Articles filed under West Chicago Park District
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West Chicago Park District puts rec center on ballotAug 17, 2012 7:59 pm - West Chicago Park District will ask residents in November for permission to borrow $15 million to build a community recreation center. Park officials voted this week to ...
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West Chicago seeks input on revised rec center proposalAug 04, 2012 5:01 pm - The West Chicago Park District isn’t ready to give up on the idea of a new recreation center. This spring, roughly 53 percent of district voters rejected a proposal to b...
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West Chicago reopens storm-damaged Reed-Keppler ParkJul 30, 2012 5:19 pm - The West Chicago Park District reopened the south end of Reed-Keppler Park Friday, nearly four weeks after a July 1 storm pummeled parts of DuPage and Cook counties. Wes...
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Chicago children’s hospital holds ribbon-cuttingJun 04, 2012 5:04 pm - Children played a significant role in Monday’s ribbon-cutting ceremony for the $855 million Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago just as they helped with the 23-story ho...
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West Chicago voters reject rec centerMar 21, 2012 1:18 am - West Chicago voters rejected a proposal to borrow $19.5 million in bonds to build a park district recreation center. With all 26 precincts reporting, roughly 53 percent...
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West Chicago query: $85 a year for park improvements?Oct 26, 2011 4:54 pm - The West Chicago Park District is putting out feelers to find out whether residents want — and are willing to pay — for new and upgraded facilities. The park district re...
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West Chicago Sept. 11 observance honors past, futureSep 07, 2011 12:54 pm - Church bells will toll throughout West Chicago at 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, to signal the start of a communitywide observance of the 10th anniversary of the terrorist att...
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Mayor Daley opens Chicago's Buckingham FountainApr 15, 2011 7:10 am - Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley has opened the city's famed Buckingham Fountain for the spring and summer seasons. Daley was at the more than 80-year-old fountain early Fr...
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No bail for parolee in cop and officer deathsNov 30, 2010 7:47 pm - The 19-year-old parolee accused of killing a Chicago police officer and a former city official shot both men in the head once, then shot them again after he saw one of t...
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West Chicago Park District opens doors to new fitness centerNov 06, 2021 12:04 pm - It's certainly no Bally's or XSport Fitness in terms of size or variety of equipment. But West Chicago officials hope a shuttered hardware store in its downtown area ca...