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Library workers’ union to take vote of no confidence in library director March 23

Online Staff Report The library workers’ union, AFSCME Local 3350, will hold a special meeting March 23 to conduct a vote
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March 23, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Roscoe Police arrest two for burglary to motor vehicle

Online Staff Report ROSCOE, Ill. — Roscoe Police have arrested two suspects for burglary to a motor vehicle. Benjamin R. Schoenhardt, 18,
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March 23, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

State Rep. Jefferson helps save tax caps as forest preserve tax rate bill fails

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher and Brandon Reid Assistant Editor House Bill 4752 was defeated in the Illinois House of Representatives by a
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March 23, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

County to seek compensation from company that supplied flawed election ballots

Online Staff Report Winnebago County will seek compensation from the company that supplied ballots for the March 20 primary election that
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March 23, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Forest preserve makes quiet move on tax caps

• The Rock River Times exclusive: proposed tax increase keeps controversy rolling for the new forest preserve district board By Frank
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March 23, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 6 Comments

‘Rally for Religious Freedom’ public protests, rallies in Rockford March 23

Online Staff Report One of the largest united Christian public protests and rallies in American history will be taking place this
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March 22, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 2 Comments

Illinois primary: Final results, county ballot flaw raises questions and read Kinzinger’s victory speech

Editor’s note: Following are the final results from the Tuesday, March 20, Illinois primary election. Included after the election results
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March 22, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Yard waste pick-up resumes March 26

Online Staff Report Yard waste collection that ceases seasonally over the winter months will resume Monday, March 26, and continue
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Local News | Comments (0)

Candidate for Winnebago County Board chairman questions ballot counting

Editor’s note: Mike “C” Castronovo, Republican candidate for Winnebago County Board chairman, sent The Rock River Times the following e-mail
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Romney wins Illinois, Manzullo defeated and other local primary election results

Online Staff Report Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) cruised to victory in his quest for the Republican nomination for president
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

One suspect arrested, another sought in March 20 robbery of North Main Associated Bank

Online Staff Report One woman has been arrested and another suspect is wanted in connection with a March 20 robbery of
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Pope Benedict XVI names ninth bishop of the Diocese of Rockford

Staff Report Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor David John Malloy of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee to be the ninth
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Local News> News | 1 Comment

School district information fairs to address possible teacher strike

Staff Report Rockford Public School District 205 will hold two public information fairs to address options for parents in the event
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Local News> News | Comments (0)

Meeting on East State Street TIF March 22 at YWCA

Staff Report The City of Rockford is considering implementing a tax increment financing (TIF) district along a portion of the city’s
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Local News> Online Exclusives | Comments (0)

Nominations for AFP volunteer recognition due March 23

Online Staff Report The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Rockford Area Chapter invites the community to celebrate Rockford’s outstanding volunteers.
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March 21, 2012 | Also published in Local News | Comments (0)

Election Day: County Clerk’s Office discovers flaw in ballots, but assures votes will be tabulated

Online Staff Report The Winnebago County Clerk’s Office has discovered an issue with some of the county ballots as a result
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March 20, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Bracelet fund-raiser March 20 for families of Belvidere girls lost in Feb. 24 car accident

Online Staff Report A bracelet fund-raiser in remembrance of Thalia Arredondo and Brenda Gutierrez, the 16-year-old best friends from Belvidere who
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March 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford man killed in motorcycle accident

Online Staff Report Michael A. Fischer, 21, of Rockford, was killed Sunday, March 18, when he was thrown from his motorcycle
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March 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford Urban Ministries’ Good Friday Walk for Justice April 6

Online Staff Report Rockford Urban Ministries’ (RUM) annual Good Friday Walk for Justice will begin at 9 a.m. on Good Friday,
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March 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

St. Paul Lutheran hosts ‘Kindergarten Round Up’ March 21, reduces tuition by 42 percent

Online Staff Report St. Paul Lutheran School, 811 Locust St., Rockford, will host a “Kindergarten Round Up” from 3:15 to 6
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March 19, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum in Rockford March 19; Mitt Romney a possibility, too

Online Staff Report Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., will visit the Venetian Club in Rockford at 9 a.m., Monday, March
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March 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 2 Comments

Rockford’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Party set for March 17

Online Staff Report The St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which is free to the public, will begin at 3 p.m., Saturday, March
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March 16, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rock Valley College Board of Trustees approves faculty contract, freezes tuition and fees

Online Staff Report The Rock Valley College (RVC) Board of Trustees approved a four-year contract with the college’s Faculty Association and
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March 16, 2012 | Also published in Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford schools: 98 ‘probationary’ teachers terminated, administrators moved to new roles

Online Staff Report The Rockford Board of Education (BOE) voted at its March 13 meeting to lay off 98 “probationary” teachers
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March 16, 2012 | Also published in Local News | Comments (0)

Park District responds to lawsuit filed by Nelson Knitting Company building owner

Online Staff Report The owner of the Nelson Knitting Company building, 909 S. Main St., has sued the Rockford Park District
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March 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Winnebago County Housing Authority designated as a High Performer Agency

Online Staff Report The Winnebago County Housing Authority (WCHA) has been designated as a High Performer Agency by the United States
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March 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Park District gives top executive 2.5 percent raise, approves Summer Challenge Program

Online Staff Report Tim Dimke, executive director of the Rockford Park District, will receive a 2.5 percent raise after the Rockford
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March 15, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rally against cutbacks at Rockford Public Library at 5 p.m., March 14

Online Staff Report Stand Up! Rockford will host a rally outside Rockford Public Library’s Main Branch, 215 N. Wyman St., at
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

March 15 MoveOn rally at East State, Mulford to target federal housing funding policies

Online Staff Report Local MoveOn.org members will hold a “Save Our Homes” rally at 5 p.m., Thursday, March 15, in front
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Mayor Morrissey delivers State of the City Address March 15 at Coronado

Staff Report Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey (I) will deliver his Seventh Annual State of the City Address at 6 p.m.,
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Local News> News | Comments (0)

USEPA hooks up water, dumping probe forthcoming

By Richard S. Gubbe Contributing Writer The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) has completed its changeover of 15 homes with contaminated
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March 14, 2012 | Also published in Amerock & Water Contamination Series> Local News> News | Comments (0)

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