Melissa Silverberg
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District 214 uses grant for new wheelchair-accessible busesSep 13, 2013 4:30 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 approved buying new activity buses to transport students with some help from a federal grant. The school board on Thursday ap...
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Mobile home residents sue Wheeling for discriminationSep 11, 2013 7:22 pm - About 50 residents of a mainly Hispanic mobile home community in Wheeling claim the village is enforcing its building code in a discriminatory manner in an effort to rem...
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New restaurants, businesses planning fall debut in Arlington HeightsSep 11, 2013 11:00 am - Arlington Heights officials say fall will bring the opening of several new businesses and restaurants — including a few that had expected to open their doors over the su...
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Suburbs sweat through September heatSep 10, 2013 6:00 pm - As the temperature rose to match record levels Tuesday, people around the suburbs tried to stay cool while still enjoying what officials predicted could be one of the la...
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Camelot Park facility closing Wednesday for $6 million renovationSep 09, 2013 9:00 am - Camelot Community Center in Arlington Heights will close later this week as a nearly $6 million renovation project gets under way. The $5.83 million project is funded in...
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For Lyn Scolaro's students, the classroom is only the beginningSep 09, 2013 6:00 am - In Lyn Scolaro's classroom, learning a new language is about more than vocabulary words and conjugating verbs. It's a doorway to a new culture, a way to open minds and h...
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Head of Arlington Hts. veterans committe assisting with upcoming Honor FlightSep 05, 2013 2:23 pm - Arlington Heights veterans activist Greg Padovani will be traveling to Washington D.C. next week as a guardian for a local World War II vet as part of Honor Flight McHen...
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Fitness 19 expanding in Arlington HeightsSep 05, 2013 5:30 am - An Arlington Heights gym soon will be expanding, according to village officials. The village board on Tuesday approved a land use variation that will allow Fitness 19, 1...
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District 25 changes lunch menu to make healthy eating more appetizingSep 03, 2013 5:31 pm - While new federal mandates are making school lunches healthier, Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 has had to tweak its menu to make sure students will actually ea...
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Science fiction legend, Palatine resident Frederik Pohl diesSep 03, 2013 2:40 pm - Prolific award-winning science-fiction author and Palatine resident Frederik Pohl died Monday at the age of 93, his agent has confirmed. Pohl had more than 60 novels and...