River Forest votes for federal rehab grant amid zoning concerns
River Forest officials backed a $500 000 federal community development grant for housing repairs with neighboring suburbs Forest Park Melrose Park Broadview and Bellwood. Each town would receive 35000 if five towns participate. project overseen by Real Estate Research Corp with a not for profit group to hire architects and engineers.
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River Forest
Forest Park
Melrose Park
Broadview
Bellwood
Real Estate Research Corp
First National Bank
Ken Folgers
Hubbert Erickson
Felix
Erickson
Cook County
District 200 outlines teacher seniority protections
District 200 adopts seniority based dismissal guidelines to protect long serving teachers during staff reductions. The plan prioritizes attrition first, then non tenured staff, with tenured teachers spared by department changes if possible, and lowest seniority dismissed only as a last resort. The veto of a state seniority clause contrasts with local protections praised by OPTA and IEA leaders.
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District 200
Board of Education
Daniel Walker
State Board of Education
Illinois Education Association
IEA
Oak Park Teacher Organization
OPTA
Walker
District 97
District 200 Board of Education
Philip O'Hara
O'Hara
Jerry McEnany
Ridgeland Lab Dropped From Illinois Medicaid Program
An Oak Park area laboratory, Ridgeland Medical Laboratory at 101 Madison St., was terminated from Illinois Medicaid after audits found inadequate medical records, excess payments to physicians, and tests beyond orders. The lab appealed. a hearing upheld the termination announced by James Trainor.
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Oak Park Medical Laboratory
Ridgeland Medical Laboratory
Madison St
Illinois Department of Public Aid
Ridgeland Lab
Catherine Dunn
State Public Aid Department
Dunn
Oak Park Laboratories
Ms. Dunn
Public Aid Department
Lab
T Trainor
Decisio
Trainor
U.S. States Attorney’s Office For
Ridgeland Firm
Ridgeland Laboratory
Chicago
James Trainor
Illinois Public Ad
Robbers Force Entry In Oak Park Apartment Heist
Four suspects two men and two women entered Kenneth Verganen's North Austin Avenue apartment last Thursday and stole about $110 cash an automatic shotgun a .32 caliber blue steel revolver and assorted jewelry. The group fled prior to police arrival and are being sought by authorities.
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Oak Park
Kenneth Verganen
Austin Avenue
Burglars Take Clothes Jewelry From Oak Park Motor Home
Oak Park police report burglars forced the Sightseer 11 motor home on Lake Street early Monday using a jimmy tool and stole a color television set a stereo tape player and about 400 dollars in clothing and costumes from the home parked vehicle total value over 700 dollars.
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Lake Street
Oak Park
Jewel Food Store Robbed at Gunpoint on North Ave
A gunman robbed Jewel Food Store at 6209 W North Ave last Tuesday at 9 30 p m taking more than 700 dollars after entering with one gun in hand and another tucked in his belt before fleeing.
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Jewel Food
W. North Ave
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Uncle Sam
Jean Felix
John Campbell
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Jimmy
Jewel
Rey
Carlsons
Eit
Carlson
Worthingtons
Casorrorre
Kali
Tinsider
S. Oak Park Avenue
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