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Deal between 3 towns would dissolve Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District
Updated 4/12/2021 6:30 PM The tiny Elk Grove Rural Fire Protection District would be dissolved and its responsibilities taken over by the Mount Prospect, Elk Grove Village and Des Plaines fire departments, under a proposal the three municipalities are considering. The plan calls for a shared services partnership between the three communities and a November 2022 referendum to formally authorize the fire district s dissolution.
Mount Prospect, Elk Grove and Des Plaines would create a taxing district known as special service area to provide $1 million in initial funding. The money would be divided by the three communities based on expected call volumes to be handled by each. ....
Schaumburg Convention Center preparing for mass vaccination
Check-in computers await the 6,000 visitors expected at the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event Wednesday. John Starks | Staff Photographer
More than 300 chairs await people at the Schaumburg Convention Center, which will host a mass vaccination site Wednesday. It s expected that more than 6,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses will be administered during the one-day event. John Starks | Staff Photographer
Dozens of vaccination stations have been set up inside the Schaumburg Convention Center for a one-day mass vaccination event taking place Wednesday. More than 6,000 doses are expected to be given. John Starks | Staff Photographer ....
Flag ceremonies across the suburbs, country honor last request of Iwo Jima veteran
Elwood Woody Hughes daughter, Emily Hughes of Round Lake Beach, sitting, and granddaughter Ashley Richardson of Rolling Meadows attended Tuesday s ceremony. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Trevor Baker, Sgt. Aaron Alexander Gibbs and Staff Sgt. Christopher Carranza raise the flag Tuesday at Maine West High School in Des Plaines to honor Elwood Woody Hughes and mark the 76th anniversary of the Battle of Iwo Jima. Mark Welsh | Staff Photographer Hughes was a former Maine West High teacher and coach. Courtesy of Mike Huttner ....
Schools, others to honor Iwo Jima veteran s last request to raise the flag on Tuesday Woody Hughes, a Marine who was witness to the historic flag-raising at Iwo Jima, asked schoolchildren and citizens to raise flags next Tuesday, on the 76th anniversary of the iconic event. Courtesy of Rich Witt Elwood Woody Hughes served in the Marines from 1943 to 1946, during which time he witnessed the historic flag-raising at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Courtesy of Rich Witt Elwood Woody Hughes, a former Maine West High School teacher and coach and Iwo Jima veteran, died Feb. 2 at the age of 95. Courtesy of Mike Huttner ....
Developer wants to turn Elk Grove office building into a hotel
A long-standing 3-story office building at 2300 E. Higgins Road on the east side of Elk Grove Village will be converted into a 60-room hotel, according to a hotel management group s plans. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer, 2016
Updated 2/11/2021 2:45 PM Citing a rise in suburban office vacancies because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a developer is seeking approval to convert a 3-story office building at the entrance to Elk Grove Village into a 60-room Baymont Inn & Suites hotel. Chowdhury Group, a Harvey-based hotel management firm, wants to redevelop the 51-year-old building at 2300 E. Higgins Road into a lodging/hospitality use, with its proximity to the Jane Addams Tollway and O Hare International Airport among the selling points. ....