Chemical use may return to village lawns

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Creator: Ken Goze
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Type: Articles
Notes: The Wilmette Village Board will vote on a unanimous recommendation by the Administration Committee to allow "moderate and monitored" use of lawn chemicals on village-owned property. Mike Earl, village manager, said the experiment witih organic treatments was not a success. Comments by resident, Charlotte Adelman; Rachel Rosenberg of the Safer Pest Control Project in Chicago; Richard Thompson, director of the Wilmette Public Library; Jim Griffith, village trustee; and Brian Barnes, assistant director of public works.
Date of Publication: 15 Apr 2004
Personal Name(s): Adelman, Charlotte ; Earl, Michael ; Griffith, James ; Rosenberg, Rachel ; Thompson, Richard
Corporate Name(s): Wilmette Park Board ; Wilmette Village Board ; Wilmette Public Library
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.268895
Language of Item: English
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