Eric Peterson
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Schaumburg foresees bleak year for convention centerDec 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg officials are finding no shortage of bad financial news lately, and the 2010 budget for the Renaissance Hotel and Convention Center is no exception. Due large...
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Schaumburg residents oppose $24 million tax levyDec 15, 2009 10:00 pm - An overflow crowd at Schaumburg village hall Tuesday night proved that the shock of the village's first proposed property tax hadn't faded in nearly a month. About 100 p...
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Results of Barrington-area groundwater study revealedDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - When your own home is served by a private or municipal well, the security of that water source is hardly a dry topic. Almost entirely dependent on their own underground ...
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Barrington will ask voters about state pension reformNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - For a moderately sized village, Barrington is once again proving itself unafraid of daunting challenges or powerful opponents. Just as it's joined with Aurora and other ...
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Cause of Schaumburg woman's death still unclearNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Despite completion of an autopsy, a determination of the cause of death of a 32-year-old Schaumburg woman found burned Monday morning is not expected to be imminent. The...
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Palatine bank robbed early Saturday morningNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Palatine police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of a TCF National Bank in the village that occurred Saturday morning. Officers received the call of an armed ro...
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Huntley man upgraded to fair conditionNov 26, 2009 10:00 pm - A Huntley man injured in the same two-vehicle collision Tuesday that killed a 3-year-old Streamwood girl in DeKalb County has been upgraded to fair condition. Henry C. R...
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Through theater, sisters indulge their philanthropyNov 25, 2009 10:00 pm - From agencies that cold-call during dinner to PBS telethons, to not-for-profits that mail out personalized address labels, humans are forever trying to make donating to ...
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Schaumburg closer to village's first property taxNov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - Schaumburg trustees Tuesday voted 4-0 to approve a preliminary levy of $23.7 million for the village's first municipal property tax. While the action doesn't make the co...
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Property-tax-less towns not ready to follow Schaumburg's leadNov 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Citing the problems of being heavily dependent on consumer spending in a recession, Schaumburg is poised to impose its first municipal property tax in its 53-year histor...