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  • 6 days ago | dailyherald.com | Christopher Placek

    Hey Nonny co-owners Chip Brooks, left, and Chris Dungan were among the downtown Arlington Heights business owners who advocated for extra outdoor dining space at the onset of the pandemic five years ago. Brian Hill/[email protected] Their live music venue and gastropub shuttered by a global pandemic, Arlington Heights business owners Chip Brooks and Chris Dungan remember being in “survival mode” five years ago.

  • 1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Christopher Placek

    Rosemont is buying a new Zamboni ice resurfacing machine for the Allstate Arena. Courtesy of Frank J. Zamboni & Co. A machine that’s been smoothing sheets of ice almost as long as the Chicago Wolves have been playing hockey in Rosemont is due for replacement. The Zamboni ice resurfacer — seen during intermissions of Wolves games and other ice rink events at the Allstate Arena — is now 30 years old.

  • 1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Christopher Placek

    Plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of the long-vacant Block 425 in downtown Arlington Heights have been scrapped, officials said Tuesday. Courtesy of the Village of Arlington Heights Seven years after it was proposed, Arlington 425 — the three-building residential and commercial campus touted as the largest development in more than two decades in Arlington Heights — won’t get a shovel in the ground, village officials said Tuesday.

  • 1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Christopher Placek

    This eight-foot, 1,500-pound statue of former Rosemont Mayor Donald E. Stephens sits at the entrance of what will become a new museum showcasing the history of the Northwest suburb. Courtesy of Village of Rosemont Preparations are underway to open Rosemont’s new history museum — perhaps, with a robotic likeness of the late Mayor Donald E. Stephens — in time for the 70th anniversary of the town’s incorporation on Jan. 20, 2026.

  • 1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Christopher Placek

    Parents and teachers on Thursday attend a Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 school board meeting where severance payments for two administrators were approved. Christopher Placek/[email protected] Two Wheeling Township Elementary District 21 officials already on administrative leave will receive severance payments after being asked to leave their positions permanently.

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Chris Placek
Chris Placek @chrisplacek
11 Apr 25

Today’s @dailyherald centerpiece: Now that suburban elections are over and new fiscal year budget cycles are set to begin, more and more municipalities have begun to enact local grocery taxes to replace a state tax due to expire at the end of the year. https://t.co/JFUgqnIpRx https://t.co/uD2Wrh3pbu

Chris Placek
Chris Placek @chrisplacek
9 Apr 25

While vowing not to limit First Amendment rights, Arlington Heights officials say they’re going to examine how to better deal with big gatherings after the larger-than-expected protest that ended up on main streets last weekend. https://t.co/K53zM5HqQv

Chris Placek
Chris Placek @chrisplacek
7 Apr 25

Sunday’s @dailyherald cover story on new suburban mayors including Arlington Heights’ Jim Tinaglia - an architect by trade who hopes to bring his expertise to review of a potential Bears stadium redevelopment in his town. https://t.co/v4JUnYtY69 https://t.co/KtgKDVePAx