Christopher Placek

Monday marked the 100th anniversary of the @AHParkDistrict and the ribbon cutting of the first part of a long-planned $32 million facelift on one of the oldest and most centrally located parks in town. https://t.co/EgOpRPHufS

Rosemont has acquired a Higgins Road building that once included the Ram Restaurant & Brewery in hopes of finding a new owner and filling the vacant space. The $2.5 million purchase comes after the bank previously took control of the property. https://t.co/DP2ayHJVRa

Developer @BradfordAllen - who is behind the massive complex that has sprung up at the gateway to Arlington Heights - has acquired two more properties on South Arlington Heights Road as part of a vision to reshape the corridor. https://t.co/wxFxpG65GK

With Rosemont’s help, the single-school Dist 78 is bypassing a formal bidding process otherwise required by law for its new $57 mil building The GC that got the job is the village’s favored developer who’s done most of the big projects around town for yrs https://t.co/E6e3kF8Thq

Reaction to Bears’ latest ask for stadium tax help being punted in Springfield: “I think their real problem is … they still don’t have enough money,” state Sen. Mark Walker said. “It’s a lot of money, and I think they expected some money from the state.” https://t.co/2GZSJSp2nm

This @_knightmedia student journalist uncovered a former Prospect HS principal’s ties to a fringe religious group and its early embrace of eugenics principles. Now @District214 is considering stripping his name from the school theater. https://t.co/oS8srVRGga

Reports and video we obtained through FOIA tell the story of a Rolling Meadows cop’s road rage arrest in Elgin. He’s claiming self defense, but some eyewitnesses and video that captured the April 23 brawl along Route 25 paint a different picture. https://t.co/eCkzGqCup7

New Bears stadium news tonight … Rolling Meadows hires 3 consultants - a lobbyist, traffic engineer and noise expert - in anticipation of the team’s possible relocation to Arlington Park. The old racetrack is bordered by RM to the south, west and north. https://t.co/BNiUVco69b

The daughter of a local Marine killed in Afghanistan in 2010 - she was 1-year-old at the time, and is now a teenager - read her dad’s name aloud at today’s Arlington Heights Memorial Day ceremony. https://t.co/rIiHw0dm3q

Nine previously unknown Civil War soldiers who hailed from the area that became Arlington Heights will be honored for the first time at this morning’s Memorial Day ceremony, thanks to the efforts of this local history detective. https://t.co/CGLnvG0dFy

A chicken wing joint and @parlordoughnuts donut shop among new places to grab a bite to eat in Rolling Meadows. https://t.co/uUXooVKen9

My latest podcast with @newsburrow and @WGNRadio as the Bears pivot their stadium focus back to Arlington Heights. https://t.co/Oj7oMycqTz

New Arlington Heights mayor expresses caution at meeting tonight that Bears stadium isn’t a done deal. “When and if the Bears do make an announcement that they are coming to Arlington Heights with certainty, there’ll be a process that is going to begin.” https://t.co/w1NZPuwrFd

More cops, ambulances and even a new fire station? What Arlington Heights might need for a new Bears stadium … my story in tomorrow’s @dailyherald tonight: https://t.co/XDyAAlXILH

From my interview with AH Mayor Tinaglia: “When Kevin or George looks me in the eye and says, ‘Jim, we are teammates, and we’re coming your way,’ that’s when I say, ‘OK, I am ready to work with you and let’s make this all happen the best way possible.’” https://t.co/pgKjMpyM9p

Breaking … The Chicago Bears today announced a long-rumored and much-anticipated shift in stadium development focus back to Arlington Heights. https://t.co/pgKjMpyM9p

Rolling Meadows will spend nearly $40,000 for a traffic study that will examine the feasibility of a controversial proposed road diet. The plan would reconfigure a major thoroughfare through the center of town from five lanes to three. https://t.co/moGisBad76