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Press Room
Even in this day of online everything, sometimes it's a great pleasure to browse through a newspaper. But whether you subscribe to the physical paper or browse the web sites, there is no substitute for variety of coverage. Deer Park Neighbors is very proud of the relationships we are building with all these publications. We won't pretend that all of these sites are easy to navigate — that's why God created home delivery. Please email us to suggest your favorite news sites for local information. NOTE: Different sites have different expirations on their posted news, so if a link is no longer active, contact the publication for a reprint or visit the public library.
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Recent News Stories
Daily Herald, 4/12/08 "It's not a collision course yet, but Metra leaders are wary of the Canadian National Railway's plans to purchase the EJ&E railroad." Full story
Barrington Courier, 4/10/08 "Ramps on the north side of Dundee Road to enter and exit the road from Route 14 will be closed for reconstruction from May 1 through June 30, Claffey said. Residents are urged to use Quentin Road as a detour until the ramps are re-opened." Full story
Daily Herald 4/8/08 "Dozens of Lake Zurich Unit District 95 parents questioned the school board and administration Monday night about whether officials had fully thought through the impact of closing Charles Quentin Elementary School." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier 4/10/08 "With the closing of Charles Quentin Elementary School, 21250 W. Shirley Road, Palatine, in the near future a definite possibility, residents are concerned with whether or not district administrators have correctly projected future enrollment." Full story
Morningstar online, Tues, 4/22/08, CN annual meeting of shareholders in Chicago "MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/19/08 -- CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) will hold its 2008 annual meeting of shareholders in Chicago, Ill., on April 22, 2008. The meeting, at the Peninsula Chicago, Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor, 108 East Superior Street, will start at 10 a.m. Central Time. CN will provide an audio webcast of the proceedings via the Investors section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors." Full story
Daily Herald, 4/1/08 "Without additional funds from a sales tax increase voters rejected this year, Deer Park trustees Monday reviewed how they will spend the money they do have." Full story Also see special mailing from Trustee Joel Rotter (Parks) and Trustee Bob Kellermann (Roads).
Pioneer Press online, 4/1/08 "The Deer Park Village Board had a public meeting Monday to discuss the $3.4 million budget for 2008-09. Less than $38,000 of that total is expected to be spent on the Vehe Farm." Full story
Starting April 1, sales tax rates will increase by 0.25 percent in Cook County and by 0.5 percent in the collar counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will on all goods including food, prescription and non-prescription medicines. More info
Barrington Courier, 4/10/08 "Ramps on the north side of Dundee Road to enter and exit the road from Route 14 will be closed for reconstruction from May 1 through June 30, Claffey said. Residents are urged to use Quentin Road as a detour until the ramps are re-opened." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier 4/10/08 "With the closing of Charles Quentin Elementary School, 21250 W. Shirley Road, Palatine, in the near future a definite possibility, residents are concerned with whether or not district administrators have correctly projected future enrollment." Full story
Daily Herald, 4/1/08 "Without additional funds from a sales tax increase voters rejected this year, Deer Park trustees Monday reviewed how they will spend the money they do have." Full story Also see special mailing from Trustee Joel Rotter (Parks) and Trustee Bob Kellermann (Roads).
Pioneer Press online, 4/1/08 "The Deer Park Village Board had a public meeting Monday to discuss the $3.4 million budget for 2008-09. Less than $38,000 of that total is expected to be spent on the Vehe Farm." Full story
Barrington Courier, 3/27/08 "U.S. Representatives Don Manzullo, R-16th, Melissa Bean, D-8th, and Bill Foster, D-14th, are continuing to put pressure on Canadian National Railway and the U.S. Surface Transportation Board about the company's proposed purchase of the EJ & E Railroad." Full story
Barrington Courier Online, 3/26/08 "After the .5 percent sales-tax increase referendum was defeated in February the board is looking at alternative options for funding the roads program." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 3/20/08 "Whether or not to close Charles Quentin Elementary School, 21250 W. Shirley Road, Palatine, is weighing heavily on the minds of School District 95 Board members." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 3/18/08 "The Deer Park Village Board approved the police contract with Kildeer Monday and later directed the village attorney to begin negotiating a contract with RedSpeed Illinois to install cameras at intersections for automated red light enforcement." Full story Note: Kildeer planning to place camera at Quentin and Rand.
Daily Herald, Tuesday, 3/18/08 "A popular Ela Township art exhibit is searching for a new home after conflict arose with Deer Park Town Center officials.…Event organizer Barbara Evans said Deer Park Town Center officials informed her they could not host the show without a sponsor. They also wanted proceeds from the show to go to the mall." Full story
Daily Herald, 3/11/08 "Officials in Palatine will work in the coming weeks to see what can be done to alleviate the major sales tax disparity that will soon plague the suburb." Full story
Barrington Courier, Thursday, 3/6/08 "Add two members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation to the list of opponents to Canadian National's plan to purchase the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean, D-8th, previously described their positions on the potential rail deal as "cautious" and "concerned," but last week they ratcheted up the rhetoric in a joint letter to Canadian National President E. Hunter Harrison." Full story
Pioneer Press, Thursday, March 6, 2008 Online "Canadian National railroad officials indicated Thursday they will consider a track-sharing arrangement along the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway among a range of options to salvage plans for Metra's planned suburb-to-suburb STAR Line." Full story
Chicago Tribune, 3/05/08 "After calling on Cook County Board President Todd Stroger to personally "explain himself" for pushing through a sales tax increase, some angry Palatine Village Council members said they had an even better idea -- secede from the county." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 2/7/08 "During public hearings about the referendum, residents were critical that the term "infrastructure improvements" was not more clearly defined, but Village President Scott Gifford said it was not in the village's best interest to limit the referendum funds to roads and drainage only." Full story
Daily Herald, 2/7/08 "However, not all voters were in a giving mood. Three other tax rate increase proposals -- Antioch Fire Protection District, Wauconda Park District and village of Deer Park–were defeated at the polls." Full story
Daily Herald, 2/6/08 "Deer Park voters weren't sold on a sales tax increase. With all precincts reporting late Tuesday, unofficial results indicate 59 percent of voters opposed increasing the local sales tax by a 0.5 percentage point." Full story
Barrington Courier, 2/5/08 ONLINE "Unofficial results indicate that Deer Park voters rejected a .5 percent sales tax increase referendum in Tuesday's election. The referendum was defeated 595 votes to 410 votes with all precincts reporting. Deer Park has five precincts in Lake County and one in Cook County." Full story
Daily Herald, 2/1/08 "Village of Deer Park funds have been spent at an alarming rate since 2003 when the village entered into a contract to remodel the interior of the Vehe Farm barn. This project is $855,000 over budget since August 2007 and 26 months behind schedule." Full story
Daily Herald, 2/1/08 "With voters in Deer Park preparing to weigh in on a proposed sales tax increase, where the additional money would go has become a bone of contention." Full story
Chicago Tribune, 2/1/08 "Both the Illinois Department of Transportation and the area's top planning agency on Thursday voiced strong concerns about a controversial plan to relieve rail congestion in Chicago by diverting more freight train traffic into the suburbs." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/31/08 "Ela Township trustees reappointed John Schweda, 68, of Lake Zurich, as the township's new assessor during its special meeting Monday at the Ela Area Public Library. Schweda was a township trustee since May 2005. He was selected to replace former Assessor Pamela Hoffman at the December Board meeting but the meeting annulled by recommendation of the Lake County State's Attorney's Office, because Schweda was sworn-in before resigning his trustee's position. He needed to resign first." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier and Barrington Courier-News, 1/23/08 ONLINE "Deer Park's Village Board voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve a draft contract between the village and the Vehe Farm Foundation for five more years." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/24/08 "Recently appointed Ela Township Assessor John Schweda resigned from his position Friday after his appointment was found to be in violation of state law." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/24/08 "Several schools in Community Unit School District 95 may be in need of significant repairs in the near future, but the School Board still needs to decide what to fix and how much to spend." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/24/08 "On Monday, Lake Zurich's Village Board approved further examination into the feasibility of refinancing the General Obligation Bonds for the public safety building; restructuring and advance refunding of three tax increment financing district related bond series; and refinancing the TIF line of credit.:The TIF bonds are not generating enough money to pay for cost of financing, according to village officials." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/18/08, updated online "Several schools in Community Unit School District 95 may be in need of significant repairs in the near future, but the School Board still needs to decide what to fix and how much to spend." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/17/08 "Residents of Deer Park wanted to make sure the Village Board had considered all other options for potential revenue during the second and final open forum regarding the sales tax increase referendum which is to appear on the Feb. 5 ballot. Full story
Barrington Courier-News, 1/17/08 "Community Unit School District 220 came one step closer to redistricting its elementary schools." Full story
Daily Herald, 1/16/08 "Deer Park seeks voter approval to impose a 0.5 percent sales tax on people selling goods and services within the village. Proceeds would pay for road and drainage improvements." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier and Barrington Courier-News, 1/17/08 "We encourage Deer Park voters to say "Yes" to a .5 percent sales-tax increase on the Feb. 5 referendum. First, village officials believe that it will bring in over an additional $600,000 that they say they will use to repair drainage and roads. Full story
Chicago Tribune, 1/15/08 "A committee studying ways to ease overcrowding in Barrington-area elementary schools has offered a menu of possible changes to attendance boundaries. But the recommendations, which will be presented Tuesday to School Board members, have left a bad taste in the mouths of some families in the sprawling district. Full story
Lake Zurich Courier ONLINE, 1/10/08 "About 30 residents turned out Wednesday for the second and final open forum with the Deer Park Village Board regarding the .5-percent sales tax increase referendum which appears on the Feb. 5 ballot." Full story
Daily Herald, 1/10/08 "Concerns over safety, traffic congestion, air quality and general quality of life were among the complaints Wednesday from hundreds of Barrington-area residents, elected officials and business owners over the prospect of more freight trains coming through their community on a daily basis. Well over 1,000 people packed MaKray Memorial Golf Club to tell federal officials what they thought about Canadian National Railway's plan to buy the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co., which runs right through the heart of the Barrington communities." Full story
Chicago Tribune, 1/10/08 "The proposed sale of a short-line railroad whose tracks arc around the Chicago area, from Waukegan to Gary, threatens to pit suburb against suburb in a battle over noisy and congestive freight train traffic." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/10/08 "Recently there has been inaccurate information regarding the Vehe Farm Foundation in the press and other public forums. The reputation of our organization and its directors is critical to maintaining our business relationships and achieving our goals to benefit Deer Park." Full story
Lake Zurich Courier, 1/3/08 "Kildeer is currently looking into reconfiguring part of Cuba Road to allow access to a shopping center that village officials hope to put on the Churchill parcel, a 45-acre property that sits along Rand Road, between the Marathon gas station and the Atrium Garden Center." Full story
Daily Herald, 12/31/07 "Deer Park residents will have another opportunity to learn more about the proposed sales tax increase. The village is placing a referendum on the Feb. 5 ballot asking voters to approve a 0.5 percentage-point sales tax increase, or an additional half-cent on the dollar." Full story
Daily Herald, 12/28/07 "2007 retrospective: The people, places and events that made life in the Northwest suburbs during the last year memorable" Full story
Barrington Courier-News, 12/27/07 (hard copy only) Top 10 Stories of 2007 puts Vehe Farm at number 5. "These factors have led the project—originally pegged to cost $3.2 million--to go over budget. Village officials will get a total cost once Pepper Construction finishes work on several odds and ends in the barn."
Lake Zurich Courier, 12/27/07 Leaders share their resolutions for 2008, December 27, 2007. “Deer Park Village President Scott Gifford: 'My resolution is simply to continue to work for the citizens of Deer Park to make this a great community to live in.'" Full story
Barrington Courier-News, 12/20/07 "Deer Park's Vehe Farm received several donated upgrades last week before snow and ice blanketed the area." Full story
Barrington Courier-News, 12/20/07 "Despite stinging public comments, the Deer Park Village Board made two critical votes Monday -- first to continue to employ police from the village of Kildeer and second to renew an agreement with the Vehe Farm Foundation regarding property maintenance." Full story
Barrington Courier-News, 12/13/07 "The Deer Park Village Board held the first of two public meetings Tuesday to discuss the sales tax increase referendum with residents and answer questions. The referendum will appear on the Feb. 5 ballot, asking voters to approve a .5-percent sales tax increase with the extra funds to be used for village infrastructure such as roads and drainage." Full story
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Daily Herald Click >>HERE to see how to "Select Your Community" at their web site.
Pioneer Press Click >>HERE to see how to navigate to Barrington Review; process is the same to go to Lake Zurich Courier-News
HOW TO POST RESPONSE
TO ONLINE NEWS:
First, you go to the individual story at a news site or blog; next to or below the story, there is usually a link to “comment” or “post,” or something like that. You click on that link to proceed, at which point you will be asked to provide some personal information, and create a password for yourself. We are of the opinion that your personal information will be safe at recognized entities—the Sun Times News Group, Chicago Tribune, etc. (The procedure is similar for most legitimate “blogs.”)
Why do they ask for personal information? This is a software feature that helps distinguish human visitors from “robot” visitors that might spam or overload a web site. (Yeah, we know…remember just talking on the old front porch!) When you revisit that site in the future, you “log in” immediately or at the point that you make your comments.
One more hint: Write your comments in a text program, then copy and paste them into the comments portion of the web site. This will save a lot of time, as web site fields can be very slow to fill with text.
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