Voters To Decide 25 Cent District 100 Tax Increase
Voters in Bensonville and Wood Dale will decide tomorrow on a 25 cent educational tax rate hike for Fenton High School District 100. The measure would raise the rate to 1.79% per $10,000 of home value, amid a $700,000 deficit and budget cuts. Seven polling places open noon to 9 pm. registration ends at 5 pm in Bensenville and 4:30 pm in Wood Dale.
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Fenton High School Dist
Bensonville
Wood Dale
Fenton High School
Oakbrook
S. Wood Dale Road
Westview
Addison Road
Mohawk
Franzen Avenue
Green Street
E. Green St
Tioga
Memorial Road
Addison St
Blackhawk
Church Road
Highland School
N. Wood Dale Road
Bensenville
Paddock Publishes Expansion of DuPage Office and Staff
Stuart R. Paddock Jr. announces a new office in north DuPage County and an expanded editorial and advertising staff to better serve readers and advertisers of Paddock Publications. The move aims to enhance public access to services and information.
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DuPage County
Stuart R. Paddock Jr
Paddock Publications
North DuPage County
Dick Barton
Walt Tetting
DuPage
Hank Swierenga
Mona Lima
Pizza treats at Addison St. Joseph's school amuse students
About 22 family size pizzas were sent to Addison's St. Joseph's school by John’s Pizzeria as a Thanksgiving surprise. The cheese pizzas arrived at 11:45 a.m. and were quickly eaten, with Josephine Culotta and her sister Margie among the students.
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Addison’s St. Joseph’s School
John
Josephine Cullotta
Josephine
Margie
District 108 Study Under Way by Lake Park Advisory Council
The Citizens Advisory Council of Lake Park High School District 108 prepared for a December 15 session to report to the board of education. It outlined immediate and future site and building needs amid a looming enrollment surge toward 7,000 within ten years and a current maximum facility capacity of 1,750.
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Citizens Advisory Council of
Lake Park High School
Board of Education
Albert Eichsteadt
Dist. 108
Dist
Medinah Road
Carl Forrester
Itasca
Roselle
Medinah
Bloomingdale
Keeneyville
Forrester
Citizens Advisory Council
Vote Campaign Lacks Hoopla
A local vote campaign proceeds quietly with minimal public events and little fanfare. Officials emphasize steady outreach and door knocks to inform voters as election day approaches.
Opposition grows to county sewer referendum in DuPage
Bensenville joins growing list of opponents to the March 17 countywide sewer referendum. Village officials cite hasty planning and calls for more study while praising press coverage and warning about insufficient information on costs and financing. Wood Dale and Itasca officials also press for clearer data before voting.
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Bensenville
William K. Hegebarth
Wheaton
DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference
Frank Focht
David Sloan
Hegebarth
John Varble
Village Board
Mayors and Managers Conference
West Chicago
Joint Committee
Varble
Wood Dale
Itasca
Pres
Wilbert Nottke
Two Girls Die in Elk Grove Firetrap
A wood frame building at 1806 Landmeier Road in Elk Grove Village, described as a firetrap by fire chief A Hulett, claimed the lives of Christine 3 and Sylvia 2 Arenas as flames swept their room. Parent support, injuries to Mary Ann 5 and others, and firefighter Bernard Goss’s burns are noted as rescue efforts continued.
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Elk Grove Township
Allen Hulett
Elk Grove Village
Landmeier Road
Hulett
Christine
Sylvia Arenas
Mary Ann
Mark Hopkins School
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
Juan
Salma Arenas
St. Alexius Hospital
Irene
Michelle
Bernard Goss
Wood Dale easements eyed to spur 61 acre industrial site
Village officials report possible east west street easement from Addison Road to Prospect Road to serve 61 acre industrial parcels north of Maher Lumber Co. James B. Cochrane of Des Plaines says an 800 foot Addison Road extension and railroad crossing are needed to attract Carlton Industries warehouses totaling 400 000 square feet. Commonwealth Edison may grant the road easement triggering construction by April, with preannexation sewer and water plans to Wood Dale.
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Wood Dale
Prospect Road
Dino Janis
Maher Lumber Co
Ing
Addison Road
Irving Park Road
Milwaukee Road Railroad
Cochrane
Intest
Carlton Industries, Inc
Richmond
Commonwealth Edison
Janis
Addison
Carlton
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Register
North du- Page County
Paddock
du- Page
W. Lake St
City
Geoffrey Mehl
Barton
Charles E. Hufnagel
Virginia Kucmierz
Judy Morris
Dom Najalia
Ken Hartwicke
Syd Jamieson
Phil Kurth
Tetting
al Back
Bill Biederman
Dick Anderson
Swierenga
Jim Farrow
North DuPage
Cook Counties
America
Religion Today
Village Beat
James B. Cochrane
Des Plaines
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