Robert Sanchez
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Victory Auto Wreckers to replace its classic car-door-falling-off commercialJan 23, 2015 12:01 am - The iconic television commercial that made Victory Auto Wreckers a household name is slated to end its nearly 30-year run on Chicago airwaves later this year. Victory ow...
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COD board says yes to $762,000 Breuder severance dealJan 22, 2015 12:01 am - College of DuPage President Robert Breuder is due to receive a $762,000 buyout package when he retires in 2016 under terms of a four-page agreement approved Thursday by ...
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Movie theaters coming back to Oakbrook CenterJan 21, 2015 4:30 am - Nearly a dozen years after Oakbrook Center's last movie theater closed, first-run films will be returning to the Oak Brook mall. Village trustees have given their blessi...
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Bensenville's Victory Auto Wreckers gets a makeoverJan 20, 2015 4:30 am - Just about everybody knows Victory Auto Wreckers for its iconic TV commercial. You know the one: Filmed in 1985 and looking at least a decade older, it shows a guy getti...
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Got an idea for a new Victory Auto Wreckers ad?Jan 20, 2015 4:30 am - Do you think you can produce a better TV commercial than the one that made Victory Auto Wreckers a household name? The Bensenville company is holding a YouTube contest t...
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New Ronald McDonald House ready to open in WinfieldJan 17, 2015 6:34 am - To continue their young son's fight against a brain tumor, Lisa and Chris Post are going to temporarily say goodbye to their home in Michigan today. The family will trav...
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Program allows seniors to defer property taxesJan 14, 2015 12:01 am - DuPage County's treasurer is reminding seniors struggling to pay their property tax bills that help is available. Treasurer Gwen Henry on Wednesday announced the opening...
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DuPage forest preserve director search poised to beginJan 13, 2015 12:01 am - Two months after the person they chose to lead the DuPage County Forest Preserve District declined to take the job, commissioners are preparing to begin another search f...
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DuPage forest preserve mulling dog park near DarienJan 13, 2015 12:01 am - DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners might spend up to $40,000 to determine whether a preserve in the southeastern part of the county is the right spot for a prop...
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DuPage developing strategy to combat floodingJan 12, 2015 12:01 am - Nearly two years after widespread flooding damaged thousands of DuPage properties, county officials are developing a strategy to better prepare area communities for extr...