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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Citizens&#039; Police Academy provides insight into law enforcement techniques and classes are geared to assist citizens in understanding laws and police practices/programs. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Dear Neighbors,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/16571&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Skokie Park District Wins Top Honors From Illinois&#039; Association Of Park Districts</title>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:18:56 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Hundreds Of Volunteers Needed For &quot;Cook County Homeless Count&quot; </title>
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 <title>U.S. Offers Expedited Citizenship for Nurses, Doctors, Language Specialists And Victims of Human Trafficking And Torture</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/http%3A/%252Fwww.defenselink.mil/news/mavni-fact-sheet.pdf&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:40:50 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Skokie Public Works Copes With Season&#039;s Early Snow  </title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:01:44 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Rep. Elizabeth Coulson Releases Statement About Charges Against Governor Rod Blagojevich</title>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:48:18 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Reminder: Alternate Side Parking Goes Into Effect In Skokie After Snowfall Of Two Inches</title>
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 <description>&lt;p&gt;The Village of Skokie has an alternate side parking policy that goes into effect on days on which two inches of snow or more falls.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/16419&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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On May 14th, 2009, Niles Township Government and Secretary of State Jesse White dedicate a day to help seniors with various driver&#039;s license issues from 9:30am to 2:30pm at 5255 Main St., Skokie&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/10952&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Village of Skokie Considering Revising Zoning Regulations To Include Wind Turbines</title>
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15975&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:22:10 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>A Letter From Rep. Elizabeth Coulson To Voters Who Re-Elected Her To Seventh Term </title>
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&lt;a href=&quot;/node/15949&quot;&gt;&lt;img class=&quot;image image-thumbnail&quot; src=&quot;/files/images/bethcoulsonnewpic.thumbnail.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;Rep. Beth Coulson&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15951&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:10:39 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>¡Atención Comunidad Latina!</title>
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The Office of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky is
available to assist the Latino/Latina community with issues that you may be
experiencing with a variety of federal agencies.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/14451&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:55:25 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>U.S. Census Bureau Recruiting Temporary Workers For The 2010 Census </title>
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&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15870&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Skokie Resident Norman Kozak Addresses &#039;Human Relations Commission&#039; To Promote &quot;Skokie Kindness Day&quot;  </title>
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He wants to spread kindness.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15671&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Skokie Invites You To Join &quot;Clean Air Counts,&quot; A Northeastern Illinois Regional Initiative</title>
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&amp;#160;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15657&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:24:44 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>2008 Assist-A-Family Program</title>
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 <description>The Village of Skokie&#039;s annual Assist-A-Family program collects gift certificates and financial donations for Skokie families in need each holiday season.  The Human Services Division interviews eac&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15476&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <title>Property Tax Information</title>
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Skokie residents recently received property tax bills, many of which were significantly higher than in previous years.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/15474&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:21:52 -0500</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:23:15 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>What to Do With Old Medications</title>
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 <description>Don&#039;t pollute by throwing old medications in the trash or flushing them down the toilet.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/11720&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:29:26 -0500</pubDate>
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 <title>State Representative Elizabeth Coulson Secures Grants for Community Parks</title>
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 <description>Park Districts in Evanston, Glenview and Morton Grove each received $400,000 Open Space Land Acquisition and Development (OSLAD) grants due to State Rep. Elizabeth Coulson&#039;s (17th District) efforts.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.skokienet.org/node/11516&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 12:15:30 -0500</pubDate>
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