Melissa Silverberg
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Another day of Prospect Heights teacher strikeSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Prospect Heights teachers will be on strike for a fifth day Tuesday, but officials continued to negotiate overnight in hopes of reaching a deal soon. Students have not b...
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Fire damages Mount Prospect candy shopSep 21, 2015 1:00 am - Fire gutted a candy store in a Mount Prospect shopping center Monday morning, causing $250,000 in damage, but firefighters were able to contain the blaze from spreading ...
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Suburban Catholics head east to see Pope Francis: 'God is present with him'Sep 21, 2015 1:00 am - The first time Faustina Ferko saw the pope, it changed her life. A college student visiting Rome, she and her friends skipped out on their tour group and found their way...
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What the issues are in the District 23 teacher strikeSep 19, 2015 7:00 am - As of Friday night, the Prospect Heights Education Association and the District 23 school board were no closer to a deal and were going into a weekend where they won't b...
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Dawn Patrol: Prospect Heights schools still closed; services set for deputySep 17, 2015 5:00 am - Dist. 23 strike closes schools today The teachers strike at Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 has canceled classes for a second day, and no new negotiating se...
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Classes called off again in Dist. 23 due to strikeSep 17, 2015 1:00 am - Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 teachers will return to the picket lines for a third day Friday after more than three hours of negotiations Thursday night betwee...
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District 214, feeder districts discuss changing school calendar, start timesSep 16, 2015 6:15 am - District 214, feeder districts start the discussion, which includes school start times
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Early results from new school test don't paint entire pictureSep 16, 2015 1:00 am - Parents and school officials in Illinois are getting a first look at how students fared on the first round of rigorous new standardized tests, but those numbers are inco...
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With Dist. 23 teacher strike looming, park districts step upSep 15, 2015 5:11 am - Negotiations continue, but park districts set up supervised activities
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Arlington Heights deacon will give Communion at Pope's visitSep 15, 2015 1:00 am - As more than a million worshippers from across the nation line up to receive Communion next week during Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia, an Arlington Heights deacon ...