Lenore T. Adkins
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Some say ice cream trucks, Carpentersville a good matchMay 09, 2012 5:48 pm - Carpentersville Trustee Brad McFeggan is hoping to bring a touch of nostalgia to the village by allowing ice cream trucks. The village board is reviewing an ordinance t...
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Police: Pair tried to destroy pot by setting it on fireMay 08, 2012 6:00 pm - If you know the police are onto your indoor marijuana-growing operation, it's probably not a good idea to burn the evidence in the fireplace. Yet the McHenry County sh...
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Hampshire acting police chief named police chiefMay 07, 2012 4:48 pm - Hampshire has just hired a new police chief — well, sort of. Brian Thompson, 53, had been acting chief for 3½ years, and on Thursday the village board appoi...
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Carpentersville gets deal on defibrillators with heart monitorsMay 07, 2012 4:07 pm - By partnering with the fire departments in Elgin and Franklin Park, the Carpentersville Fire Department saved nearly $9,000 on new heart defibrillators that come with EK...
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Carpentersville man charged with hate crime, threatening to kill copMay 04, 2012 5:00 pm - A Carpentersville man who is no stranger to a jail cell was put back behind bars yet again, this time on several charges, among them that he committed a hate crime and t...
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People learn about going green in ElginMay 04, 2012 4:14 pm - Natalie Voss of Elgin remembers that as a child she threw garbage out the windows of moving cars. Thankfully, she says, “we’ve come a long way since then”...
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Carpentersville man tells police to arrest him, not girlfriendMay 04, 2012 3:46 pm - Bradley A. Pace, 22, of Carpentersville, has been arrested on allegations he “shoulder butted” a police officer in the chest so officers wouldn’t arrest h...
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Huntley embarking on twice yearly branch pickup programMay 03, 2012 11:10 am - The Huntley Public Works Department has scheduled its semiannual curbside tree branch pickup for residents. The week of May 7 is reserved for pickup on all streets north...
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One dead, two critical after one-car crashMay 02, 2012 4:00 pm - A Tuesday night, single-car crash near Huntley has left a young Algonquin woman dead and two young Huntley men critically injured, authorities said. Meanwhile, officia...
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Carpentersville approves new TIF districtMay 01, 2012 10:00 pm - Tuesday night, the Carpentersville village board turned a blighted section on the east side into a tax increment finance district, a move officials hope revitalizes that...