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      <title>Roadside Safety Checkpoints -- Labor Day Weekend (8/19/2008 4:10:17 AM)</title>
      <description>The Berwyn Police Department will conduct Roadside Safety Checkpoints throughout the City during Labor Day weekend.&amp;nbsp; For more information, please download the attached flier.&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=48</link>
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      <title>Berwyn Begins Construction on Cermak Landscape Median (8/13/2008 2:01:54 AM)</title>
      <description>Berwyn, IL -- Through support by the Berwyn Development Corporation (BDC), Berwyn Mayor Michael O'Connor and members of City Council have approved a proposal to create a landscaped median along Cermak Road.&amp;nbsp; The project is fully funded by the Cermak Tax Incrementing Financing&amp;nbsp; (TIF) restricted fund.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;To read more, please download the attached PDF file.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=47</link>
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      <title>2007 Annual Financial Report (AFR) released (7/17/2008 2:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Please see the attached PDF for the 2007 Annual Financial Report (AFR).&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=46</link>
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      <title>Community Meeting to Discuss Proposed Methadone Clinic (7/16/2008 6:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;To All Concerned Residents and Business Owners&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Proposed Methadone Clinic Approved!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;Mayor O’Connor is opposed to the clinic and is holding a Community Meeting to answer questions and concerns about the Methadone Clinic approved by majority of alderman at council meeting.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;What:&amp;nbsp;Community Meeting to discuss proposed Methadone Clinic in the 3300 block of Grove Ave.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;When: &amp;nbsp;Wednesday, July 16th&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where:&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Municipal Parking Lot in the 3300 block of Grove Ave&lt;br&gt;. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Time:&amp;nbsp;6:00 PM&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;Invited are the alderman that voted for this clinic:&lt;br&gt;Nona Chapman, Michele Skryd, Mike Phelan, Robert Lovero&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Also invited are the Assistant Director of the Clinic and the owner of the Building&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=44</link>
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      <title>Senior Club - Valentine's Day (7/11/2008 8:40:30 AM)</title>
      <description>The Senior Social Club located at the Berwyn Public Library, 2701 S. Harlem Avenue, welcomes seniors age 55+ to join us for our ice cream&amp;nbsp; social on Wednesday, July 23rd, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. We provide board games, cards, and puzzles, or just come to socialize and enjoy our refreshments. This social club is open to all communities. No registration is needed and no fee is required to join. For more information, call Diane at (708) 795-8000, x 3017.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=45</link>
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      <title>Senior Advocate 2008 - Annual Report (6/20/2008 8:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>Senior Advocate, Frank Paduch, has released his annual report for 2008.&amp;nbsp; The report is posted in PDF for review.&amp;nbsp; Please contact Frank at &lt;A href="mailto:FPaduch@ci.berwyn.il.us"&gt;FPaduch@ci.berwyn.il.us&lt;/A&gt; for questions, concerns, and comments.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=41</link>
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      <title>Mayor O'Connor calls for residents to serve city on Berwyn Public Library Board (6/18/2008 8:56:37 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;For Immediate Release:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt; June 18, 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=6&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;Mayor O’Connor calls for residents to serve city&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=6&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;on &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Public Library Board&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;BERWYN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; – Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor asks all interested residents of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; to consider serving as a member of the Berwyn Library Board.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;The nine-member Library Board sets general direction and provides oversight for the Berwyn Library, a unit of city government with more than 172,000 items in its collection and an annual budget of about $2.7 million. The Library Board meets once a month on the third Monday, and its members hold office for 3-year terms.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;“One of the most important parts of any community is the public library, and in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; we’re blessed with a wonderful institution. What I’m looking for are individuals who will bring their interest, expertise and civic spirit to improve and strengthen this vital city asset,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 27pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0.25in; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"&gt;The Berwyn Public Library is housed at &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;2701 S. Harlem Ave.&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt; and is open 72 hours a week. People interested in a position as a Library Board member must be residents of the City of Berwyn and submit a cover letter and resume to: Berwyn City Hall, Attn: Mayor’s Office, 6700 W. 26th St., Berwyn 60402. Information can also be dropped off at City Hall during regular hours: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=42</link>
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      <title>Pet Registration &amp; Vehicle Sticker 2008 Applications (6/16/2008 2:23:04 PM)</title>
      <description>The City of Berwyn is pleased to present the 2008 Pet Registration &amp;amp; Vehicle Sticker applications.&amp;nbsp; Please download the attached files and print as necessary.&amp;nbsp; Please bring all applications into the City of Berwyn's City Hall for processing.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Thanks!</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=40</link>
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      <title>Centennial parade kicks off Berwyn's 100th birthday celebrations in June (6/10/2008 5:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;EM&gt;For Immediate Release: June 10, 2008&amp;nbsp;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Centennial parade kicks off Berwyn’s 100th birthday celebrations in June&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;BERWYN–Mayor Michael O’Connor, city aldermen, Centennial Committee Chairman Carl Reina and 90-year Berwyn resident Warren Ritzma, who served as the Grand Marshal, led a parade of 33 floats, eight bands and thousands of participants and onlookers in celebration of the City of Berwyn’s Centennial.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;A color guard provided by the City of Chicago, followed by two mounted officers, stepped off from Cermak Road and Lombard Avenue at 2 p.m. The parade featured police cars and fire equipment from surrounding communities, several antique cars, as well as bands from Berwyn’s middle schools and floats by local businesses and organizations. The parade continued along Cermak to Riverside Drive and ended at Home Avenue on the campus of Morton West High School.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;“We had perfect weather and a wonderful crowd to see all the hard work our Centennial Committee did in putting on a very impressive parade. It certainly was a great day to be a Berwynite,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The Centennial activities continue with a city-sponsored picnic on June 14 in Proksa Park and culminate with the Centennial Festival on the campus of Morton West at Harlem Avenue and Cermak Road beginning on June 18 and continuing to June 22. More information about all of Berwyn’s Centennial events is available at &lt;A href="http://www.berwyncentennial.com"&gt;www.berwyncentennial.com&lt;/A&gt;.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=39</link>
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      <title>Mayor O’Connor joins Berwyn Postmaster at Centennial cancellation stamp ceremony June 6 (6/5/2008 12:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; mso-outline-level: 1"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;For Immediate Release:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt; June 4, 2008&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center; mso-outline-level: 1" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;Mayor O’Connor joins &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; Postmaster&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;BERWYN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt; – Mayor Michael O’Connor and Berwyn Postmaster William Ruona will host a ceremony featuring special stamp cancellations with the Berwyn Centennial logo on June 6 at the Berwyn Post Office.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;Beginning at 9 a.m., any item with a $0.42 stamp or higher denomination can receive a special hand stamp cancellation to mark the actual date of the City of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s incorporation. There will be a tent outside the building for convenient drop-off of items to receive the hand stamp cancellation as a keepsake of the city’s Centennial Celebration. The Berwyn Post Office is located at 6625 W. Cermak Road and will be open until 7 p.m. Stamps and envelopes can be purchased inside.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;“I appreciate Postmaster Ruona’s participation in our city’s Centennial events. Not only is the Post Office hosting the special stamp cancellation, but it sponsored an art contest involving the city’s children. Our Centennial is truly a citywide event to showcase &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;’s rich history that involves both young and old,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;Four members of the Centennial Committee – Mayor O’Connor, Committee Chairman Carl Reina Sr., Berwyn Community Outreach Director &lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Jeanmarie Hajer&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt; and Dawn Rinehart – served as judges of artwork drawn by third graders in &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; schools. Children were given the chance to draw a historic &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; landmark and submit their work for competition with other children throughout the city. Judging took place at the Berwyn Post Office.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;The top three winners of the contest will be announced during a Recognition Ceremony on the Main Stage during the Centennial Festival at 7:30 p.m. on June 19. The Festival will be held on the campus of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Morton&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;West&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;High School&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; at &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;Cermak Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt; and &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;Harlem Avenue&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;, beginning June 18 and continuing until June 22.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;[&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; po stamp cancellations 06-04-08]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;From 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. on June 6, any item with a $0.42 can receive a special hand stamp cancellation with the Berwyn Centennial logo at the Berwyn Post Office, &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;6625 W. Cermak Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;. A tent will be located outside the Post Office for convenient drop off of items for stamp cancellation.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;[&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; po art contest 06-04-08]&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;(From left) Community Outreach Director &lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Jeanmarie Hajer&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;, Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor, Centennial Committee member Dawn Rinehart and Committee Chairman Carl Reina Sr. look over artwork drawn by Berwyn third graders in a contest sponsored by the United States Postal Service to celebrate the City of Berwyn’s Centennial.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=35</link>
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      <title>South Tri Reassessment Outreach (5/31/2008 2:54:58 AM)</title>
      <description>From the Cook County Assessor's Office ...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;NEW EXEMPTION &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Legislation passed in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Springfield&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; last year significantly impacted the expiring 7% Expanded Homeowner Exemption, originally passed in 2003.&amp;nbsp; Rather than providing uniform protection to all &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Cook&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; homeowners experiencing dramatic assessment increases for the duration of their triennial reassessment, the renewal legislation&amp;nbsp; phased out the amount of relief provided annually.&amp;nbsp; Limited relief was created for homewoners in particular situations.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Those who have lived in their home for 10 years or more may be eligible for additional property tax relief provided their total household income is under $100,000 in 2006. &lt;STRONG&gt;Homeowners do not need to contact the Assessor’s Office as applications will automatically be mailed to all &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Cook&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; residents who have not sold their home in the past ten years.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp; Taxpayers will need to complete and return the notarized forms by June 23, 2008.&amp;nbsp; A homeowner with a total household income of $75,000 or below will have an assessment increase limited to 7% over the prior year’s taxable value, with no maximum exemption amount.&amp;nbsp; A homeowner with a total income greater than $75,000, but not exceeding $100,000, will have an assessment increase limited to 10% over the prior year’s taxable value , with no maximum exemtion amount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;The Long-Time Occupant Exemption cannot be received with the 7% Expanded Homeowner Exemption or the Senior Freeze Exemption.&amp;nbsp; The most beneficial exemption will be applied to the property.&amp;nbsp; The other new exemptions created by this legislation, the&lt;STRONG&gt; Disabled Persons’ Exemption, Disabled Veterans’ Exemption &lt;/STRONG&gt;and the&lt;STRONG&gt; Returning Veterans’ Exemption&lt;/STRONG&gt;, can be received with the Long-Time Occupant Exemption. &amp;nbsp;Applications for these exemptions are available on the Assessor’s Website. &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;South Tri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Reassessment Info&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Reassessment notices &amp;nbsp;for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Township&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; were mailed on May 27, 2008. &amp;nbsp;Appeals must be received by July 2, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Reassessment notices for &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Cicero&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Oak Park&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Townships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; were mailed on May 16, 2008.&amp;nbsp; Appeals must be received by June 25, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;River Forest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Riverside&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Township&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; appeals must be received by &amp;nbsp;June 19, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Other Cook County Townships:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Rogers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Park Township&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; is open for appeals until June 17, 2008.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;NEW EXEMTPION &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Legislation passed in &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Springfield&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; last year significantly impacted the expiring 7% Expanded Homeowner Exemption, originally passed in 2003.&amp;nbsp; Rather than providing uniform protection to all &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Cook&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; homeowners experiencing dramatic assessment increases for the duration of their triennial reassessment, the renewal legislation&amp;nbsp; phased out the amount of relief provided annually.&amp;nbsp; Limited relief was created for homewoners in particular situations.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Those who have lived in their home for 10 years or more may be eligible for additional property tax relief provided their total household income is under $100,000 in 2006. &lt;STRONG&gt;Homeowners do not need to contact the Assessor’s Office as applications will automatically be mailed to all &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Cook&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; residents who have not sold their home in the past ten years.&lt;/STRONG&gt;&amp;nbsp; Taxpayers will need to complete and return the notarized forms by June 23, 2008.&amp;nbsp; A homeowner with a total household income of $75,000 or below will have an assessment increase limited to 7% over the prior year’s taxable value, with no maximum exemption amount.&amp;nbsp; A homeowner with a total income greater than $75,000, but not exceeding $100,000, will have an assessment increase limited to 10% over the prior year’s taxable value , with no maximum exemtion amount.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;The Long-Time Occupant Exemption cannot be received with the 7% Expanded Homeowner Exemption or the Senior Freeze Exemption.&amp;nbsp; The most beneficial exemption will be applied to the property.&amp;nbsp; The other new exemptions created by this legislation, the&lt;STRONG&gt; Disabled Persons’ Exemption, Disabled Veterans’ Exemption &lt;/STRONG&gt;and the&lt;STRONG&gt; Returning Veterans’ Exemption&lt;/STRONG&gt;, can be received with the Long-Time Occupant Exemption. &amp;nbsp;Applications for these exemptions are available on the Assessor’s Website. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;________________________________________________________________________&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;South Tri&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Reassessment Outreach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;EM&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/EM&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;The &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Cook&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; Assessor’s Office, working with local elected officials, will host one outreach per township during the appeal filing period.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Reassessment Outreach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Wednesday - &amp;nbsp;6/11/08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;7:00-9:00PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;VFW Hall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;1535 &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Harlem&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;River&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Forest&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Reassessment Outreach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Thursday - 6/12/08&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;7:00-9:00PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;River&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Forest&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;8020 Madison Ave&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;River&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Forest&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Exemption Certificates of Error&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: purple; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Homeowners that have not received their money-saving exemptions may apply for a Certificate of Error.&amp;nbsp; Exemption Certificates of Error can be issued for tax years 2004, 2005 and 2006.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Forms are available at &lt;A href="http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/"&gt;www.cookcountyassessor.com&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: green; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Local Government Websites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;font face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.cookcountyassessor.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Cook County Assessor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;font face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp; -&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face=Calibri&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"&gt;Assessment&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font size=3&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt; or Exemption inquiries &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Cook County Treasurer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font face=Calibri&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR: black"&gt;&lt;font size=3&gt; &amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"&gt;Bill payment and tax sale information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;John Fallon – &lt;A href="mailto:jmfallo@cookcountyassessor.com"&gt;jmfallo@cookcountyassessor.com&lt;/A&gt; &amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp; 312.603.7850&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;TD style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5.4pt; PADDING-LEFT: 5.4pt; BORDER-LEFT-COLOR: #ece9d8; BORDER-BOTTOM-COLOR: #ece9d8; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; WIDTH: 489.1pt; BORDER-TOP-COLOR: #ece9d8; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #ece9d8" vAlign=top width=652 colSpan=3&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;font face=Calibri size=3&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Mary Wattman – &lt;A href="mailto:mwattman@cookcountyassessor.com"&gt;mwattman@cookcountyassessor.com&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp; - &amp;nbsp;312.603.6862&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Cook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;County&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt; Assessor's Office&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Third Floor, &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;118 North Clark Street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=32</link>
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      <title>Groundbreaking for new North Fire Station (5/29/2008 8:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center&gt;&lt;STRONG style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 22pt"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;Mayor O’Connor, city officials attend official groundbreaking for new north side fire station&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font size=3&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;STRONG style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"&gt;BERWYN&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; – Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor, city aldermen and fire department personnel recently celebrated the official groundbreaking for a new north side fire station.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The state-of-the-art facility will serve the north side of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; from &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;Roosevelt Road&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt; to &lt;st1:Street w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:address w:st="on"&gt;26th Street&lt;/st1:address&gt;&lt;/st1:Street&gt;. “The old station was more than 80 years old and needed to be replaced for some time now. I made it a priority to bring an updated fire house to the north side. By working with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and our state Rep. La Shawn Ford to secure the grants, we’re making this new station possible,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The projected cost is $2.8 million, according to Assistant Chief Frank Simek, who is coordinating the construction project for the City of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt;. “It will be more modern with more office space and include an emergency operations center. The previous station was very small,” Simek said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;The north side fire house is scheduled for completion in December. Once opened, the City of &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; will once again be served by three fire stations with 67 fire department personnel and 18 medics. According to Simek, the Fire Department response time is rated at 99.6 percent (100 percent being the best).&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;“We’re justifiably proud of the work our department fire fighters do protecting our city. This new facility will only enhance our capabilities to keep &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:City&gt; residents safe,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"&gt;&lt;font face="Times New Roman" size=3&gt;(Front row) 7th Ward Ald. Robert Lovero, Assistant Fire Chief Frank Simek, 6th Ward Ald. Michael Phelan, Mayor Michael O’Connor, Fire Chief Denis O’Halloran and 4th Ward Ald. Michele Skryd sport hard hats during the recent groundbreaking for the new north side fire station.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
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      <title>Centennial Dinner Dance (5/23/2008 6:21:27 AM)</title>
      <description>When: Friday, June 6, 2008&lt;br&gt;Cocktails 6:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;Dinner 7:00 p.m.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Where: Skylite West Banquets&lt;br&gt;7117 Ogden Avenue, Berwyn&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Cost: $50 per person&lt;br&gt;Steak dinner, open bar&lt;br&gt;Historical Displays&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Proper dinner attire is required&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;See attached flyer for further information.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=31</link>
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      <title>Mayor O'Connnor meets with Mayor Daley for transfer of historic Berwyn documents (5/15/2008 10:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For Immediate Release:&lt;/strong&gt; May 15, 2008&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22pt;"&gt;Mayor O’Connor meets with Mayor Daley&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: center;" align="center"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 22pt;"&gt;for transfer of historic &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; documents&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;BERWYN&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; – Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor traveled to &lt;st1:placename w:st="on"&gt;Chicago&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype w:st="on"&gt;City Hall&lt;/st1:placetype&gt; this week and obtained an important part of &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;’s history.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;In his Fifth Floor office at City Hall, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley handed off to Mayor O’Connor documents related to &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;’s formation in 1901. The documents, which are in fragile condition, belonged to the Chicago Public Library. The documents contain information from the turn of the century, when &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:city&gt; was still part of &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename w:st="on"&gt;Cicero&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype w:st="on"&gt;Township&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;. Efforts by residents of the areas now known as &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:city&gt; and &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;Oak Park&lt;/st1:city&gt; resulted in votes to formally separate the two from &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Cicero&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; in 1901. Later, in 1908, the City of &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; was incorporated.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Berwyn Library Director Bill Hensley and Berwyn Historical Society President Lori Thielen enlisted the help of Mayor O’Connor to contact his counterpart in &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Chicago&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; to work on making the transfer possible. Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey represented the Chicago Public Library. Joining O’Connor at the hand-off were Hensley, Thielen and Dr. Ralph Pugh a historical archivist at Illinois Institute of Technology. Pugh is working with the Historical Society to preserve the documents.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Mayor O’Connor returned Mayor Daley’s favor by giving Daley a copy of the official Centennial Recipe book, “Recipes &amp;amp; Memories,” a Berwyn Centennial polo shirt and a tote bag with the Berwyn Centennial logo. “The gifts we brought were a gesture of thanks to Mayor Daley. I appreciate his help in allowing &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt; to get these valuable documents in time for our Centennial. Historical Society President Lori Thielen had been trying to get these items for almost a decade,” Mayor O’Connor said.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt; is celebrating its centennial year with a parade on June 1 and a Centennial Festival running from June 18 to June 22. More information about Berwyn Centennial activities is available with Centennial Committee Chairman Carl Reina at (708) 788-2660 ext. 209.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(From left) Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Berwyn Historical Society President Lori Thielen, Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor, Chicago Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey and Berwyn Library Director Bill Hensley in Mayor Daley’s office during a transfer of historic Berwyn documents.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0.25in 0pt 27pt; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(From left) Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Berwyn Historical Society President Lori Thielen and Berwyn Mayor Michael O’Connor show off items celebrating &lt;st1:city w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;’s Centennial given to Daley by O’Connor during a visit to Mayor Daley’s office.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=30</link>
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      <title>Fire Extinguisher Service Companies (5/8/2008 10:59:43 PM)</title>
      <description>Please read this important letter from the Berwyn Fire Department regarding Fire Extinguisher Service Companies.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;PDFs in both English and Spanish are attached.&lt;br&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=28</link>
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      <title>Neighborhood Watch Newsletter - May 2008 (5/3/2008 6:45:04 AM)</title>
      <description>Neighborhood Watch Newsletter - May 2008</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=27</link>
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      <title>Hydrant Flushing Program for Spring 2008 (4/10/2008 12:05:15 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The Berwyn Fire Department will be conducting the flushing of hydrants starting Monday April 21 and ending Friday May 2, 2008. Hydrants will be flushed from 9:00 am until 4:00 pm Monday thru Friday.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Residents may notice discoloration of water when flushing takes place in their neighborhood. Persons who experience discoloration of water can turn on their plumbing fixtures until the water runs clear. Run the water from a fixture that is located in the in the lowest level of your house. Do not do laundry during hydrant flushing in your neighborhood. Wait until you have clear running water before you start washing clothes. The hydrant flushing schedule is as follows:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;br&gt;Day 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;SOUTH of Burlington R.R. Tracks April 21, 2008&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The following streets between East &amp;amp; Ridgeland Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 32nd, Fairfield, 33rd, Sinclair, 34th&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Day 1&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; NORTH of Burlington R.R. Tracks April 21, 2008&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 26th Pky. between 26th St. &amp;amp; IC R.R. Tracks&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 26th Pl. between Home Ave. &amp;amp; IC R.R.Tracks&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Riverside Dr. between 22nd St. &amp;amp; Harlem Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 29th St. between Kenilworth &amp;amp; Wisconsin Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 29th Pl. between Oak Park &amp;amp; Wisconsin Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 30th St. &amp;amp; 30th Pl. between Oak Park &amp;amp; Home Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 31st St. between Oak Park &amp;amp; Home Ave.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The following streets between East &amp;amp; Ridgeland Ave.&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; 26th Pl., 27th St., 27th Pl., 28th St., 28th Pl., &lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;Day 2&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Oak Park, Euclid&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; April 22, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 3&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Wesley, Clarence, East&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; April 23, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 4&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Scoville, Gunderson, Elmwood&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;April 24, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 5&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Ridgeland, Cuyler, Highland&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;April 25, 2008&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Day 6&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Harvey, Lombard&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;April 28, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 7&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Grove, Kenilworth&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; April 29, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 8&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Clinton, Home&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; April 30, 2008&lt;br&gt;Day 9&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Wenonah, Wisconsin&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May 1, 2008&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;Day 10&amp;nbsp;Maple, Harlem&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; May 2, 2008&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;** RESPONSES TO EMERGENCY CALLS MAY ALTER SCHEDULE**&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=26</link>
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      <title>Cook County Treasurer's Website (4/7/2008 8:07:04 AM)</title>
      <description>In the past few months, the Cook County Treasurer's Office has revamped &amp;amp; expanded services provided by their website.&amp;nbsp; You may utilize this valuable tool to handle most of your property tax needs.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; The Treasurer's Office can be reached online at &lt;A href="http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/"&gt;http://www.cookcountytreasurer.com/&lt;/A&gt;.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=25</link>
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      <title>16th Street Theater presents The Ascension Of Carlotta (4/4/2008 9:15:02 AM)</title>
      <description>April 4th –May 4th&amp;nbsp; (Thurs. - Sat) –&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;16th Street Theater presents The Ascension Of Carlotta&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(For more info:&amp;nbsp; &lt;A href="http://www.16thstreettheater.org"&gt;www.16thstreettheater.org&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp; or 708-749-4900)</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=22</link>
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      <title>2008 Co-Ed Adult 16” Softball Tournament (4/3/2008 9:01:19 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class=description-label id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_EventDetailControl_FormView1_descriptionLabel&gt;&lt;span class=description-label id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_EventDetailControl_FormView1_descriptionLabel&gt;Let’s Play Ball for Charity!!!&amp;nbsp; Please join Youth Crossroads, Inc. for our 4th Annual Co-Ed Adult 16” Softball Tournament.&amp;nbsp; All proceeds for this event will support youth counseling, delinquency prevention and leadership services.&amp;nbsp; Get your team together now, registration deadline is May 9th!!!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://berwyn-il.gov/images/FINAL-2008_YC_Softball_Bulletin3.jpg" _width="75" _height="75"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=24</link>
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      <title>Neighborhood Watch Newsletter April 2008 (4/1/2008 9:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>The Neighborhood Watch Newsletter for April 2008 is online and ready to download.&amp;nbsp; Access it here -- &lt;A href="http://berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Neighborhood_Watch-Current.pdf"&gt;http://berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Neighborhood_Watch-Current.pdf&lt;/A&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Stay safe!</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=20</link>
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      <title>Centennial Festival Contract &amp; Registration Form (3/21/2008 1:27:43 PM)</title>
      <description>Interesting in becoming a vendor for any of the Berwyn Centennial events?&amp;nbsp; Please download the attached information and review.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Please mail or drop off any applications at City Hall, attn: Dawn Rinehart.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;City Hall is located at 6700 W. 26th St.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=19</link>
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      <title>ComEd Rate Relief Credit Disbursement (3/21/2008 1:15:36 PM)</title>
      <description>In an effort to help&amp;nbsp;customers transition to new rates that took effect in January, ComEd is initiating a rate relief package for Illinois consumers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Former customers may also be eligible for relief, via a one·time, lump-sum credit based on their 2007 usage.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;If you were an active ComEd customer between January 1st and August 31st&lt;br&gt;2007, you may fill out this form to apply for the lump-sum General Assembly Rate Relief Credit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;See the attached form.&amp;nbsp; Please print out this out,&amp;nbsp;fill out all the information below, and return it to ComEd at the address below to receive your lump·sum credit.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=3&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;ComEd&lt;br&gt;Customer Care Center&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=3&gt;Po. Box &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=3&gt;805379&lt;br&gt;Chicago, II 60680-5379&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=18</link>
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      <title>Centennial Pins for Sale! (3/19/2008 8:51:51 AM)</title>
      <description>Purchase your Centennial Pin!&lt;br&gt;$2.00&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Purchase Pins at:&lt;br&gt;Reception Desk of City Hall&lt;br&gt;6700 W. 26th Street&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Senior Services Ctr.&lt;br&gt;6420 W. 16th Street&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Serendipity Antiques&lt;br&gt;6733 Stanley&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;North Berwyn Park District&lt;br&gt;1619 S. Wesley Ave.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For more information on the Centennial please&lt;br&gt;contact: 788-2660 ext. 209</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=21</link>
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      <title>RedSpeed Illinois (3/15/2008 4:13:27 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;span class=description-label id=ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder_NewsDetailControl_FormView1_descriptionLabel&gt;Beginning November 9, 2007, red light cameras located at 26th Street and East Avenue and Cermak and Ridgeland Avenue will begin taking photos of red light violators as part of Berwyn’s program to promote intersection safety in the City. During the 30 day warning period, red light runners will be mailed a warning notice. Please review our &lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/RedSpeed_IL_FAQ.pdf"&gt;&lt;font color=#28415c&gt;frequently asked questions&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/RedSpeed_IL_Warning_Release.pdf"&gt;&lt;font color=#28415c&gt;warning release&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/A&gt; for more info.&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=17</link>
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      <title>Cook County Board of Review Re-Opens Appeal Process for Property Assessments (3/13/2008 8:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;The Cook County Board of Review would like to inform you that it has recently announced it will re-open&amp;nbsp;the&amp;nbsp;period to file property tax assessments and give taxpayers in 24 &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Chicago&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; and suburban townships an additional&amp;nbsp;two-week window to appeal their property tax assessments.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;The additional period to file complaints will be March 17-31, 2008.&amp;nbsp; The affected townships include 5 in the City and 19 in the suburbs, many of which have just undergone the triennial assessment.&amp;nbsp; The suburban townships include:&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Berwyn&lt;/st1:City&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:PlaceName w:st="on"&gt;Norwood&lt;/st1:PlaceName&gt; &lt;st1:PlaceType w:st="on"&gt;Park&lt;/st1:PlaceType&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Cicero&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Palos&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; New &lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st="on"&gt;Trier&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Stickney&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;You can go to &lt;A title=http://www.cookcountyboardofreview.com/ href="http://www.cookcountyboardofreview.com/"&gt;&lt;font color=#800080&gt;www.cookcountyboardofreview.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/A&gt; to download the complaint form and obtain further details on this additional two-week filing opportunity.&amp;nbsp; Also you may call the Board of Review at 312-603-5542. &lt;br&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;br&gt;For Berwyn-specific information, please contact the township assessor, Alan J. Kveton at 708-788-6600.&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=16</link>
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      <title>Centennial Wear for Sale (3/10/2008 8:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Attached is information on items and prices for a variety of Centennial Wear.&amp;nbsp; They will be sold at a few businesses in the near future but if you would like to purchase any please stop by City Hall and see Jeanmarie&amp;nbsp;Hajer&amp;nbsp;or &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Jynette Ayala&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Items are in stock.&amp;nbsp; &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;Contact information:&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;Jeanmarie Hajer &lt;br&gt;Director of Community Outreach &lt;br&gt;City of Berwyn &lt;br&gt;6700 West 26th Street &lt;br&gt;Berwyn, IL&amp;nbsp; 60402 &lt;br&gt;(708) 788-2660-X 290 &lt;br&gt;fax: (708) 788-2567 &lt;br&gt;&lt;A href="mailto:JHajer@ci.berwyn.il.us"&gt;JHajer@ci.berwyn.il.us&lt;/A&gt; &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;font face=Arial size=2&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;st1:PersonName w:st="on"&gt;Jynette Ayala&lt;/st1:PersonName&gt; &lt;br&gt;&lt;A title=mailto:jayala@ci.berwyn.il.us href="mailto:jayala@ci.berwyn.il.us"&gt;jayala@ci.berwyn.il.us&lt;/A&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;788-2660 x 211 )&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=14</link>
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      <title>BerwynCentennial.com is online! (3/9/2008 12:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>The Berwyn Centennial Marketing Committee is proud to present the official&amp;nbsp;Berwyn Centennial&amp;nbsp;website.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;This site will showcase events and fundraisers for the Centennial celebration&amp;nbsp;planned&amp;nbsp;this year.&amp;nbsp; Access it today at &lt;A href="http://www.berwyncentennial.com/"&gt;http://www.berwyncentennial.com/&lt;/A&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Thanks Antonio &amp;amp; Maggie!&amp;nbsp; Great job on the site.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=13</link>
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      <title>Centennial License Plates for Sale! (3/1/2008 1:30:00 PM)</title>
      <description>Participate in the Centennial by purchasing these special event license plates and display on your vehicle for 60 days.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;See the attached flyer.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For more information please contact:&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jeanmarie Hajer&lt;br&gt;jhajer@ci.berwyn.il.us&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Jynette Ayala&lt;br&gt;708-788-2660 x211</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=15</link>
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      <title>Neighborhood Watch Newsletter - March 2008 (2/29/2008 10:48:57 PM)</title>
      <description>This month's edition of the Neighborhood Watch Newsletter is now available!&amp;nbsp; Feel free to download a copy today!</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=9</link>
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      <title>2008 Adopted Budget (2/21/2008 12:00:00 PM)</title>
      <description>The 2008 Adopted Budget is online and ready to download -- &lt;A href="http://berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Clerk/Proposed_2008_Budget-FINAL.pdf"&gt;http://berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Clerk/Proposed_2008_Budget-FINAL.pdf&lt;/A&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=10</link>
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      <title>EarthHour website -- http://www.earthhour.org (2/16/2008 5:20:39 AM)</title>
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&lt;P&gt;Please make note of this important website that deals with a social action event to help make people aware of how we can reduce our effects on global warming. The site is called Earth Hour and can be accessed at &lt;/font&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.earthhour.org/"&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;font color=#0000ff size=2&gt;http://www.earthhour.org&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;font size=2&gt;.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/font&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=8</link>
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      <title>W.E.D.G.E. -- Report Gang Activity Online (2/9/2008 4:39:42 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;The W.E.D.G.E taskforce has a new email system in place to report gang activity online.&amp;nbsp; Send all reports to &lt;A href="mailto:wedge@ci.berwyn.il.us"&gt;wedge@ci.berwyn.il.us&lt;/A&gt; and your email will reach every member of the taskforce.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=7</link>
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      <title>Neighborhood Watch Newsletter (2/3/2008 8:01:58 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;The Berwyn Police Department, Neighborhood Watch program online. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Neighborhood_Watch-Current.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;font face=Arial&gt;Download it today!&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=4</link>
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      <title>Senior Services 2007 Report (2/1/2008 11:47:42 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Attached you will find the Senior Services 2007 report.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=12</link>
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      <title>Centennial Pins On Sale Now (2/1/2008 8:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P align=left&gt;Centennial Pins on Sale&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;$2.00&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P align=left&gt;City Hall Reception – 6700 W. 26th St.&lt;br&gt;Senior Services – 6420 W. 16th St.&lt;br&gt;Serendipity Antiques – 6733 Stanley&lt;br&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=6</link>
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      <title>2006 Financial Statements (1/16/2008 7:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Recently, the City of Berwyn completed the 2006 audit.&amp;nbsp; Summary Financial statements are attached.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=11</link>
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      <title>Berwyn Centennial Cookbook (1/3/2008 8:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Berwyn will be celebrating its 100th birthday party June 6th 2008. To commemorate this historic event, the Berwyn Cenntennial Cookbook Committee will be preparing a taste-tempting cookbook featuring favorite recipes from members of our community. We are so excited to offer the opportunity for you to participate by &lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/Cent_Recipe_Coll_Sheet.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;submitting up to three of your special recipes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;. Show us what you have to offer today!&lt;/span&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=3</link>
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      <title>Citizens Fire Academy 2008 (12/2/2007 5:37:38 PM)</title>
      <description>&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Berwyn Fire Department&lt;br&gt;Citizens Fire Academy - 2008 &lt;/span&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/fire/PressRelease.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Press Release&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/fire/Application.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Application&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/fire/MissionStatement.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Mission Statement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/fire/AuthorizationsWaivers.pdf" target=_blank&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"&gt;Authorizations - Waivers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=2</link>
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      <title>Red Light Cameras in Berwyn (11/3/2007 12:00:00 AM)</title>
      <description>Beginning November 9, 2007, red light cameras located at 26th Street and East Avenue and Cermak and Ridgeland Avenue will begin taking photos of red light violators as part of Berwyn’s program to promote intersection safety in the City. During the 30 day warning period, red light runners will be mailed a warning notice. &lt;EM&gt;Please review our &lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/RedSpeed_IL_FAQ.pdf"&gt;frequently asked questions&lt;/A&gt; and &lt;A href="http://www.berwyn-il.gov/pdf/RedSpeed_IL_Warning_Release.pdf"&gt;warning release&lt;/A&gt; for more info&lt;/EM&gt;.</description>
      <link>http://calendar.berwyn-il.gov/News_View.aspx?articleid=1</link>
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