Eric Peterson
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Fourth of July Essay winners announcedJul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Congratulations to Barrington Fourth of July essay contest winners Emma Bradford, David Nowak and Grant Walsh. They were selected as the winners of their age categories ...
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Ash borers' favorite meal to slowly fall off the menu?Jul 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Efforts to stop the regional spread of the emerald ash borer - which was found last month to have reached Schaumburg - are meeting with only limited success. But one con...
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Super Bowl champs help out student-run charityJun 30, 2009 11:00 pm - Very few not-for-profit charities are started and run by high school students. Fewer still can draw on members of the legendary 1985 Chicago Bears to headline their firs...
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Long-lost letter carries farewell from deceased friendJun 29, 2009 11:00 pm - Thanks to a simple gesture from a stranger, Alisson Lang of Palatine finally received the goodbye she never had from a friend who passed away three years ago. Marlin Kee...
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So where do you cut into those new cars to avoid exploding air bags?Jun 28, 2009 11:00 pm - In car crashes requiring extrication of injured passengers, minutes count. Rescuing people trapped inside mangled vehicles is a skill most assume firefighters and parame...
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Schaumburg day care protests likely budget cutsJun 27, 2009 11:00 pm - After waiting years for the money to get their Schaumburg day care center open, Children's Home and Aid officials are frustrated by the threat that state budget cuts are...
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Shop for the cause in downtown BarringtonJun 25, 2009 11:00 pm - A new weekly promotion by the Barrington Independent Merchants organization intends to get downtown Barrington bustling on the weekends while also helping out the area's...
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Schaumburg showing stop sign to red light camerasJun 24, 2009 11:00 pm - While red-light cameras remain a technology many suburbs still plan for their futures, in Schaumburg they're about to become a thing of the past. A staff recommendation ...
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Schaumburg looking for abandoned building ownersJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Home foreclosures and business closings are not a new phenomenon in a community as large as Schaumburg. But the increased numbers of the past year or two led trustees Tu...
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Credit card forgery equipment found in SchaumburgJun 22, 2009 11:00 pm - A woman wanted on forgery and theft charges in Lake and DuPage counties has been arrested in Schaumburg after authorities said they found equipment used to make phony cr...