Articles filed under Library Districts
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Sun's extinction is billions of years awayJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - Students in Maria Barba's first-grade at Douglas Macarthur Elementary School in Hoffman Estates asked, “Will the sun be hot enough to blow up Earth?” Scientists are stil...
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Batavia teens can enter Book Trailer ContestJul 25, 2011 1:00 am - Submitted by Batavia Public Library Teens are invited to express themselves this summer in Batavia Public Library’s Teen Book Trailer Contest, now through Aug. 15. The w...
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Indian Trails has 35 candidates for directorJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - When the July 22 deadline passed, the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling had 35 applicants for executive director — 15 from Illinois and 20 from around the country...
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Utility bill checkup event in SchaumburgJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - The Village of Schaumburg has partnered with the Citizens Utility Board to offer a free analysis of utility bills to demonstrate ways to reduce home utility costs. Bring...
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Lake Villa Library starts first teen advisory boardJul 25, 2011 12:00 am - The Lake Villa District Library will gather more information about how to better serve teens, thanks to the formation of a teen advisory board, officials said. The objec...
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Mount Prospect library closed due to floodingJul 23, 2011 12:00 am - The Mount Prospect Public Library will remain closed Sunday after water from Saturday’s early morning storms flooded the parking lot and seeped into the lower level lobb...
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Longtime Sugar Grove Library director firedJul 22, 2011 12:00 am - The longtime director of the Sugar Grove Library has been fired. The reason? “That is one of the best-kept secrets going,” Village President Sean Michels said Friday. “N...
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Hoffman Estates library branch’s future still unclearJul 22, 2011 12:00 am - The Palatine Palatine Public Library District released a statement Friday that the future of the Freeman Road Branch in Hoffman Estates remains unclear after officials l...
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Comedy of Jack Benny at Indian Trails library programJul 22, 2011 12:00 am - The comedy of Jack Benny will be explored by local historian Jim Bernard as he remembers Benny’s life, career in entertainment and plays excerpts from some of Benny’s fu...
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Carol Stream holds onto library-owned propertyJul 21, 2011 12:00 am - The Carol Stream Public Library will remain owners of a 7.5-acre property that it originally bought to house a new library facility. After residents voted down calls for...