood and beginning to bite this weekend. But th...
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Barrington public works staff get 2 percent raisesMay 15, 2013 1:48 pm - Barrington trustees this week approved a four-year contract with the village’s public works employees, which retroactively took effect on May 1. The 14 public works empl...
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Barrington boy rejoins classmates after train accidentMay 14, 2013 1:34 pm - Dominic Szymanski made a surprise return to his classmates at Hough Street School in Barrington Tuesday afternoon, almost two months after the 11-year-old survived being...
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Schaumburg Boomers ready to start second seasonMay 14, 2013 12:00 pm - The Schaumburg Boomers' second opening day is this Thursday, May 16, but the independent league baseball team rolled out the red carpet two days early by hosting the Sch...
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Barrington train accident survivor thanks rescuersMay 13, 2013 3:58 pm - Dominic Szymanski, the 11-year-old Barrington boy who survived being struck by a train in the village March 15, made his first public appearance Monday night as the poli...
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Journalism seminar focuses on 21st century veteransMay 11, 2013 8:00 am - Journalists and experts discussed how to better tell the stories of the new American veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq during a seminar Friday sponsored by the Illinois P...
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South Barrington supports underpass in BarringtonMay 09, 2013 3:44 pm - One of the first actions of new South Barrington Village President Paula McCombie’s administration Thursday was to pass a resolution supporting a Route 14 underpass at t...
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Lyons ends 44 years with Schaumburg Township LibraryMay 09, 2013 4:14 am - Schaumburg Township District Library Trustee Robert Lyons will end his 44-year tenure on the library board Monday, May 20 — one of the longest examples of continuous ser...
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Dist. 220 board updated on social-emotional learningMay 08, 2013 12:03 am - In the wake of a high school student’s suicide last month, Barrington Unit District 220 board members Tuesday heard a progress report on the district’s social-emotional ...