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SMG in line to keep running Soldier Field
Clout StreetThe company that manages Soldier Field, including maintaining the condition of the turf at the Bears’ lakefront home, is in line for a new 10-year deal, the Chicago Park District announced Friday evening. A Park District panel set up to evaluate...Tags: Chicago Mayor, Soldier Field, Rogers Park, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Rahm Emanuel
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$750,000 bail in lakefront jogger attack
Tribune reporterIf Donny Jones hadn't been rehabbing a house, he wouldn't have been headed to a Home Depot and he wouldn't have been driving along Lake Shore Drive just as a woman needed his help as she fled an attacker. "The chances of me being right there at the right...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Chicago Restaurants, Criminals, Prosecution
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Grant Park Music Festival summer season announced
Once again the Grant Park Music Festival is taking the lead among local summer festivals when it comes to presenting eclectic combinations of popular symphonic and choral fare and more adventuresome classical music programming. And it's all free. The...
Tags: Millennium Park, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Grant Park Chorus, Music Industry, Valentina Lisitsa
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Soldier Field management gets another contract
Tribune reporterThe Chicago Park District Board this evening approved a new 10-year contract for the company that manages Soldier Field. The board made its unanimous decision about 5:15 p.m. Wednesday after an extensive presentation by the evaluation team and SMG,...Tags: McCormick Place, Soldier Field, AEG, Michael Kelly
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Chicago Confidential: City makes headway in Bloomingdale Trail project
The city of Chicago last week bought the 2.7-mile-long elevated Canadian Pacific Railway spur known as the Bloomingdale Trail. The sales price was $1, not including administrative fees. By the time the spur's makeover into a bike and running path is...
Tags: Millennium Park, Politics, John Hancock Center, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Mayor
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West DuPage communities look ahead to 2013
Wheaton will see new stores and downtown development in the new year, while golfers in Glen Ellyn will enjoy a renovated clubhouse and driving range at the Village Links course. In West Chicago, elementary school teachers have filed a strike notice as...
Tags: Golf, Health Insurance Cost, Career and Workplace, Local Elections, Strikes
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Snacks in the city getting a makeover
Chicago Park District vending machines have ditched their candy bars for granola bars and exchanged fried potato chips for veggie chips. Next year, Chicago Public Schools are scheduled to wave goodbye to sports drinks and hello to machines selling only...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, New York City, Politics, Coca-Cola Co., Government
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New finance director in Wilmette
On her second day as Wilmette's new finance director, Melinda Molloy discovered how difficult the transition would be. "I realized, I didn't even know where to go to get a pencil here," she said, with a laugh. It was a big professional change for...
Tags: Finance, Economy, Business and Finance
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Jeb Bishop's 50th birthday celebration could feel like a mini-fest
Trombonist Jeb Bishop has been a key player on Chicago's avant-garde jazz scene for the past two decades, working prolifically with such similarly indispensable figures as reedists Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis, guitarist Jeff Parker and bassist Kent...
Tags: Green Mill (club), Hyde Park, John Coltrane, Festive Events, Music
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Resources for athletes with disabilities
• Dare2Tri: Paratriathlon (swim, bike, run) program for youths, adults and injured service members with a physical disability or visual impairment. Includes beginner- through elite-level athletes. Has 137 members and 250 able-bodied volunteers. Visit...
Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Physical Disabilities
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Too many around Bears just don't get it
Without hesitation or apology Thursday at Halas Hall, Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher admitted again that he would lie about having a concussion to stay in a game. The irony was you admired Urlacher's honesty. In the midst of Chicago's weeklong...
Tags: Dave Duerson, National Football League, Ted Phillips, Brian Urlacher, Roger Goodell
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Regina George runs her own way
LONDON — Sprinting down the hallways for track practice at St. Gregory High School on the North Side, of all the unlikely places, Regina George helped open a door to the 2012 Olympics. The Catholic school, enrollment 98, had no outdoor track or...Tags: Soccer, Track and Field, Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Prescription Drugs
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