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Bolingbrook Village Mayor Roger Claar, shown during a village board meeting last year, had open-heart surgery on March 3. Getting your Trinity Audio
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player ready...Longtime Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar had open-heart surgery on March 3, according to family members and village officials.
Claar’s family said in a statement provided by the village that Claar, who has led Bolingbrook since 1986, had the procedure “to correct an issue we have known about for a while.” The family did not identify the issue.
“The surgery went very well, and he is now recovering,” according to the statement. “He expects to return to work in about a week.’
Reached by phone Wednesday, Claar’s wife, Pat, said the mayor was on the mend.
“He came through with flying colors, so we’re pretty excited,” she said.
Claar was last re-elected in 2013, when he ran unopposed.
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