Concerned about the inactivity at the Stonebridge residential
development on Green Bay Road, the Lake Bluff Village Board refused to
take over sewer and water public improvements on the site of the former
Harrison Conference Center and kept the developer's letter of credit at
$4.4 million.
If the board had approved, the village would have taken over ownership and maintenance of the water and sanitary sewer systems.
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After announcing he would not seek reelection last Thursday, Shields Township Supervisor Chuck Fitzgerald endorsed Township Board Member Yvonne Senter-Evans as supervisor in the April election at a press conference the following day.
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The home team's performance exceeded its coach's expectations at Saturday's Lake Forest Swim Sectional. Scouts coach Carolyn Grevers entered the meet hoping to see 6 swimmers qualify for the this week's IHSA State Meet in Evanston. But LF will have 8 girls compete in Friday's prelims.
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Tom Dobbins, president and founder of The Dobbins Group, whose headquarters are in Lake Forest, announced the recent addition of Tricia Haddon as director of business development to the design/build team.
Film gets screening for Lipschutz's birthday
At a 1978 benefit for striking miners, the late Studs Terkel sang the praises of Evanston artist and lifelong political activist Peggy Lipschutz. "Peggy Lipschutz is just as much a part of Chicago as Richard J. Daley ever was," Terkel said. "She's just known to a better class of people."
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