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Week in Review: Chicago Marathon, Armed Robbery and Jack Black's Connection to Bolingbrook

We know you're busy, so here's a roundup of some of the recent stories featured right here on Bolingbrook Patch.

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In case you missed them, here were some of the top headlines from the last few days:

  • Susan Hoster-Suggs, the Bolingbrook Park District's executive director, .
  • Police Oct. 2 after he allegedly threatened a 17-year-old's life when the teen denied the man oral sex.
  • Bolingbrook Patch debuted its first-ever .
  • The new star-studded comedy—"The Big Year"—about three bird watchers was .
  • A 62-year-old man leaving the Home Depot Monday morning was allegedly , police officials say. 
  • Nearly 100 Bolingbrook residents .
  • A 51-year-old mother and her 30-year-old son were Oct. 2 after police alleged they were trying to rob a village business of copper.
  • Connie Wilson, the jury forewoman during the retrial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich  the jury went through.
  • in Willowbrook Tuesday to encourage her to support the jobs bill that was before the U.S. Senate.
  • Valley View administrators released .
  • Bolingbrook residents  and lost loved ones.
  • In a continuing effort to refinance and restructure Valley View School District’s outstanding debt, the board of education to abate a portion of the district’s working cash fund and transfer the amount to the debt service fund.
  • An alleged child pornographer from Bolingbrook .
  • The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board on Wednesday to open a 13-station $2.5 million dialysis facility in Bolingbrook, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
  • Members of Bolingbrook High School’s girls cross country team take time out from a busy morning at the Chicago Marathon Sunday morning, where the group to staff water station No. 14 (mile 19.2).

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