Frankfort Fall Festival draws thousands this weekend
The Frankfort Fall Festival opens this weekend drawing about 100000 visitors. The Frankfort volunteer fire department carnival starts tonight with a $3 admission and all rides for students at 6:30 p.m. Events run through Monday with arts and crafts from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday. The beer tent operates noon to midnight Saturday and Sunday and noon to 10 p.m. Monday, offering music, food and various beverages.
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Frankfort
Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Way Area
Civic
Start of school welcomed by chief in Mokena
Mokena Police Chief Kenneth Gamache expects school start to reduce vandalism seen in summer. He notes more partying and drinking in warm months lead to property damage, including 46 overturned headstones at St. John’s cemetery over the Fourth of July and many damaged car windows and sale signs.
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Camille Root
Mokena
Kenneth Gamache
St. John’s Cemetery
Wod
203Rd Street
Gamache
Village Officials Eye Garage Sales Ban Debate
Frankfort village officials discuss options to curb garage sales after a busy summer with 18 sales in a weekend. They scrutinize signs on village property, two day limits, and annual caps while a push to ban sales entirely fails to gain support. The proposed rule would take effect next year if enacted.
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Camille Root
Frankfort
Bart Breidert
Breidert
Darrell Sanders
Kenneth Biel
Biel
Profile of Mary Roberts PTA President at Frankfort
Mary Roberts, Frankfort PTA president, is described as selective about volunteering for purposeful work rather than all volunteering. The piece appears in Section A on Page 6 with contact numbers for more information.
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Mary Roberts
Frankfort
PTA
Providence
Lincoln Way
Celtics
Knights
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Brett Srebro
Bob Doszak
Lincoln Way High School
Village Hall
Kansas Street
Ed Burke
Larryck
Frankfort-Mokena
Ed Czerwinski
District 5
Entertainment
Eeneeenenee Vovseu
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