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Grande Park Residents Fear Traffic from Proposed Mormon Church on Ridge Rd.

Annexation and site plan approval for a new Mormon church were delayed for three weeks by the Plainfield Village Board Monday so concerns about traffic disturbing a neighboring subdivision can be resolved. Residents packed the village board room, half of whom were from the Tall Pines Homeowners Association in the Grande Park subdivision and [...]

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New Mormon Church Proposed for Ridge Road Site

A 21,000-square-foot Mormon church is to be built on Ridge Road, if the Plainfield Village Board gives its blessing to an annexation agreement, special use permit and final plan. The building will be located on a five-acre site south of 127th Street and north of 135th Street, Plainfield Village Planner Michael Garrigan said. It’s [...]

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D. 202 veteran educator is new Ridge Elementary principal

Sixteen-year veteran educator and current Walker’s Grove Elementary School Assistant Principal Stacey Wilke is the new principal at Ridge Elementary School. The Board of Education approved Wilke’s appointment at its July 18, 2011 regular meeting. She replaces Eileen Nelson, who led Ridge since the school opened in 2002. Nelson resigned in June to take a [...]

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Montgomery Man Killed in Early Morning Motorcycle Crash on Ridge Road

A Montgomery man was killed early Sunday morning after the motorcycle he was driving struck a concrete median on Ridge Road, Plainfield police said. Brian Orick, 39, of Briarcliff Road, Montgomery, was transported to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, where he was pronounced dead. Plainfield police received the call about a crash on [...]

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Timber Ridge 8th grader to see culture up close as People to People ambassador

The closest most students will get to foreign culture over the summer will be a textbook, or perhaps a movie. Timber Ridge Middle School 8th grader Elise Cortez will get to see three foreign cultures up close and personal. Cortez will visit Italy, Greece and France over 20 days starting June 19, 2011 as a [...]

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Timber Ridge MS science teacher named 2011 Illinois DeMolay “Teacher of the Year”

It is the rare teacher who can help adolescents see much beyond the present. Timber Ridge Middle School 8th grade science teacher Matthew Haubert is that teacher, according to one of his students, Sante Deserio. Haubert was named the 2011 Illinois DeMolay Teacher of the Year based on Deserio’s essay highlighting Haubert’s inspirational teaching and [...]

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