Susan Sarkauskas
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Batavia needs more affordable housing, rental inspections, report saysSep 19, 2014 1:01 am - If Batavia wants to get a jump on what kind of housing the city will need by 2040, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning has some suggestions. Its final "Homes fo...
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Sugar Grove to continue breaks on fees to housing buildersSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - Sugar Grove will continue offering a break on impact fees to builders of houses, the village board decided Tuesday. The amount charged will be capped at $16,500 per hous...
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Batavia club tags trees with their environmental valueSep 18, 2014 1:01 am - Scores of trees in Batavia have price tags on them, but they are not for sale. Instead, the giant tags proclaim the value of each tree's contribution to a better life. "...
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Residents ask Batavia school board to stop increasing taxesSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - Several Batavia residents asked the school board to stop increasing the district's operating property taxes at a Tuesday hearing about the proposed 2014-15 budget. The b...
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Route 30/Dugan Road changes laid out for Sugar Grove officialsSep 17, 2014 1:01 am - For drivers tired of waiting to make a left turn south off Route 30 on to Dugan Road, relief might come next year. The Illinois Department of Transportation is planning ...
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Emmanuel House helps refugees find a true home in AuroraSep 16, 2014 5:30 am - Imaad Hasan and his family went through a whirlwind of harrowing change the past 10 years. Hasan owned a wholesale store in Baghdad. A Sunni Muslim, he was kidnapped in ...
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Batavia leaders support medical marijuana grow centerSep 16, 2014 5:30 am - Batavia leaders not only don't have objections to having a medical marijuana cultivation center in town, but they are supporting a company's application for one. The cit...
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Geneva wants Route 31 cut to three lanesSep 16, 2014 1:01 am - Geneva officials want to change traffic on a stretch of Batavia Avenue/Route 31, making it easier for pedestrians to cross the roadway and for bicyclists to use it. They...
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Ex-business manager for Rosary High gets probation for gambling-related theftSep 15, 2014 1:01 am - An Aurora man was sentenced Friday to four years probation for stealing more than $45,000 from Rosary High School when he was its business manager. According to Kane Cou...
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Minivan, garbage truck crash near Sugar GroveSep 12, 2014 1:01 am - Two people are hospitalized after a crash Friday morning between a garbage truck and minivan near Sugar Grove. The driver of a Chevrolet Uplander, a 44-year-old woman fr...