Jake Griffin
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DuPage assessors say your property values haven't droppedOct 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Despite nothing but bad news about the housing market, DuPage County property is more valuable than it was last year. At least in terms of its taxable value. Four of the...
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Raising awareness about domestic abuseOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - Brenda Spivey called police only twice during a decade of abuse at the hands of her then-husband. "Both times the officer told me to grow up," she recalls. "And the seco...
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Targeted West Chicago strip club owner says his place safeSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - The West Chicago strip club owner targeted by DuPage County's crackdown on adult businesses said his club is safe, and he's already more than strict about alcohol consum...
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September third-wettest month in 137 yearsSep 30, 2008 11:00 pm - Enough rain fell throughout the Chicago area in September to make it the third-wettest month in 137 years. But it still wasn't the wettest September. Despite a soggy Mon...
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Fracas over fence in DuPage Co. leads to chargesSep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Nearly a month after a dispute between neighbors over a poorly built fence erupted into a fistfight, the two brothers who put up the fence have been charged with battery...
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Neighbors' fence feud continues near LombardSep 24, 2008 11:00 pm - A fence that has spawned one brawl, three trips to the hospital, one arrest and one lawsuit is two feet too tall. The DuPage County Board this week unanimously denied To...
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DuPage board OKs 1-year jail food contractSep 23, 2008 11:00 pm - More than a year after being named the food provider at DuPage County jail in Wheaton, Minnesota-based A'viands Food & Services Management has a contract to do the job. ...
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NIU continues with proton therapy center constructionSep 18, 2008 11:00 pm - Work on the state's first proton therapy cancer treatment center continued Thursday in West Chicago - a day after a state regulatory board reversed course by approving ...
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DuPage hospital's proton therapy center approvedSep 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In a surprise move, state regulators Wednesday approved Central DuPage Hospital's proposal to build a proton therapy cancer treatment center in Warrenville. The unanimou...
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DuPage budget picture much rosierSep 16, 2008 11:00 pm - What a difference a year makes. Well, a year and an extra $47 million from increased sales tax revenue. After facing some hefty cuts in all of DuPage County's public saf...