Forest Park mall plan eyed by developer Chaddick
Forest Park officials heard Harry Chaddick outline a 41 acre $4.1 million Roosevelt Road site retail complex to rival Oak Park and North Riverside Malls. He proposed three anchor stores including Marshall Field's or Lord and Taylor with a possible five story office component and a K Mart style emphasis to draw shoppers from a wide area.
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Kevin Murphy
Forest Park Village
Harry Chaddick
U.S. Postal Service
Roosevelt Road
DesPlaines Avenue
Plan Commission
Chaddick
First American Realty Co
Draper and Kramer, Inc
Postal Service
Oak Park Village
North Riverside
First
American Realty
Ford City
Chicago
Marshall Field's
Lord and Taylor
Forest Park
Marshall Field
Oak Park
Montgomery Ward
Chi
Cago
K-Mart
Neiman-Marcus
Kmart
Chadwick
Michael LaRue
Madison Street
DuPage County
Cook County
Berwyn
Melrose Park
River Forest
Arthur Jones
Santo Rizzo
Charles Marinier
Five CETA jobs unfilled in Forest Park program
Five of 43 CETA positions in Forest Park remain open as of Monday with mostly para professional posts including a Big Brother coordinator. CETA coordinator Dawn Kasnick expects a deadline and boundary extension to countywide eligibility to help fill posts, especially the coordinator role, which faces a qualified shortage. Maintenance workers and inspectors have mostly begun work sprucing village buildings.
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Forest Park
Dawn Kasnick
Police Department
Park District
Kasnick
Cook County
Oak Park
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Final Proviso high school placement tests for Class of 1982
Elementary students in Proviso township who expect to enter Proviso East or West High School as freshmen in September 1978 and missed prior tests may take a final pair of makeup sessions on Saturday February 11 and Saturday February 18 from 8 a.m. to noon. Students must attend both sessions with pencils and erasers. contact 344 7000 ext. 230 for details.
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Proviso Township
Bribe case in Forest Park faces subpoena delays
Subpoenas for three witnesses in the Forest Park Police and Fire Commission bribe case against officer J. Robert Hanson were delayed by bad weather. Hanson, 27, is charged with bribe, theft by threat and official misconduct, and is free on bond after resigning pre arrest. Hearing set for Feb 21 to consider backpay denial. attorney Albert George Jr. represents the village.
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Forest Park
Hanson
Cook County
State’s Attorney’s
George
Forest Park Department
Crane
Fire and Police Commission
16 hour days in storm clear 114 miles of pavement
Forest Park public works staff worked 16 hour days Thursday through Saturday, plowing 28 miles of streets, 58 miles of sidewalks and 28 miles of alleys amid a blizzard. About 50 cars remained illegally parked, hindering plowing, with a snow route plan discussed but not yet in force.
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Dan Vukelich
Forest Park
Forest Park Public Works Department
Public Works Department
Peter Thiesse
Thiesse
Cathy Buckley
Buckley
Parkers
Blizzard spurs village snow route parking plan
The village traffic and safety commission outlined a Chicago style snow route and towing policy after the blizzard. Key streets Madison Dunlop Des Plaines Harrison Harlem Circle Randolph Harvard LatHrop Roosevelt Brown Des Plaines and Franklin would be cleared first, with two inches of snow triggering towing. Other streets would see limited parking, and a council vote is expected April 1 with public education to precede enforcement. Public Works Director Thiesse noted the plan delays until next year to avoid surprise and to handle 500 towed vehicles.
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Traffic and Safety Commission
City of
Chicago
Public Works Department
Cathy Buckley
Madison
Dunlop
DesPlaines
Harrison
Harlem
Circle
Randolph
Harvard
Lathrop
Roosevelt
Brown
Franklin
Adams
Beloit
Buckley
Peter Thiesse
Public Works
Auto thefts warn in cold weather in Forest Park
Forest Park police warn residents that cold weather does not deter auto thefts, especially when cars are left running to warm up. Over 25 autos have been stolen this year, with a pair of Maywood men linked to at least 20 cases as spotter and thief. They denied others, saying it is too cold to steal cars.
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Forest Park
Maywood
Robbery suspect shot, sought by Chicago police
Robert Hicks, 18, of West Monroe Street Chicago, claimed a robbery on the Congress L line left him wounded in Forest Park. Police say he matched the description of a man who tried to rob Off. Ann Martin near the Sun Times building and fired at him. Hicks was treated at Oak Park Hospital and turned over to Chicago police for arraignment.
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Chicago
Congress
L’’ Line
Forest Park
Robert Hicks
W. Monroe Sr
Oak Park Hospital
Circle Avenue
Congress “L
Michael Thompson
Hicks
Western Avenue
Lake Street
Cicero Avenues
Chicago Police Department
Chicago Sun Times Daily News
Ann Martin
Michigan Ave
Martin
Lower
Michigan Avenue
1300 W. Jackson Blvd
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Forest Park Mall
LaRue
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Real Estate Research Corp
Ada Lahan
Midwest
Dan Sjostrom
Diane Klotz
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