Sheila Ahern
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Ongoing battle between Mount Prospect principal, superintendentOct 01, 2010 11:00 pm - After a 6-year-old Westbrook student was put on the wrong bus to go home, he hid behind a couch and told his father his principal, Jan Ewing, "yelled at me and scared me...
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Mt. Prospect seeks cyclists input at meetingSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Attention Mount Prospect bicyclers: Mount Prospect officials are working on the village's first bike plan and are hosting a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, a...
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Wheeling closing Hintz Road to repair railroad crossingSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Portions of Hintz Road in Wheeling will be closed for about a week while a Canadian National Railway crossing is repaired, Wheeling public works officials said. The work...
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Emerald ash borer found in Mount ProspectSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect arborists found the village's first evidence of the emerald ash borer earlier this month on five trees near East Henry and North Albert streets, said Fore...
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Mt. Prospect offers buyouts to avoid layoffsSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Layoffs that could affect every department and eliminate as much as 10 percent of Mount Prospect's work force are coming if some longtime employees don't accept buyout o...
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Mt. Prospect says grease in pipes will cost about $1 million to fixSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - Thanks to nearby restaurants dumping grease into Mount Prospect's sewers, Lake Briarwood residents saw backups in their basements in 2009. Some said it happened more tha...
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Mount Prospect police forms first gang unitSep 24, 2010 11:00 pm - When Mount Prospect residents fill out their yearly survey for the police department, their top concern almost always is traffic. Not this year. This year traffic took a...
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Westbrook school principal to get her hearingSep 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Jan Ewing will get her hearing after all, but it won't be in public. The embattled Westbrook Elementary School principal, placed on indefinite paid leave Sept. 7 for rea...
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Board won't say why Westbrook principal is on leaveSep 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect District 57 officials kept quiet about their reasons for putting Westbrook Principal Jan Ewing on paid leave while more than 30 parents and teachers spoke...
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Lee DeWyze fans ready for Friday's concertSep 22, 2010 11:00 pm - When Lee DeWyze first appeared on "American Idol," Ali Lapping and Carly Gordon were right in front of their televisions watching. When he came home for his first concer...