Articles filed under Communities
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The visionaryAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Back when forest preserves covered only a few hundred acres in DuPage, it didn't take much to lead the county's forest preserve district. The director's job essentia...
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Aurora garbage stickers get thumbs upAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Aurora residents likely will retain the current garbage sticker program they use now, as well as pay a mandatory $3 monthly recycling fee. The city's current five-year g...
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District 202 might have new leader by year's endAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Lisle school board members hope to name a replacement for retiring Superintendent Peter Lueck by the end of 2007. "We really as a board want to move quickly," member Sa...
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Elk Grove Village plans to beat the beetlesAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village on Tuesday night unveiled plans to combat the emerald ash borer beetle by locking in current tree removal costs and buying saplings now to replace sick...
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Change is buzz word in Dist. 202Aug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Lisle schools may be small in size but mighty newsworthy this year with a retiring superintendent and talk of building a new elementary center on the horizon. Unit Dist...
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First baseman misses brother during seasonAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - This is Rounding the Bases, a chance to interact with members of the Kane County Cougars, the Class A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics, who play at Elfstrom Stadium in...
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New Westin 'fulfills a dream' in LombardAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - When 150 monarch butterflies take flight in Lombard between the AMC Yorktown 17 theater and a Target store, a decade's old vision by village leaders will have become rea...
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Briefs: Westin Lombard marks 150th hotelAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - LOMBARD -- The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center opens at 11 a.m. today. It's the 150th Westin hotel worldwide. Officials also will hold a flag ceremony in which three flag...
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District 23's Sullivan School welcomes new principalAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Anne Sullivan School in Prospect Heights has a new principal. Debbie Gardiner, 45, of Mount Prospect is the school's new leader. Gardiner applied for the job in January ...
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Community ties stretch back decades for FranksAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - The marquee of the Arcada Theater let it be known to passers-by last week that Frank's Employment, housed in the Arcada building on Main Street, was celebrating its 50th...