Chicago offices emptier than 2001Corporate cost-cutting last year left more empty offices in downtown Chicago than in the past eight years, according to a report from Jones Lang LaSalle. Chicago's central business district reached an overall vacancy rate of 15.8 percent at the end of 2009, its highest rate in four years.Candidates submit petitions to run for officesA total of four petitions have been turned in so far by candidates planning to run for area offices in this year's elections and more are expected.Motor Vehicle Commission offices in Newark, East Orange experience long linesThe Star-LedgerCars wait at a New Jersey inspection station in a 2000 photo. EAST ORANGE — A confluence of events — some weather-related, some procedural — have left Motor Vehicle Commission offices in East Orange and Newark with long lines...Lowell City Council's coffee event to be at Chamber officesCity Council members will be at the Chamber of Commerce offices from 8-10 a.m. Saturday for the monthly \"Coffee With The Council\" open house.Incumbents seek return to officesSheriff Jim Lawson is the only candidate to have filed for the office so far. Photp by Tom Lawrence Most incumbents for county offices have filed for re-election, Scotts Bluff County Clerk Vera Dulaney said this week. The filing deadline for incumbents passed on Tuesday.Eight file Wednesday, four offices challengedFour potential races evolved in a third day of filing for county and state elected offices Wednesday.Teens Steal 95-Year-Old Woman's PursePolice are searching for two teenagers who stole a 95-year-old woman's purse at Pembroke Lakes Mall.Pembroke Pines man accused of DUI in fatal Miramar crashA driver accused of hitting and killing a Miramar man seven months ago while drunk was arrested Wednesday at his mother's home in Pompano Beach, authorities said.Couple robs elderly woman in Pines mallPolice are looking for a pair of robbers who stole an elderly woman's purse as she waited for a ride in Pembroke Lakes Mall.Pembroke Pines $1 million center opens with only one tenantEight years after Pembroke Pines leaders first envisioned building studios for local artists to create and show their works, the city on Monday will debut Studio 18 in the Pines, a $1 million center with 23 indoor and outdoor spaces for artists to rent. But so far, only one working artist has signed up.Pembroke Pines art colony is finished; all it lacks are artistsIt is a portrait of what an art colony should be: 22 studios, a gallery and space for community art classes.
