Jake Griffin
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Wheaton's Danada House gets $1.8 million natural makeoverJul 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It's as if a floral bomb exploded outside the Danada House at the home's namesake forest preserve in Wheaton. After three years of planning and another year of building,...
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Quinn expected to sign DuPage Co. water reform billJul 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Officials within Republican state Sen. Dan Cronin's campaign for DuPage County Board chairman said Gov. Pat Quinn will sign a controversial bill aimed at reforming the c...
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DuPage County cutting lobbyist costsJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Facing lagging sales tax revenues, the DuPage County Board is taking a hard look at almost $400,000 in annual lobbyist contracts. The proposed contracts are already $48,...
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DuPage chairman says county's flood controls workedJul 26, 2010 11:00 pm - With parts of DuPage County still drying out from this past weekend's flooding, county board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom said the county's flood controls worked properly....
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DuPage dumps plan for controversial water districtJul 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Efforts to bring Lake Michigan water to hundreds of residents in an unincorporated area near Lombard have been flushed away by the DuPage County Board's public works com...
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DuPage settles final Oak Meadows fire claimJul 22, 2010 11:00 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials have commissioned a study of the district's golf operations following settlement of a final insurance claim relating to the early...
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Forest preserve sows its oats in back-to-basics DuPage County FairJul 17, 2010 11:00 pm - As one of the few remaining agricultural entities left in an urbanized county, the DuPage Forest Preserve District began planning months ago for this week's county fair....
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DuPage water panel lowers emergency reserve fundJul 14, 2010 11:00 pm - The DuPage Water Commission lowered its emergency reserve fund requirements Wednesday in an effort to expedite payback of debt acquired when the agency accidentally spen...
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Why proposed Muslim Center needs so much parkingJul 13, 2010 11:00 pm - When the attorney representing the proposed Islamic Center of Western Suburbs presented a parking plan for the facility at Monday's DuPage County Zoning Board Appeals he...
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Zoning board hears debate on W. Chicago prayer centerJul 12, 2010 11:00 pm - History may be a hard thing for leaders of the Islamic Center of Western Suburbs to overcome in their effort to seek permission from DuPage County to convert a house int...