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Sunday Jun 21 | Des Plaines Valley News

Road, bridge construction tying up traffic everywhere

It will soon be summer, but road construction is already causing lots of headaches.

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Sat Jun 20, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Disabled vets inaugural bike ride passes through area

Scores of on- and off-duty firefighters and police officers from Summit, Bedford Park, Justice and the Pleasantview Fire Protection District in Hodgkins were on hand June 14 to greet a parade of motorcyclists and bicyclists in an inaugural Midwest event in which disabled soldiers rode bicycles from Wisconsin to Chicago.

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Fri Jun 19, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Yes I Can graduates honored at the Summit Community Task Force dinner

Argo Community High School 2009 YES I CAN graduates, along with other students, were honored at the 16th Annual Summit Community Task Force Fundraiser Dinner held Thurs., May 21, at Niko's Banquet Restaurant in Bridgeview.

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Tue Jun 09, 2009

Eddie's Rail Fan Page

The little flagstop depot that serves both Metra and Amtrak trains....

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

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Wed May 13, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Argo High School District 217 welcomes new, old members

Cook County Circuit Judge Frank Castiglione swore in four Argo Community High School Board of Education members May 4. Those included recently re-elected incumbents Judy Rivera of Summit, starting her sixth term; third-term member William Parra, Jr.

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Mon May 11, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

4 charged after gang fight at Rednofive nightclub

Four men from southwest suburban Summit were charged for their involvement in a gang fight early Sunday outside a Near West Side nightclub that injured five men -- including a person reportedly hit by a car during the fight.

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Fri May 08, 2009

Eddie's Rail Fan Page

Eastbound CTA Route # 62 Archer / Dearborn, Kinzie bus departing from ...

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

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Wed May 06, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Local teenagera s death causes unfounded Swine Flu rumors Cases of...

With the number of probable and confirmed swine flu cases slowly but steadily rising in Illinois and throughout the country and world, the Desplaines Valley region had been spared of any known cases resulting in school closings or community health scares - but county health officials confirmed May 6 that a 55-year Bridgeview woman is among 12 ...

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Thu Apr 30, 2009

Eddie's Rail Fan Page

Eastbound BNSF Railway transfer train. Chicago Illinois USA. May 2006.

I took this photo after work one Springtime afternoon in May of 2006. We are at the location of South Oak Park Avenue at West 60th Street, at the Chicago city limits just east of Summit Illinois.

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Tue Apr 28, 2009

Eddie's Rail Fan Page

Northbound BNSF Railway transfer train entering the IHB Argo Yard. Summit Illinois USA. June 2007.

I photographed this image one hot summer morning in June of 2007. A northbound BNSF Railway transfer freight train traveling over the Indiana Harbor Belt Railway, is viewed slowing down on approach to the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad's Argo Yard in the southwest suburban village of Summit Illinois.

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Fri Mar 27, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Watching the watchdogs

When the elected watchdogs are not watching the store or are giving it away, it becomes necessary for citizen watchdogs to intervene.

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Thu Mar 26, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Local election season never dull; hot races down the wire

With less than two weeks before voters in communities across the Desplaines Valley area prepare to vote for or against current established administrations or promised reform candidate slates, the political activities of the past few months have proven anything but boring.

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Wed Mar 25, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicken joint 'mobbed'

This restaurant might really be loco. Police were called Monday after crowds swamped a south suburban outpost of West Coast chicken chain El Pollo Loco .

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Mon Mar 23, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Circuit Breaker forms available at Representative Zalewskia s office

State Representative Michael J. Zalewski has announced that his office will continue to offer circuit breaker forms at both his La Grange and Summit offices.

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Sun Mar 22, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Lyons unveils new centrally located Municipal Center

On her second consecutive visit in as many days last weekend to the new Lyons Municipal Center - a 43,500-square-foot, single-level maze of hallways, meeting rooms and offices featuring a new Police Department, village administrative area and community center - Lorraine Marek was beside herself.

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Sat Mar 21, 2009

Des Plaines Valley News

Justice, Bridgeview, Summit in line for federal funding

Various entities in the villages of Justice, Bridgeview and Summit recently learned they are in receipt of a total of more than $2.6 million in federal funds from the U.S. House of Representatives' Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act.

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Fri Mar 20, 2009

Eddie's Rail Fan Page

CTA and Pace buses at the West 63rd Street and South Archer Road...

Welcome to my rail fan page! Here you'll find information and pictures of railroad related items from the Chicagoland area, Wisconsin and Indiana.

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Tue Mar 17, 2009

Chicagosuburbannews.com

Zalewski offers circuit breaker forms

State Rep. Michael J. Zalewski, D-21st District, has announced that his office will continue to offer circuit breaker forms at both his LaGrange and Summit offices.

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Sat Feb 28, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

Heart Attack, Friday Night Crash Killed Chicago Driver

A Saturday autopsy determined Jorge Reyes, a Chicago man, died in part from stress during a Friday night crash on the Stevenson Expressway Reyes, 54, of South Rockwell St., crashed on the Stevenson Expressway ...

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Thu Feb 26, 2009

WBBM-AM Chicago

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U of C ER Death Investigated Newsradio 780 learns that an arm of the federal government is investigating the death of an elderly man who was waiting for treatment at the University of Chicago Medical Center ...

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