Articles filed under Forest Preserve Districts
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Elk Grove Village a step closer to getting pedestrian bridge for Higgins RoadFeb 13, 2012 11:00 pm - Elk Grove Village officials are seeking funding for a project to build a bridge across Higgins Road just east of Route 53 so pedestrians, bikers and in-line skaters can ...
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Arlington Hts. panel wants to spend $11.5M to fight ash borerFeb 13, 2012 10:00 pm - Village board expected to back plan Monday
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The ‘Bambi effect’: a look at deer culling and residents’ reactionsFeb 09, 2012 11:00 pm - “Man is in the forest.” So warned a worried mother to her son as a single gunshot rang through the trees. The mother, of course, was a doe and her somber portent was di...
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Lake County board candidate wants out of the golf businessFeb 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This story was updated February 9 to correct information about what golf courses the board operates. A Republican candidate for the Lake County Fores...
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Dist. 4 forest candidates unsure of salary, pension changesFeb 07, 2012 11:00 pm - Both Republican candidates running for the District 4 seat on the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission say changes should be made to district salaries and pension pa...
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Park district to offer 124 garden plotsFeb 03, 2012 12:00 am - It’s still winter, but if you want to harvest tomatoes this summer from a Geneva Community Garden plot, sign up now. About 30 people already have. “There is a buzz aroun...
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DuPage forest candidates share ideas on pension, pay reformFeb 01, 2012 11:00 pm - Four Republicans running for a seat on the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission say commissioner salaries and pensions must be reformed, but they differ on by exactl...
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O'Brien: I have the experience, record to transform Cook Co.Dec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - Metropolitan Water Reclamation District President Terrence O'Brien sells himself as a good-government professional with the experience to transform Cook County as he bid...
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Forest preserve candidates spar over spendingDec 17, 2009 10:00 pm - A longtime DuPage County Forest Preserve commissioner faces a challenge from a West Chicago alderman in the Feb. 2 Republican primary in District 6. Roger Kotecki of War...
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Even Democrats have primaries in DuPage CountyNov 02, 2009 10:00 pm - DuPage County's fourth district looks to be the primary hot spot come Feb. 2, 2010. Races for both Republicans and - for the first time in recent memory - Democrats in t...