Marni Pyke
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Suburbs fail to mirror state's drop in train collisionsDec 18, 2012 10:00 pm - This is a test correction. First of three parts At least three people a month will die when they are hit by a train in the Chicago region next year, according ...
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Metra raises fares for passengers using 10-ride passesDec 14, 2012 9:40 am - Despite objections, Metra leaders raised fares on 10-ride passes by 11 percent Friday, effective Feb. 1, 2013. The hike follows on the heels of a 30 percent increase in ...
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Tollway faces hurdles for expressway extension, interchangeDec 13, 2012 4:56 pm - More than $162 million of the Illinois tollway’s just-approved 2013 budget is earmarked for work on the Elgin-O’Hare Expressway extension and an interchange at I-57 and ...
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Readers sore over Metra fare hikes, red-light ticketsDec 03, 2012 4:30 am - The Thanksgiving leftovers are history, but it's not too late to say thanks — for reading and commenting on In Transit this year. And the best way to express my apprecia...
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Will new chairman bring Metra some Irish luck?Nov 26, 2012 4:30 am - It’s crunchtime for Metra’s new chairman, Brad O’Halloran — with big challenges that require a game plan where failure isn’t an option. But am I talking about the fundin...
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Shoppers clear out suburban stores from the get-goNov 23, 2012 10:29 am - So you expected to saunter into J.C. Penney at 7 a.m. Friday and pick up that $8 crockpot? Think again. Despite 28 years experience working at Penney’s in Yorktown Cente...
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O'Hare travelers weather fog delaysNov 21, 2012 3:00 pm - Fog put a damper on travel plans for thousands of passengers at O'Hare International Airport Wednesday, but it wasn't an issue for the Hunt family en route to Buffalo fr...
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Former Norwegian consul, an Arlington Hts. resident, lived historyNov 17, 2012 7:51 pm - Customers of Per Bye Ohrstrom didn’t need a contract. “He was always a man of his word — his handshake was better than a contract,” son Lars Ohrstrom said. Family member...
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W. Chicago fire victims moved by donationsNov 15, 2012 2:32 pm - Like his neighbors in West Chicago’s Timber Lake Apartments complex, Jose Rodriguez escaped a fast-moving fire Nov. 4 with his life and little else. Shellshocked residen...
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Metra set to raise cost of 10-ride passNov 15, 2012 11:17 am - “Again?” was the unenthusiastic reaction of Metra 10-ride pass users upon learning fares could spike by 11 percent on Feb. 1, 2013. Metra’s board of directors approved r...