Village survey eyed for online services and water choice
The village considers an online system for building permits and recreation signups while gauging resident views on funding a $3 million community center, Lake Michigan water, and service satisfaction. Finance reports a higher 1996-97 general fund target and a planned $19,626 Ford F-250 for the Water Department.
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Water Department
Niemeyer
Lake Michigan
Hammond
Mike Conley
Inner Air Trail
Village Hall
Village budget shows strong finances with conservative spending
The village reports healthy finances with a $13.2 million budget. Wages taxes and benefits total $7.1 million, plus capital improvements of $1.4 million and debt service of $1.3 million. Revenue streams include sales tax of $4.8 million and property tax of $2.1 million, plus grants, fees, and fund carryovers.
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Rice
Township budget shows 146 percent rise in transit costs
Town transportation funding jumps from 18,304 to 44,991 reflecting an 8 percent salary rise and added driver and vehicle costs. The Road District budget grows 13.3 percent to 268,000 with 60,000 slated for resurfacing. New trustee Bobbie King joins board as next year's meeting is set for April 8.
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Ellis Flaws
Illinois Municipal Retirement
Sean
Conlon
Cook County
Richton Park
Park Forest
Country Club Hills
Bobbie King
King
James Morley
Morley
Leonard Johnson
Star and Daily Southtown partner in regional newspaper strategy
Star areas and the Daily Southtown coordinate under Hollinger International to meet strategic goals. Both papers preserve distinct community and regional roles while sharing joint advertising, news collaboration, and distribution. Pioneer Press and Chicago Sun-Times are also in Hollinger's Chicago group.
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The
Star
Daily Southtown
Hollinger International
Hollinger
Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
Pioneer Press
Gately's Brementowne Mall anchor history and parking fee notes
The notice outlines sticker 30 day grace period for base fee, then monthly increases. Citations of 25 dollars may be issued for failure to display a vehicle sticker. Police Chief Larry Burnson cites over 400 citations to date. The article also recounts Gately's Beginnings and closures in 1975 and 1994, and the Star's origin in Chicago Heights 95 years ago with moves to Otto Boulevard and its growth to 20 publications.
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Larry Burnson
Gately’s
Brementowne
Chicago
Roseland
Gately’s Peoples
John Gately
Tinley Park
The
Star
Chicago Heights
Otto Boulevard
Ilinois Street
Otto Blvd
Write-in candidates sue state clerks over election outcome
Two Peotone residents and write-in candidates, Richard Carroll and Judith Shepherd, filed suit against the Illinois State Board of Elections and three county clerks claiming 22 violations in the March 19 primary. Carroll received 161 votes and Shepherd 127, yet officials say they failed to meet write-in thresholds. The plaintiffs allege conspiratorial actions by Will, Kankakee, and Iroquois county clerks and the state board to deny their rights, partly due to opposition to a proposed Peotone airport. The case proceeds to a jury trial, with hearings in Will County Court.
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Peotone
Illinois State Board of Elections
Richard Carroll
Illinois
Judith Shepherd
Carroll
Shepherd
Dan White
Will
Jan Gould
Paign
Gould
Joliet
Will County
Richton Park to Break Ground on Sinter Metals Plant
Richton Park schedules a 4:30 p.m. groundbreaking Friday for Sinter Metals Inc in Richton Park. The 60,000 square foot facility near I-57 Sauk Trail will employ about 140 within 24 months and open by late summer or fall 1996. The 10 acre site sits SW of the freeway interchange and marks the first project in the new Richton Industrial Park, aided by tax increment financing. Bohlman family land, flood issues, and annexed 113 acres frame the development plus talks with Districts 159, 227 and the library. Officials from Sinter Metals and village leaders will attend along with state and county representatives. The project could yield up to 28 million in TIF revenues over its life.
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Niemeyer
Richton Park
Sinter Metals Inc
Chicago
Interstate 57
Sauk Trail
Rudolph Banovich
Sinter Metals
Cleveland
Aldo DeAngelis
Bill Maher
Larry Weinlund
Cook County
Bud Fleming
Richton
Bohlman
TIF
Nevins
Richton Park Library Closed For Renovation
The Richton Park Public Library will close today and Friday for renovation to move collections into storage for two to three months. Staff shrink the space for construction on the back third. adult non fiction and seating will be unavailable during the closure.
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Richton Park
Patrick Nevins
Nevins
Jury Continued in Murder Case of Shahon Mighty
A jury panel in the 159 Central Ave. case continues over the murder of Shahon Mighty. The defendant, 26, has faced $1 million bond for three and a half years at Cook County Jail. The baby’s mother Yvonne Mighty, 17 at the time, faces first degree murder charges with no trial date set. pretrial motions are May 3 in Markham. DCFS had returned the child to the family with guardianship by the grandmother after two skull fractures prompted removal. The infant spent nearly a month at Christ Hospital before dying of alleged systemic abuse. A defense witness includes a nurse flown from Africa. proceedings precede Abrams and prosecutors.
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Central Ave
Shahon Mighty
Driver
Cook County
Yvonne Mighty
Markham
Mighty
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
DCFS
Christ Hospital
Oak Lawn
Africa
Abrams
Attorneys say APC News Service contributed to tale of remote village nurse contact
Report notes that contact was made with a nurse in a distant African village through short wave radio. Attorneys claim APC News Service aided in gathering or disseminating the story.
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APC News Service
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Cicero Avenue
218Th Street
Lincoln Highway
Public Works
Memorial Park
205Th Street
Spice
Flaws
By Chrissy Moch
Ers
Savi
PN al
Eagle Cleaners
Main Street
Matteson
Washington Park Cleaners
McDonalds
Master James
Memphis Flames
Lakewood Plaza
Triumph Cleaning Co, Inc
Apt & Condo
Ntal
le Ae
W. Lincoln
the Star Park Forest
Star Publications
P.O. Box
Norman A. Rosinski
James S. Meidell
Lester G. Sons
Edito
Rian Publishing Co
Audit Bureau of Circulations
U.S
U.S.P.S
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