Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Discovery museum fundraiser:Nov 12, 2013 4:47 pm - Preview the future home of the Lake County Discovery Museum while sipping champagne, enjoying chocolates and shopping for unique gift items at Chocolate, Champagne and S...
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Forest cop gives lost runner spirited escort to Naperville Marathon finishNov 12, 2013 4:15 am - Kathy Contreras had a single goal when she left home Sunday for Naperville's inaugural marathon: Just make it to the starting line. “If I can just get there, I'm good,”...
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Veterans can apply for restoration ecology jobs programNov 11, 2013 2:54 pm - Submitted by Forest Preserve District of Kane County A Forest Preserve District of Kane County-based project will employ and train local veterans to work in restoration ...
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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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League of Women Voters again slams Kane forest districtNov 05, 2013 3:23 pm - When Carol Grom looks at recent spending by Kane County Forest Preserve District commissioners, she sees projects more appropriate for a park district: baseball stadiums...
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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...
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Danada Equestrian Center soon to be under new managementOct 28, 2013 1:51 pm - The DuPage County Forest Preserve District soon will begin its search for only the third site manager in the Danada Equestrian Center’s history. The need for a new manag...
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Wehrli joins DuPage Forest Preserve president raceOct 24, 2013 6:06 pm - For the first time in 20 years, an incumbent DuPage County Forest Preserve president is not seeking re-election and the vacancy is drawing interest from at least half of...