Will County Board denies Sinkin' Sails rezoning bid
The Will County board rejected a 6.38 acre Lincoln Estates request to rezone from R-2 to C-6 for a proposed Sinkin' Sails Recreation complex amid opposition from the Frankfort Square Homeowners Association. The vote was 25-2 with concerns over traffic and potential future uses. In a separate action, the board approved a 5.33 acre rezoning on 88th Avenue from A-1 to A-2 for Steve and Mary Wright to build a private single family home, with the mobile home to be removed.
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Lincoln Estates
Frankfort Square
County Board
Lyman Tieman
No On
Tiernan
FHSA
Ted Basowski
Frankfort
Steve and
Mary Wright
88Th Avenue
St. Francis Road
Wrights
Health department hypertension clinic set for Monday
Will county health department sponsors a free blood pressure screening from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, aligning with National High Blood Pressure Month. Since 1973, staff have run screenings, totaling 3,650 residents in eight years with 354 referred to private physicians. last year 292 screened, 13 referred. For more details, contact 815-727-8500.
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Will County Health Department
Will County
Joliet
Health Department
Public Health Nursing Division
Frankfort Resident Joins National Blind Board
Frankfort resident Jack McLaughlin was elected to the Prairie State chapter national board of the National Federation of the Blind of Illinois. The chapter aims to show blind people can function in society with training and opportunity, reducing blindness to a mere physical nuisance.
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Frankfort
Jack McLaughlin
National Federation of the Blind of
Four of five area congressmen back repeal of withholding law
Four of five south suburban congressmen voted to repeal the withholding tax on interest and dividend income, aligning with a House majority of 382 to 41. Reps. Gus Savage Martin Russo George O'Brien and Edward Madigan backed repeal, while Rep. John Erlenborn kept the original provisions. The bill returns to the Senate which had delayed withholding for four years.
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Franklin Shaftan
House
U.S
John Erlenborn
R-13th
Gus Savage
Martin Russo
George O’brien
Edward Madigan
Ate
O’brien
Russo
Erlenborn
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Star Publications
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National Board
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Carsons Lincoln Mall
Carsons L
Lincoln Mall
U.S. 30
Matteson
LA Grange
At&t
Hutton
American Telephone & Telegraph
E.E Hutton
Vollmer
Flossmoor Commons
E.F Hutton
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