Steve Zalusky
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Buffalo Grove fire chief to step down; Deputy chief named successorMar 05, 2024 6:00 am - Buffalo Grove Fire Chief Mike Baker will retire July 14 and Deputy Chief Lawrence “Larry” Kane will assume his post the next day. “Chief Baker leaves behind a remarkable ...
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Mayors slam Pritzker’s proposal to eliminate grocery taxMar 04, 2024 6:16 pm - A group of suburban leaders pushed back Monday on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s proposal to eliminate the state’s 1% grocery tax, saying it would deprive their communities of fund...
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Palatine mayor touts fiscal success in State of the Village addressFeb 29, 2024 2:19 pm - Palatine is spending its residents’ tax dollars wisely and well, Mayor Jim Schwantz and Village Manager Reid Ottesen said Wednesday during the annual State of the Village...
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Parking woes could doom planned Durty Nellie’s redevelopmentFeb 28, 2024 6:48 pm - The clock is ticking on a proposed mixed-use development in downtown Palatine anchored by a re-imagined Durty Nellie’s pub, and time soon could run out because of unresol...
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Barrington residents ask village to act faster on rail safetyFeb 27, 2024 7:10 pm - Barrington parents and students urged village leaders Monday to act more quickly to address railroad crossing safety, in the wake of last month’s death of a 17-year-old s...
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Outback Steakhouse closes Mount Prospect locationFeb 26, 2024 3:19 pm - Outback Steakhouse has served its last meal after an eight-year run at Randhurst Village in Mount Prospect. But despite the restaurant’s closing, the shopping center is ...
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‘It’s the best gift’: Blood drive honors Arlington Heights girl’s memoryFeb 25, 2024 5:47 pm - A blood drive that took place Sunday is not only keeping alive the memory of a 6-year-old Arlington Heights girl who fought leukemia, but also helping save the lives of others.
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Baseball Way Back: How Banks, Baker opened the Cubs’ Negro League connectionFeb 25, 2024 6:00 am - Part 2 of 2 Six years after Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, Ernie Banks and Gene Baker were the first Black players on the Cubs. It woul...
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Fire at vacant home in Buffalo GroveFeb 23, 2024 12:35 pm - A vacant Buffalo Grove home that had been left uninhabitable from a previous fire burst into flames Wednesday evening, resulting in no injuries but causing damage to the ...
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Long Grove stars in three Christmas movies, thanks to small-town feel and state tax creditFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - When filmmaker and Mundelein resident John W. Bosher first read the script for “Christmas With Felicity,” the quaint, small-town setting made picking a filming location easy. “All of these sets are already right down the street in Long Grove,” he thought.