Roselle Plans Blocksidewalks With Oct 3 Installation Deadline
Two sidewalk ordinances approved by the Roselle Village Board set new routes for the 1969 program and require affected residents to install sidewalks or arrange installation by Oct 3 or the village will do it via special assessment. Bids open Oct 11 for village work. Various streets listed. Town Acres excluded due to a lawsuit on sidewalk bonds. Town officials debate funding while a VOICE committee pursues a 1957 ordinance repeal legality.
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Roselle
West Devon Avenue
West Roseman Avenue
West Granville Avenue
West Glenlake Avenue
West Hattendorf
West Thorndale
North Marion
Lincoln Street
West Central Avenue
North Prospect Street
West Claria Drive
South Hill Street
Woodworth Place
East Ardmore Avenue
South Prospect
Locust Avenue
Pinecroft Drive
Plumtree Lane
Roselle Better Government
Alan Carlson
Carlson
E. Ardmore
BGA
Town Acres
VOICE
Police Chief Gehrke Breaks Silence Over Blue Flu Epidemic
Wood Dale Police Commissioner Hilbert Gehrke spoke this weekend to address the village’s blue flu issue. A council meeting involving the village council, police representatives and other officials was scheduled to discuss the matter.
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Wood Dale
Hilbert Gehrke
Benefit garage sale aids widow and children in Roselle
A two day sale at 108 E Bryn Mawr Roselle raises funds for Barbara Wagner and her five children after her husband died from diabetes with no medical coverage. Donated merchandise includes roller skates dresses a used Triumph car and a Corvair wagon with hours 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and Wednesday.
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E. Bryn Mawr
Roselle
Wayne Wagner
Wagner
Barbara Wagner
DuPage College Opens Fall Registration on Campus
DuPage College begins fall course sign up on its Glen Ellyn campus at Lambert Road and 22nd Street with over 5500 students anticipated. Registration runs through Wednesday for returning students with appointments starting Sept 3 and new students today, with evening options and mail registration available.
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College of DuPage
Lambert Road
22Nd Street
Glen Ellyn
Office of Admissions
Roosevelt
Butterfield Roads
Argonne National Laboratory
Downers Grove High School
Downers Grove
Elmhurst
Fenton High School
Bensenville
Glenbard West High School
Session Cancelled as Police Strike Dominates Village Meeting
Attorney Charles Ricci postponed a joint session amid a hospital convention. Police Chief Jack McGann faces a two week suspension over a misplaced paycheck dispute with Sgt. Edward Dahlen who resigned and received another check. Gehrke accuses McGann of planned actions and cites past suspensions and resignations within the Wood Dale force.
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Charles Ricci
Illinois Municipal League
Corrad Hilton
Chicago
Ricci
Samuel A. la Susa
Jack McGann
Gehrke
Edward Dahlen
Dahlen
Jack Stone
Police and Fire Commission
Edward Windle
Windle
Police and Fire Board
Henry Thomka
Robert Sample
John Jacobs
Wood Dale
Ernest “Bud” Lynch
Police Department
Raymond Wood
McGann
Thomka
Lynch
Wood
Basement Flood Threat Sparks Village Lawsuit Hint
August Bartocci of 139 N Pleasant St confronts Bloomingdale officials over recurring sewage backups that flood his basement despite a 1968 construction. He reports 10 plus floods since spring, citing insufficient lift pumps and a high basement, and threatens legal action if the village fails to act.
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August Bartocci
Bloomingdale
Bartocci
N. Pleasant St
Impossible To Handle Sewage Flood Says Bloomingdale Official
Bloomingdale village president Robert Meyers says three inches of rain in five hours overwhelmed the sewer system. He cites undersized pumps and a high water lift station short causing severe capacity loss. Trustee Ralph Johnston and Public Works chief Larry Freiger worked overnight to fix the electrical failure. Village engineer Ralph F. Gross vows around the clock work to resolve the engineering shortfalls. Meyers notes the home owner has faced this problem twelve times.
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Robert Meyers
Bloomingdale Village
Bartocci
Meyers
Ralph Johnston
Larry Freiger
Ralph F. Gross
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E. Bryn Mawr, Roselle
Wayne Wagner Hospital Fund
Patrick Clifford
Carolyn Cenar
By Richard Barton
Hinsdale Township High School Central
Hinsdale Township High School
Hinsdale Sanitarium and Hospital
LaGrange
Lake Park
Community High School
Lisle Bowl
Lisle Community
Lombard
Naperville Central
North Central College
Naperville
Lyons Township High School
la Grange
Planett’s
Powder Horn
Sacred Heart Academy
Lisle
West Chicago Community High School
YMCA
B.R. Ryall
The
Ferry Road
Commission
Jacobs
George Franks
John Rahe
By Virginia Kudmierz
Bartocci’s
Lake Street
Ingdale
Weeesee
Siashichenheta
Wee
Fk Sports
Ween
Jan Etneseeeen
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