Articles filed under Cook County Forest Preserve District
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Cook County forest preserve permits available Jan. 2Dec 16, 2013 3:09 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County will begin selling 2014 picnic permits online and in-person beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 2. In-person sales will take place fro...
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Cook County 2014 picnic permits to be available onlineDec 16, 2013 1:09 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County will begin selling 2014 picnic permits online and in-person on Thursday, Jan. 2. New this year is an online permitting system, called...
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Cook County passes $179 million forest preserve budgetDec 03, 2013 3:17 pm - The Cook County Board unanimously approved a $179 million 2014 budget for its forest preserves Wednesday that includes $7 million for construction, development and capit...
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Guilty verdict in torture-murder caseNov 22, 2013 6:53 pm - A Waukegan man was found guilty Friday in a 2011 torture and murder case. Jose Horta, 21, of the 300 block of Edison Court, had been charged with first-degree murder in ...
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Elk Grove family gets closure from opening of bike bridgeNov 22, 2013 3:28 pm - The death of bicyclist Rosaleen Waters has been tough on the family members she left behind. The 46-year-old Elk Grove Village resident was struck and killed by a vehicl...
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Editorial: Actions must align with forest preserve missionNov 15, 2013 4:00 am - A new report takes Kane County Forest Preserve officials to task for decisions in recent years that the authors claim stray from the district’s core mission to preserve ...
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Cook County to have more summer jobs in forest preservesNov 06, 2013 6:06 pm - Cook County and Forest Preserves Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Commissioner Bridget Gainer have pledged another $100,000 in the 2014 budget to provide summer jobs...
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New restrooms coming to some Cook County forest preservesNov 05, 2013 9:53 am - Installation has begun on the first of 10 new permanent toilet buildings for the Forest Preserves of Cook County. The restroom at the Bremen Grove Forest Preserve in sou...
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Cook forest preserve engineer charged in kickback plotOct 31, 2013 12:40 pm - A former Cook County Forest Preserve District engineer faces federal bribery charges for, prosecutors say, accepting $10,000 in kickbacks for work performed at two distr...
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County wants feedback on Rolling Knolls development planOct 30, 2013 2:49 pm - The Forest Preserves of Cook County will be hosting a community open houses for Rolling Knolls 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 2, in the Rolling Knolls parking lot at 11N...