Susan Sarkauskas
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City will consider more sales tax to help pay for electricityFeb 10, 2014 12:01 am - The Batavia City Council is considering raising the city's sales tax rate to help pay for the electricity it buys. The council will discuss the matter at its joint commi...
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Dist. 304 to offer full-day kindergartenFeb 10, 2014 12:00 am - District 304 in Geneva will offer all-day kindergarten starting this fall. The school board approved it 6-1 Monday night. Under state law, the district will still have ...
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Ex-parks leader wins St. Charles Charlemagne awardFeb 08, 2014 12:33 pm - Longtime St. Charles parks advocate Gloria Klimek was named the 2013 recipient of the Charlemagne Award for community service Friday night. The honor, bestowed by the St...
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Basement fire damages Algonquin houseFeb 08, 2014 9:38 am - An Algonquin resident returned home Friday night to find the house on fire. Firefighters were called at 9:12 p.m. to 2141 Cumberland Parkway, according to a news release...
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Crawl-space fire damages Batavia houseFeb 08, 2014 9:21 am - A firefighter fell on ice, straining his lower back, fighting a fire Friday night at 332 Evergreen Drive in Batavia. The firefighter was treated and released at a hospit...
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Lombard Winter Carnival full of snowy family funFeb 08, 2014 8:47 am - The key to a great s’more? “You have to put it (the marshmallow) by the fire and make it almost golden-brown,” said Monica Salonga of Villa Park at the Lombard Park Dis...
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New Batavia charity helping homeless kids go to schoolFeb 08, 2014 7:00 am - Joanne Spitz was meeting with the Batavia Bicycle Commission at its bike rodeo last fall when someone mentioned a Batavia woman and two of her children rode bicycles to ...
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West Aurora district names ex-Oswego principal superintendentFeb 04, 2014 2:03 pm - The West Aurora school board has selected a new superintendent to replace the retiring Jim Rydland. Jeffrey Craig, now a superintendent near Des Moines, had been princip...
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Batavia Walgreens vote planned for Feb. 17Feb 04, 2014 11:00 am - Last August, a frustrated Batavia Alderman Dave Brown said this of the three-year-old proposal for a new downtown Walgreens: “Either move it on or kill it. Let's get a d...
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Geneva board inclined to all-day kindergartenFeb 03, 2014 9:41 am - The Geneva school board favors instituting all-day kindergarten for all students, if the estimated $352,000 cost can be reduced. The board directed the district’s admini...