Jameel Naqvi
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Cary puts off gravel pit voteSep 04, 2007 11:00 pm - More than 150 residents came to the Crystal Lake Holiday Inn Tuesday night expecting the Cary village board to vote on Meyer Material Co.'s proposal for a gravel mine on...
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District 300 getting ready for start of schoolSep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - The highlight of last week's Community Unit District 300 school board meeting didn't come from the dais or the podium. It came from the audience. During a discussion amo...
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Melon propellin' gets the Sunset fest folks yellin'Sep 01, 2007 11:00 pm - In medieval times, the trebuchet was a deadly weapon used to besiege castles with flaming projectiles. On Saturday, trebuchets at the Summer Sunset Festival in Lake in t...
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Utility savings reach $1 million in Dist. 300Aug 30, 2007 11:00 pm - In 2004, Community Unit District 300 launched an ambitious program designed to save millions in utility costs over an 11-year period. Three years later, District 300 alr...
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Dist. 300 forms panel to fight alcohol, drugsAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - In May, Community Unit District 300 unveiled a strategic plan that included frank assessments of problems at schools, written by current and former students. Among the i...
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Flooding changes Fox Valley garbage pickupAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Property damage from last week's storms and flooding prompted several Fox Valley towns to loosen their rules for garbage pickup. Elgin designated several residential are...
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After 4½ hours, woman rescued from FoxAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Bernadette Manuel has last week's storms to thank and blame for the cold Tuesday morning she spent in the Fox River and the fact that she survived the ordeal relatively ...
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Dist. 300 policy to prevent 'pay-to-play' a no goAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - The Community Unit District 300 school board defeated a measure Monday night designed to prevent potential conflicts of interest in the district's bidding and purchasing...
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First bell rings for Dist. 158 studentsAug 27, 2007 11:00 pm - Ni hao. (Hello.) Several classes of Huntley students heard the Chinese greeting for the first time Monday, when Huntley District 158 launched Chinese language classes at...
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Huntley village hall casts jinx on one (at least) local reporterAug 25, 2007 11:00 pm - Trouble seems to follow me wherever I go -- especially if I go to Huntley village hall. In an earlier column, I told you about when I walked through the double doors int...