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Residents protest proposed layoffs, tax hike in Freeport

After protests from Freeport residents at a packed village board meeting, trustees postponed a vote on a proposed budget that would cut four jobs and raise property taxes 5.5 percent.

Scores of civil service workers filled the meeting room Monday after staging a rally outside village hall to challenge the layoffs, which Freeport unit president Peter Reinke said were the first contemplated...

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