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Buffalo Grove bridge replacement plans progression
The deteriorating Raupp Boulevard Bridge in Buffalo Grove could be replaced and widened for pedestrians and bicyclists once federal and state funds become available — maybe next spring, officials said. Engineering on the project is moving...
Tags: Buffalo Grove, Crystal Lake, Science and Technology
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Harlem bridge project could be put off with lack of funding
Easier traveling under the bridge at Harlem Avenue could be a long way off unless River Forest and nearby municipalities can secure funding for the $19.4 million project. The River Forest Village Board heard an update this week on a proposal to...Tags: Metra, Union Pacific Railroad, Union Pacific Corporation, Chicago Transit Authority
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Flooding closes roads in Glenview
Tribune reporterA dark blue Chevrolet was stuck in deep water this morning under a Metra bridge on Waukegan Road, north of Golf Road in Glenview, as the area became flooded with several inches of rain. Workers with the Illinois Department of Transportation tried to...Tags: Waukegan, Golf, Weather Warnings, Glenview
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Township tables Homer Glen request on festival sponsorship
Homer Township trustees have tabled a request from the Village of Homer Glen to bar the township and a festival committee from receiving sponsorship from anyone in litigation with the village. The township and the village are scheduled to co-host this...
Tags: Festive Events, Litigation and Regulation, Arts and Culture, Litigation, Homer Glen
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Local Voices, Apr. 18
Letters to the editor from Orland Park and Homer Glen residents. Local roadways When it comes to the proposed improvements to 159th Street in Homer Glen, who knows best? Is it John Portman, the chief engineer from the Illinois Department of...
Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Homer Glen, Business, Orland Park
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Some unhappy with IDOT removal of trees in Highland Park
Some business owners are smoldering over an initiative that chopped hundreds of trees along Illinois Route 41 to improve visibility to businesses along a mile-long stretch of the highway in Highland Park. What was originally billed as a program to...
Tags: Susan Garrett, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Skokie, Business, Karen May
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Legislation proposed for speed limit laws near schools
There is no mistaking Illinois for Kansas when it comes to driver behavior around children, state Rep. Elaine Nekritz says. "I grew up in Kansas. Everybody slowed down for school zones,'' said Nekritz, a Democrat from Northbrook who has lived in...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, Elaine Nekritz, Chicago Tribune, Michigan Avenue, Crime, Law and Justice
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State worker charged with molesting co-worker at IDOT office
Special to the TribuneBond for a 53-year-old state worker was set at $50,000 today after authorities said he sexually molested a female co-worker at an Illinois Department of Transportation office in Schaumburg. Edgardo Sobenes, of the 3600 block of Killarney Court,...Tags: Cook County Government, Rolling Meadows, Prosecution, Sex Crimes
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October targeted opening date for North Riverside Costco
Demolition of the former restaurant supply company Edward Don is underway, clearing the ground for a Costco at 26th Street and Harlem Avenue in North Riverside. In addition to the warehouse store, four out lots are planned along Harlem Avenue. Jerry... -
Democratic bosses pick Beavers replacement despite state fine
Clout StreetDemocratic ward and township bosses today chose Stanley Moore to succeed convicted former Cook County Commissioner William Beavers despite Moore's $3,000 fine for allegedly campaigning while on the taxpayer dime at his state job. The selection by party...Tags: Cook County Government, Anthony Beale, Roderick T. Sawyer, Monique D Davis, Roland Burris
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Teen inventor eyes entrepreneurship
As early as 12, Jonny Cohen was called an inventor. Now, at 17, he's already headed toward a new title: entrepreneur. As a seventh-grader, the Highland Park resident conceived GreenShields — a curved wing atop school buses to decrease drag and...
Tags: Invention and Innovation, Chicago Tribune, Engineering, Technology, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois)
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Weeks in review
Change of SubjectA roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: The Afternoon Shift (WBEZ-FM 91.5) Host Rick Kogan talks about the week's two hottest stories -- school closings and......
Mar 21, 2013
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Apr 23, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 17, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Apr 16, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 9, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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