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Trustees want to slow down drivers on Waukegan Road
Northbrook trustees want the state to decrease the speed limit on Waukegan Road from 40 mph to 30 mph in the village after a resident expressed concern at a recent village meeting. Longtime Northbrook resident Sheila Czajka, who lives near the...
Tags: Waukegan, Science and Technology, Glenview, Deerfield, Illinois Department of Transportation
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Property owner asks Northbook to annex
The Village of Northbrook may soon grow by a couple acres. The owners of a two-acre property at the northwest corner of Pfingsten and Highland roads have requested annexation by the village, and trustees discussed it at a recent meeting. The land in...
Tags: Car Repair and Maintenance Tips, Taxation, Politics
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Southern Illinois University, Michael Madigan, Elaine Nekritz, Economy, Business and Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Ex-Northbrook officer pleads guilty, receives probation
Special to the TribuneA former Northbrook police officer has been sentenced to two year probation after he agreed to plead guilty to charges that he stole jewelry from a home he’d been dispatched to check on. Enrique Guzman, 34, resigned from his position as a...Tags: Punishment, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Theft
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North Shore towns struggle to meet rising affordable housing demand
On the North Shore, where some of the Chicago area's wealthiest residents live in multi-million dollar mansions, "affordable housing" can be a matter of perspective. But not everyone who dwells there is rich. While there may be fewer lower- and middle-...
Tags: Judges, Winnetka (Cook, Illinois), Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Labor Legislation
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Northbrook library upgrades technology
Patrons of Northbrook Public Library will soon see technology updates, including a 3D printer and a digital station with Macintosh computers and advanced software. The library committee decided to spend its $34,000 annual grant authorized by Illinois...
Tags: Robbins, Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Glenview, Northbrook look at their affordable housing
Marshall and Paulette Gardner were residents of a senior living facility in downtown Chicago eight years ago when they decided to move back to Northbrook, nearer their children. Crestwood Place, the village's affordable housing development for seniors,...
Tags: Real Estate Agents, Real Estate, Services and Shopping, United States Census Bureau
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Natural Disasters, Bodies of Water, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Economy, Business and Finance, Sales
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Northbrook-On-Ice returns May 10
Northbrook-On-Ice is kicking off its annual ice-skating show with social media to show appreciation to mothers in North Shore communities. The show will feature choreographies inspired by various segments of social media, including relationship statuses...Tags: Mother's Day
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Madigan pension plan easily passes House panel
Tribune reportersSPRINGFIELD—House Speaker Michael Madigan easily won committee approval today of his new pension plan that aims to lower the state's heavy retirement system debt by scaling back benefits to public employees, taking more from their paychecks and...Tags: Employees, Michael Madigan, Elaine Nekritz, Oswego, John J Cullerton
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Madigan offers broader package of pension changes
Tribune reportersSPRINGFIELD—House Speaker Michael Madigan unveiled a new pension plan Tuesday aimed at lowering the state's heavy retirement system debt by scaling back benefits to public employees, taking more from their paychecks and raising their retirement age....Tags: Employees, Michael Madigan, Elaine Nekritz, Oswego, John J Cullerton
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Cottage-style development proposed in Northbrook
A new style of housing may be coming to Northbrook soon, mirroring a national trend in residential building. At a recent Northbrook Board of Trustees meeting, Omaha-based Essex Corp. presented plans for a new development to fill a vacant lot at 2600...
Tags: Essex Corp.
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