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DeKalb Nature Path
5:07 am
Thu January 10, 2013

ComEd, DeKalb Park District, Citizens Working On Replanting Path

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Wood piles up along the DeKalb Nature Trail as ComEd removes more than a mile-long swath of trees and brush from below their power lines.
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ComEd's Paul Callighan speaks as DeKalb Park District Board President Joan Berkes-Hanson listens at a December meeting.
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A small group of stakeholders will meet at the end of the month to craft a plan to remedy ComEd’s clear-cutting along a DeKalb nature trail. Members of the DeKalb Park District, ComEd representatives, and two people who live near the popular trail make up the panel. 

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Federal Mandate?
5:57 am
Thu December 6, 2012

Com Ed Clear-Cuts DeKalb Trail To Protect Power Lines

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DeKalb Nature Trail, near Sycamore Road, clear-cut beneath Com Ed's transmission lines.
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DeKalb Nature Trail, near First Street, while work was still being done to remove all vegetation below power lines.
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An opponent of Com Ed's tree cutting posts a notice to attend Park District meeting, on a bench in a clear-cut area.
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Workers remove all trees and brush from one side of DeKalb Nature Trail
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Asplundh workers near First Street, DeKalb
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Contrasting two sides of the Nature Path after tree removal, 12/5/12
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More than a mile of trees and plants are being mowed to the ground along a DeKalb nature trail. That’s how Com Ed is handling a federal mandate meant to keep trees away from its largest transmission lines. WNIJ’s Susan Stephens reports.

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DeKalb
5:00 am
Fri November 23, 2012

DeKalb Aldermen to Discuss Rental Housing Fee

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DeKalb Mayor and Aldermen
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The DeKalb City Council will once again discuss adding a yearly registration fee for landlords. DeKalb City Manager Mark Biernacki proposed the "Housing Registration and Inspection Bureau"  because, he says, there are growing concerns of crime in some areas of the city. Not all landlords agree they should be lumped in with that characterization.

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