Robert Sanchez
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Residents ask Wheaton council not to raise property taxesDec 14, 2009 10:00 pm - Wheaton City Council members got an earful Monday night from residents concerned about a plan to increase the city's property tax levy by nearly 7 percent. A group of ho...
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West Chicago field a 'little country airport' no moreDec 13, 2009 10:00 pm - Robert Benson remembers the days when DuPage Airport was "a little country airport" where everyone knew each other. "It was just a bunch of good old pilots getting toget...
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Funding cuts may make Wheaton library less than excellentDec 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Repeated budget cuts already have cost Wheaton Public Library its rank as one of the top public libraries in nation, its leaders say. Now library officials fear a plan t...
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Group tackling scaled-back plan for Wheaton GrandDec 04, 2009 10:00 pm - Now that a $19.3 million plan to renovate the Wheaton Grand Theater is dead, two big questions still remain: Is there a cheaper way to revamp and reopen the historic mov...
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Millions of Legos, lots of hard work to transform CantignyDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - Don't let the name deceive you. There's a lot more to Cantigny Park's eighth annual Holiday Lego Train Show than toy locomotives made out of the popular interlocking pla...
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Former Wheaton College president Hudson Taylor Armerding diesDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Hudson Taylor Armerding, who led Wheaton College during years of social unrest and the Vietnam War, died on Tuesday. He was 91. The Carol Stream resident served as Wheat...
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Wheaton butterfly house may not take flightDec 02, 2009 10:00 pm - With Cosley Zoo expected to continue operating at a loss next year, Wheaton Park District board members appear reluctant to support a plan to add a new butterfly exhibit...
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Forest district throws wrench in Navistar's plansDec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - In a move that could complicate Navistar's proposed takeover of the former Lucent Technologies campus in Lisle, DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioners might cancel ...
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Major sewer overhaul planned for south WheatonNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Work is poised to start on an almost $16 million project that should help address the messy problem of sewage backups in south Wheaton. Wheaton Sanitary District this mo...
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Wheaton's top fix-it man honoredNov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - Fixing a $500,000 fire engine isn't as simple as taking it to a local mechanic. For Wheaton, the responsibility of keeping all the city's vehicles roadworthy falls on Mo...