Facing a projected $2.3 million operating deficit next year and a potential property tax referendum looming in 2011, three members of the Riverside-Brookfield High School board will soon meet with the leadership of the teachers union in what appears to be an attempt to see if the union is willing to make concessions in its contract.
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Riverside firm gives Olympian effort
When the owners of Roots Clothing Company in Vancouver wanted to leverage the 2010 Winter Olympics by setting up a swanky hospitality room for VIPs in the city’s tallest skyscraper, they knew just who to call to add the right decorative touch – Riverside’s very own Higgins Glass.
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Winging it
When the voting closed on Feb. 8, Rick Dahms thought he had fallen just short of victory.
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Triton crisis as state funds axed
Fallout from the state budget crisis is hitting home hard at Triton College.
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More cuts on the way in District 103
There’ll be fewer teachers, support staff and a leaner maintenance staff next year at Brookfield-Lyons District 103 if the recommendations of Superintendent Michael Warner are accepted. He has proposed $600,000 in budget cuts for the 2010-11 school year.
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Schraidt moves on to state
ROUNDUPRiverside-Brookfield wrestler John Schraidt advanced out of the Fenton Sectional on Saturday and will grapple at the Class 2A State Individual Wrestling Meet to be held at Assembly Hall in Champaign beginning this Friday.
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Small misstep for Fenwick girls
A loss isn’t the best way to end the regular season, but if you’re the Fenwick girls basketball team it’s certainly not the end of the line.
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Friars fire blanks
John Quinn had never experienced anything like it in his 30-plus years of coaching basketball. The Fenwick head coach’s team scored just 31 points in a 45-31 loss to Loyola on Friday night in Oak Park.
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Bulldogs remain ‘kings of the conference’
A dunk by 6-foot-1 guard Watoris Slater in the first quarter set the stage for Riverside-Brookfield’s 80-55 win over Illiana Christian on Friday. A few hours after Slater’s remarkable rim-rocker, RB (17-5, 8-1) had more fun above the rim cutting down the nets in celebration of a ninth consecutive conference championship.
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RB rolls Vikings, claims 8th-straight title
The anticipated showdown between Riverside-Brookfield and Illiana Christian for the Metro Suburban Conference championship never materialized on Friday night.