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Recycle your old electronics April 9th at the Cook County Electronics Recycling event in Blue Island
By Sebastian James at April 6, 2011 | 12:56 pm | 1 Comments
Do you have old electronics cluttering up your place? Old TV's, microwave ovens, laptops, and the like? Bring them to the Blue Island Public Works Yard on April 9th and you can recycle them at no cost. The Cook County Department of Environmental Control is sponsoring a Free Electronics Recycling event from 8 am to 1 pm. The event will be held at the Blue Island more...
Cook County Medication Take-back program comes to Blue Island on April 9th
By Sebastian James at April 6, 2011 | 12:37 pm | 1 Comments
On Saturday, April 9th from 8 am to 1 pm, the Cook County Department of Environmental Control is sponsoring a medication take-back program at the Blue Island Public Works Yard, 3153 Wireton Road in Blue Island, IL. Area residents are encouraged to bring in their old and unused prescription medications for safe and secure destruction. The program is designed to keep more...
Cabonargi schedules more property tax assessment seminars for Chicago
By Sebastian James at April 6, 2011 | 10:18 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Michael M. Cabonargi will hold a seminar with Alderman Tim Cullerton (38th Ward) on how homeowners can appeal their property assessment and lower their property tax bills. The seminar will be held on Monday, April 11th at 6:30 PM, at Merrimac Park located at 6343 W. Irving Park Road in Chicago. “The Board of Review can more...
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart to be honored with national justice award
By Sebastian James at April 4, 2011 | 1:59 pm | 0 Comment
Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is set to be recognized Tuesday as the 2011 recipient of the John Jay Medal for Justice Community Leader Award – an honor that comes thanks to his inspiring and innovative approaches to law enforcement and community leadership. In a ceremony set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at The City University of New York Graduate Center, Dart will be more...
Election Guide: Suburban Cook County April 5, 2011 Consolidated Election Polls open Tuesday from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
By Sebastian James at April 4, 2011 | 1:20 pm | 0 Comment
Information about tomorrow's Cook County Consolidated Election: Registered Voters: 1,395,756 Grace-period registrants: 397 Absentee ballot applications: 6,160* Precincts: 1,937 Polling places: 1,210 Election judges working on Election Day: 9,500 College students applying to work Election Day: 890 High school more...
President Preckwinkle, Forest Preserve Superintendent Randall announce sweeping reforms
By Sebastian James at April 4, 2011 | 10:17 am | 0 Comment
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Forest Preserve District of Cook County General Superintendent Arnold Randall and Commissioners Gregg Goslin and Jeffrey Tobolski announced today the implementation of new reform measures and policies targeting the kind of behavior uncovered by the Office of the Inspector General last summer at the Cermak Family Aquatic more...
Vote for “In the Company of Dogs” a public health video featuring Cook County Animal & Rabies Control’s Dr. Donna Alexander
By Sebastian James at March 30, 2011 | 1:54 pm | 0 Comment
Dr. Donna Alexander, director of the Cook County Department of Animal & Rabies Control, is featured in the video, "In the Company of Dogs: How to Prevent Bites and Enjoy Man's Best Friend". Check out the video below: The video has been submitted to win a 2011 Tellyaward, in the category of Best Non-broadcast Production. If you like it, vote for it to win. more...
Preckwinkle, Tobolski visit local businesses in Cook County’s 16th District
By Sebastian James at March 30, 2011 | 1:26 pm | 0 Comment
From TribLocal for Oak Park/River Forest, March 30th: "On March 16th Seguin Services welcomed Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Cook County Commissioner Jeffrey Tobolski (16th District) to Seguin’s Carr Center in Cicero. President Preckwinkle and Commissioner Tobolski toured the entire Seguin program complex, including the Portillo’s Learning more...
Cook County Commission on Women’s Issues to join Equal Pay Day Rally on April 12th
By Sebastian James at March 30, 2011 | 10:35 am | 7 Comments
April 12th is Equal Pay Day, the day that marks how far into the new year a woman must work on average to earn as much as a man earned the previous year. To show support for equal pay, hundreds will gather in Daley Plaza at noon for an Equal Pay Day Rally, sponsored by Women Employed and fourteen other organizations and government agencies. Despite many improvements in more...
Cook County, City of Chicago join forces to find ways to share services, cut costs
By Sebastian James at March 29, 2011 | 1:43 pm | 1 Comments
Today Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle announced the creation of a joint committee tasked with examining all areas of city and county operations and producing a report on how they can best work together to cut costs, improve service delivery and streamline residents' interactions with government. This diverse group of more...
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