Marni Pyke
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Tollway board pressured to build or not build Route 53 extensionOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - With $5.8 million for planning studies in the Illinois tollway's proposed 2016 budget that could be used to analyze the Route 53 extension, advocates for both sides of t...
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Minority contractors criticize tollway budget proposalOct 22, 2015 1:00 am - Thanks to higher truck tolls, the Illinois tollway will reap extra revenues next year but that didn't mean the 2016 proposed budget didn't receive scrutiny Thursday. Sev...
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Distributing overnight noise from O'Hare a tall orderOct 20, 2015 5:30 am - Officials tasked with crafting a rotation system to evenly distribute noisy overnight O'Hare flights left their first meeting with added reasons why finding consensus wi...
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Union Station renovation plans to be announced todayOct 16, 2015 12:00 am - Amtrak is promising improvements to Union Station that should appeal to both commuters tired of being overcrowded and architecture fans. Officials from the railroad, Met...
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Some suburbanites say new O'Hare runway 'nothing to celebrate'Oct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Neighborhoods surrounding O'Hare International Airport that have been rattled by jet noise are bracing themselves after the opening of Chicago's latest parallel runway T...
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Metra eyes fare hike averaging 2 percentOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Metra riders could face fare hikes ranging from 25 cents for a single ticket to $1.75 for a 10-ride pass to $2.50 for a monthly pass in February 2016. Agency leaders int...
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Bensenville neighborhood lost in airport expansionOct 15, 2015 1:00 am - Twenty years ago, kids raced home through piles of fall leaves, past pumpkins and scarecrows decorating their Bensenville neighborhood, located just southeast of York an...
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New O'Hare runway, air traffic control tower going liveOct 14, 2015 1:00 am - O'Hare International Airport's newest runway goes live Thursday, and so does the air traffic control tower just north of it. The Federal Aviation Administration opened t...
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Pyke: Which neighborhoods will be in flight path of new O'Hare runway?Oct 11, 2015 11:00 pm - This week, thanks to a curious reader, we're learning about a twist to Runway 10-Right/28-Left, which is opening Thursday at O'Hare International Airport. Reader Alex Ma...
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Dist. 156 students could return Tuesday after 8-day strikeOct 10, 2015 1:00 am - McHenry Community High School students should know by late Monday afternoon if life as normal will resume Tuesday after an eight-day teachers' strike. Both sides appeare...