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Some places celebrate Fourth with less bang
Lower tax revenues with unemployment approaching 10 percent have forced some Illinois towns and municipalities to cut back on fireworks, as CNN.com reports : In Illinois, CNN affiliate WLS-TV reported that Harvey, Berwyn, Elgin, Gurnee and North Riverside had canceled their shows.
Economic Crunch Forces Some Towns To Cut Fireworks
Share + Jul 2, 2009 6:14 pm US/Central Reporting Dorothy Tucker What would July 4th weekend be without fireworks? Fireworks on the Fourth of July may be a tradition in America, but it's a costly one.
R&M Expands into 195,000 SF at...
R&M Trucking has signed an 11-year lease for 195,000 square feet at the O'Hare East Business Center.
Briefs: Stonebridge hosts Lifelink golf classic
Lifelink, along with its title sponsor, Litchfield Cavo LLP, presents its 15th annual golf classic at Stonebridge Country Club in Aurora on Aug.
Wholesale Interiors exhibiting at Midwest Furniture Show
Wholesale Interiors, an Internet resource for custom-order furniture, is expanding its market presence by making plans to show at the Midwest Furniture Show in Chicago this summer.
Two charged for misleading police about man's identity
BOTH OCCUPANTS of a vehicle stopped on northbound Interstate 55 were charged with obstructing police about 12:15 a.m. Tuesday, June 16.
Criterium cycling back to Arlington Hts.
Bicycle racing will return to Arlington Heights with the Arlington Criterium July 14.
How would you like to spend Father's Day?
I'd like to spend Father's Day like I do a lot of my free time, sitting on the couch with my feet up, watching TV or sleeping.” John Pembleton of Princeton Comments
Chicago area gas prices are dancing closer to $3 a gallon after bottoming out last December at almost half that price.
Melrose Park Public Library Footnotes
In 2008, the Melrose Park Public Library became a partner with the Library of Congress for its Veterans History Project.
Illinois Government News Network
Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs relocates Bensenville Veterans Service Office to Lombard
Bodies Held Hostage In O'Hare Expansion Battle
May 27, 2009 10:06 pm US/Central Reporting Jay Levine The final resting place for hundreds of Chicago's German immigrants is not exactly restful.
Banco Popular committed to Rosemont
Puerto Rico-based Popular Inc., the parent of Banco Popular, says it remains committed to its North American headquarters in Rosemont, despite streamlining that has eliminated 89 jobs in Chicago and the suburbs.
Special Mortgages for Firefighters, Police, Teachers & Health Care Workers
This afternoon during an open house I was hosting in St. Charles , a young woman, Brandi, mentioned that her boyfriend was a firefighter in Bensenville and that he had attended a program about special mortgages for firefighters.
Canadian Pacific switching local with a former Soo Line locomotive....
Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.
Classic car found in Bensenville pond
A 1970s Ford Mustang reported stolen in Bensenville Saturday was discovered Sunday in the Redmond Retention Pond, authorities said.
Chairman: O''Harae expansion will bring boom
With momentum finally growing to extend the Elgin O'Hare Expressway east, build a western bypass and complete airport expansion, the region is ripe for "the biggest economic development project of this generation," DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom believes.
Bensenville Boy Escapes Abduction, Police Say
May 7, 2009 3:55 pm US/Central BENSENVILLE, Ill. A northwest suburban village is beefing up police patrols after a man tried to abduct a 10-year-old boy who was waiting for a school bus Thursday morning.
Robert Morris College Becomes Robert Morris University Illinois
CHICAGO /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- President Michael P. Viollt and the Board of Trustees of Robert Morris College proudly announce that the institution has changed its name to Robert Morris University Illinois.
Illinois projects seek stimulus money for sewage
The Illinois EPA has a list of about 750 projects seeking some of the $180 million in federal stimulus money set aside for sewer works in the state.