Eric Peterson
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Houses, judges sought for holiday decoration contestNov 13, 2008 10:00 pm - That chill in the air is a sign that the holidays will soon be upon us again. Time to think about how you'll create your own memories of 2008. One popular tradition is t...
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Barrington lays off 13 to balance budgetNov 12, 2008 10:00 pm - It's hardly news that economic times are tough, but Barrington officials are taking the rare step of laying off municipal employees to balance its 2009 budget. Village o...
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Group seeks help selling Chicago for OlympicsNov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Raising their international profiles has provided long-term economic benefits for the last several Olympic host cities, particularly those of the Summer Games. That's th...
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Barrington library officials want to know what went wrong on Nov. 4Nov 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Barrington Area Library officials will take a breath before trying to figure out why voters rejected a $34.3 million referendum to expand and upgrade the library. At the...
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Did political party switch help Froehlich?Nov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - State Rep. Paul Froehlich of Schaumburg was able to keep his seat in Springfield despite his switch from Republican to Democrat in the middle of his term. For some reaso...
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Daughter of Schaumburg officer: 'He was my safety blanket'Nov 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Loved ones and colleagues on Friday recalled both the jovial spirit and professional dedication of Frank Russo, Schaumburg's first police officer to die in the line of d...
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Loved ones reminisce about fallen Schaumburg officerNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - For Frank Russo, the needs and protection of family came before all else. And it was the desire to protect other families, too, that led him to become a police officer i...
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Barrington-area voters reject plan for larger libraryNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Barrington Area Library District voters were not in a spending mood Tuesday. With all 47 precincts reporting, unofficial results in a library expansion referendum showed...
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Froehlich re-elected as a DemocratNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - State Rep. Paul Froehlich was heading toward re-election Tuesday as a Democrat - a different political party than when he ran two years ago. With incomplete results at p...
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Tenants of condemned Schaumburg strip mall feel trappedNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - Chiropractor Richard Altieri has been serving his patients out of the same Schaumburg office for 34 years. But now he feels that control over the future of his career ha...