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Boynton Beach Interim City Manager Gets Pay Raise
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBoynton Beach commissioners gave interim City Manager Lori LaVerriere a pay raise this week--she???s now bringing in $140,000. LaVerriere replaced long-time former City Manager Kurt Bressner, who left June 30 with a pay of $168,299. Mayor Jose Rodriguez...Tags: Illinois, Politics, Career and Workplace, Casselberry, Elections
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Getting Around: How much are you willing to pay to avoid traffic?
A campaign being launched Monday is aimed at building political and public support for finally taking strong action against traffic congestion in the Chicago area after years of mulling possible solutions while bemoaning the bumper-to-bumper march...
Tags: Metropolitan Planning Council, Road Transportation, Public Transportation, Transportation, Trips and Vacations
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Snakes on a plain: Lincoln Park Zoo re-populates species
The people, mostly from the partnering Lincoln Park Zoo and Lake County Forest Preserve District, were scientists, public-relations specialists, photojournalists, even an intern, all of them, at times, watching the reptiles like hawks, though with the...
Tags: Biology, Lincoln Park Zoo, Environmental Issues, Forestry and Timber, Science and Technology
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Indiana horse fatally shot one day before Illinois race
Police in Lake County want to talk to people inside a white pickup truck seen in the area where a horse was shot between the eyes. The body of Lady May Z was found in a farm pasture near Lowell, Ind., Tuesday night. She was supposed to race the next day...
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Lake man's unusual hobby: chronicling gravesites
Forget golf, bridge or shuffleboard. Jim Woodruff's hobby is dead people.
Woodruff, 74, spends his retirement wandering through the fields of the departed armed with a camera, a clipboard and chalk.
He records the names of the dead and the year they...Tags: Leesburg, Retirement, Illinois, Oklahoma, Photography
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State Sen. Schmidt allowed back home, but no contact with neighbors
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsState Sen. Suzi Schmidt has been cleared by a judge to return to her home near Lake Villa following her arrest this month involving an …... -
Meet the commenters: 'Occam's Razor'
Change of SubjectPart of an occasional series Commenter ID: Occam's Razor Real name: Russ Gender: Male Age: 53 Occupation: Former structural engineer, turned full-time stay-at-home-dad (by choice), turned airline pilot Family info: Married for 29 years (we're thinking... -
Filling in the blanks is no way to fight for abortion rights
Change of SubjectI approve of what Terry Cosgrove says, but I will fight to the death against the way he says it. Pardon my corruption of Voltaire’s famous saying. It’s inspired by a new round of political attacks from Personal PAC, the...... -
Planners want Route 53 extension to have minimal environmental impact; funding remains uncertain
TribLocal - Grayslake » NewsPlanners envision a different kind of roadway to carry motorists north through central Lake County, with minimal impact to the wetland environment that area residents …... -
Strike three! You're out, Lake County.
Change of SubjectThree times the Lake County State's Attorney's office has advanced at trial the shabby, threadbare proposition that Juan Rivera (right) murdered Holly Staker in Waukegan in 1992. Twice now, plainly skeptical appellate court panels have ruled that they did... -
Appeals court tosses conviction in controversial ’92 murder case
TribLocal - Deerfield » NewsIn taking the rare step of throwing out Juan Rivera's rape and murder conviction and barring prosecutors from taking him to trial again, the Illinois …... -
Highland Park invites county residents to electronics recycling event
TribLocal - Libertyville » NewsLake County residents with old TVs, printers and computers are invited to Highland Park's recycling extravaganza from 8 a.m. to noon Jan. 7, at the …...
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