Articles filed under Weather
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Keep snow off of disabled parking spots in SchaumburgFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It seems we forget about our disabled friends when it come to snow removal. People who plow parking lots push the snow into piles in the lots and it seems that the disab...
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Watching storm from his Schaumburg windowFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - It is Feb. 2 at 2 a.m., and like hundreds of thousands of people in Cook County I am looking at the weather out the window. My health isn't what it used to be and I drea...
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Pace resumes regular operations scheduleFeb 09, 2011 11:00 pm - Pace has resumed its regular service schedule after suspending operations Wednesday evening. Travel bans, impassable roads and staffing issues forced Pace to suspend ope...
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Where can we walk safely in the suburbs?Feb 09, 2011 12:00 am - You've seen them — kids lugging school backpacks and trudging down the middle of the street because the sidewalks are inaccessible. Commuters heading home from the stati...
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Blizzard won’t mean amnesty for some red-light camera violatorsFeb 08, 2011 11:00 pm - The empty windshield fluid tanks and iced over mirrors serve as reminders to motorists who endured long commutes during last week’s blizzard. Some may find yet another u...
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Tollway runs special patrols during deep freezeFeb 08, 2011 12:00 am - An arctic air mass has settled over the region, bring subzero temperatures and bitter winds that have produced dangerous conditions capable of causing frostbite to skin ...
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Antioch Walmart reopensFeb 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Walmart officials announced their Antioch store reopened Monday morning, nearly four days after it had been shuttered because of the Blizzard of 2011. The store, at 475...
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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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What to do with all this snow?Feb 05, 2011 12:00 am - That nearly 2 feet of snow that blanketed the region is gradually being pushed back, melted, moved and transformed to turn the West and Northwest suburbs back into a liv...
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Mundelein public works chief recalls careerFeb 04, 2011 11:00 pm - It’s rather poetic for Ken Miller’s tenure with Mundelein’s public works department to end with a horrendous snowstorm. Thirty-two years ago, his career began with one. ...