Articles filed under Park Districts
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Could Hubble sale cut into Wheaton park programs?Feb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - The decision to sell the former Hubble Middle School site at open auction will mean cuts in programming at Wheaton Park District, park officials said Thursday. Presiden...
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Carol Stream gets early peek at rec center plansFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Exactly a year after Carol Stream residents approved a $37 million referendum for park improvements, they got a look at updated project plans, highlighted by a new 88,00...
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Elk Grove center offers seniors free tax preparation serviceFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - Seniors age 60 and over, and those with low to moderate incomes, may sign up at the Elk Grove Senior Center to have their 2010 federal and state income tax returns prepa...
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AARP gives Dundee seniors help with taxesFeb 08, 2011 12:00 am - Dundee Township’s seniors-helping-seniors income tax program is under way. It got a late start this year because of the Feb. 1 blizzard, but the snow is cleared, pencils...
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NEDSRA's new leader looks forward to futureFeb 07, 2011 12:00 am - Jeena Greenwalt, executive director of Northeast DuPage Special Recreation Association, has a motto that explains her perspective on her new position. “I respect the pas...
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Blizzard throws new Hoffman Estates public works director into frayFeb 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Joseph Nebel assumed the top spot in Hoffman Estates' public works department last month after longtime director Ken Hari retired from the post. So much for the honeymoo...
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‘Piloxing’ offers alternative to winter lazinessFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Unless it was your responsibility to shovel your household out of this week’s blizzard, the sedentary lifestyle imposed by this winter’s weather is going to require extr...
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Des Plaines Park District preschool blasts offFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - For two weeks in January, the Des Plaines Park District Creative Corners Fabulous 4- and 5-year-old classes studied the solar system and space. The future astronauts mad...
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Naperville sports fields getting nameFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - It’s more common these days for park districts to rename fields and parks than for new parks to be created and named. The Naperville Park District gets to do both this s...
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Long: Start signing up for Fox River raceFeb 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Let’s put things in perspective first. When the Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race made its maiden journey down the Fox River, state Sen. Robert Mitchler of Oswego was me...