Robert Sanchez
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DuPage County's emergency HQ passes first testOct 03, 2012 5:30 am - It didn't take long for the new headquarters of DuPage County's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management to be put to the test. The roughly $1.5 million faci...
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‘Genius grant’ of $500,000 for Glenbard West alumnaOct 02, 2012 1:34 pm - Bioengineer Melody Swartz got a surprise phone call three weeks ago informing her she had been selected to receive a “genius grant” from the John D. and Catherine T. Mac...
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Ryder Cup fans fill airspace over DuPage airportSep 27, 2012 12:55 pm - The busiest day of an already hectic week at DuPage Airport came Thursday when a steady stream of private jets carrying Ryder Cup fans and corporate sponsors began landi...
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DuPage board returns power to chairmanSep 25, 2012 2:03 pm - Just two years after wresting authority from the DuPage County Board chairman position, county board members have given some of that power back. In what some are calling...
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Elmhurst mom gets 20 years for drugging sonSep 24, 2012 9:32 pm - An Elmhurst mother who gave her 7-year-old son a potentially lethal combination of prescription and over-the-counter drugs last year during a bitter divorce from the boy...
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Judge increases bail for Naperville-area pastorSep 24, 2012 12:59 pm - A pastor who lives in Naperville and is awaiting trial for alleged financial crimes must raise $35,000 to get out of jail. Howard Richmond was taken into custody Monday ...
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Medinah's storied past adds to allureSep 23, 2012 8:00 am - In 1954, Calvin Koeppel was a young man growing up in Elmwood Park when his father asked the family if he should buy a house on a lake or join a country club. The decisi...
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Preschool aims to help low-income children in West ChicagoSep 22, 2012 8:00 am - What began about six years ago as an idea to give low-income children in West Chicago more than just a head start before kindergarten has become a reality for 150 infant...
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Winfield trustees seek to rezone Roosevelt Road residential parcelsSep 20, 2012 2:12 pm - The first salvo has been fired in the political battle over developing portions of Roosevelt Road through Winfield. Trustees supportive of seeing commercial development ...
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Array of questions on DuPage County ballotsSep 17, 2012 10:26 am - From term limits to video gambling to whether corporations are people, voters throughout DuPage County will be asked to weigh in on a wide range of topics in the Novembe...