Cornerstone plaque installed in Forest Park hall
The final bronze cornerstone plaque with current council names was installed July 6 in Forest Park Village Hall after a dispute involving Mayor Howard Mohr and council members. The Forest Park Historical Society resolved the disagreement by recommending dual placement with original and new council names.
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Forest Park
Mohr
Historical Society
Frank Orland
The
Des Plaines Ave
Catherine M. Buckley
Fred E. Marunde
Traffic and safety group pushes for action from police
Forest Park Traffic and Safety Commission pressed Police Chief Crane for written replies to past recommendations. Members questioned delays on crosswalk visibility on Madison Street and meter removal, with several measures approved or rejected by Crane amid staffing issues.
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Forest Park Traffic and Safety Commission
Come
Richard Crane
Commission
Lorraine Popelka
Drane
Crane
Hannah Avenue
Roosevelt Road
Police Department
Harrison Street
Lathrop
Triton signs deed for Golfland purchase
Triton College trustees sign Articles of Agreement for Trustees Deed to acquire 14 acres known as Golfland across Fifth Avenue from the River Grove campus for 1.7 million dollars with 10 thousand dollars earnest money and about 600 thousand due upon title and survey completion.
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Triton College Board of Trustees
Fifth Avenue
Triton
River Grove
Ted Leverenz
D-5th
County funds to raze dilapidated Forest Park buildings
Mayor Howard R. Mohr announced at the July 12 village council meeting that Cook County will fund demolition of abandoned and illegal structures in Forest Park. A lien equal to the demolition grant will be placed on the property and recovered upon sale or estate transfer. Contact Edward Masso at 366-2323 to participate.
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Forest Park
Cook County
Earty
Howard R. Mohr
Mohr
Edward Masso
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Cathy Buckley
Fred Marunde
Buckley and
Marunde
Desplaines Ave
Traffic and Safety Group
Sion
Robert Bill
Madison Street
Robert Conklin
Popelka
Pat Hemstreet
Charles Broehl
Edward R. Lambke
Traffic and Safety Commissioners
Des
Circle Avenue
Antonelli
Golfland’ Purchase
Karen Kelly
Triton Board
Gordon Simonsen
Simonsen
Leverenz
James Hannon
Oak Park
Robert Bertucci
Paul Shafer
Shafer
Illinois Community College Board
Springfield
Pat Naples
Miss Triton
Pat Pavini
College
George McGee
Dave Mason
Sadaharu Oh
Keith Swinden
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