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DISTRICT 102 SCHOOLS WORK ON SECURITY PLAN
With the recent shootings in suburban schools across America, Aptakisic Tripp District 102 officials are discussing ways to tighten security at their three schools. Among the measures discussed at Monday...

AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT YEARLY EVENT FOR SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
Lisa M. Raucci, author of "What You Don't Know (A Discussion of Date Rape)," will speak at the Lake County Council Against Sexual Assault's third annual Survivor Dedication Night. The...

POLICE CHIEF TELLS BOARD OF DECLINE IN CRIME AND VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
Crime in Buffalo Grove is down 15 percent since 1994, Police Chief Leo McCann told the Village Board at a recent meeting. The chief also said the motor vehicle accident...

SWIMMING POOL EXPANSION FOES ADVOCATE LESS-AMBITIOUS PROPOSAL
Residents upset about a proposal to expand Vernon Hills' Aquatic Center are calling the plans "grandiose" and complaining that the expansion would threaten the value of surrounding homes. The Vernon...

WALGREENS SEEN AS START OF DOWNTOWN PROJECT
Lincolnshire is starting a new phase of its Downtown Development Project with a store that's been a solid anchor in many communities: a Walgreens. On Monday night, the Village Board...

BOARD’S APPROVAL CLEARS WAY FOR FAMILY CENTER
The Jewish Council for Youth Services is aiming for a September groundbreaking on its Northwest Family Center now that the Buffalo Grove Village Board has given provisional approval to a...

BACK-TO-SCHOOL PACKETS SET UP FOR DISTRICT 102
Parents can pick up important back-to-school information Wednesday at Aptakisic-Tripp District 102's "Packet-Pick-Up" day. Packets may be picked up from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Pritchett School, Tripp School,...

NEW SUBDIVISION WINS ENDORSEMENT
The Buffalo Grove Plan Commission has unanimously given its blessing to a 28-home subdivision along Prairie Road, over the protests of prospective neighbors who say the houses will be vulnerable...

PROPERTY TAXES LIKELY TO RISE AS TOWN SETS 1999-2000 LEVY
The owner of a $350,000 home can expect to pay $133 in property taxes to Lincolnshire for the 1999-2000 fiscal year. The same homeowner paid 20 percent less for 1998-99...

2 NEIGHBORHOODS GET TOGETHER TO TACKLE COMMON PROBLEMS
Meetings between residents of the South Gate subdivision and the Cherry Valley townhouses have produced several solutions for reducing noise, traffic and garbage in the alley that divides the two...
