Supreme court upholds home rule in landfill zoning clash
Illinois Supreme Court ruled the EPA cannot override local zoning for the Sexton landfill near Richton Park and Matteson, affirming Cook County and Richton Park authority. The decision rejects EPA control over zoning and notes no public hearings were held before permits.
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Illinois Supreme Court
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Matteson
John Sexton
Circuit Court
Raymond Berg
PCB
Supreme Court
Appellate Court
Illinois Attorney General
Orland Park
Paris
Matteson trustees sweep election boosts village board majority
Goldstein Ohlerking and Hoppenworth win seats with 648 710 and 588 votes respectively as Matheny Linton and O'Brien lose. Clerk Lois Butler top vote getter with 1059 while library board incumbents Suchomel Hardman Schultz win re election. turnout about 29 percent.
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Larry Matheny
Max Linton
William O’brien
Gerald Goldstein
Charlotte Hoppenworth
Arthur Ohlerking
Goldstein
Board of Trustees
Joseph T. Feehery
Applewood Manor
Plan Commission
Matheny
Linton
O’brien
Ohlerking
Hoppenworth
Mark Stricker
Dean Wittenkeller
Keith Marks
Matheny-Linton-O’brien
Lois Butler
American Legion Hall
Sieden Prairie School
Richton Park selects Van Baber to join board in tight race
In Richton Park voters returned incumbents Frank Amerino and Rudolph Banovich to the village board and chose newcomer William Van Baber over Allen Arcand by 18 votes. Turnout was about 20 percent with Lakewood and Lioncrest subdivions yielding heaviest participation. Arcand may seek a recount if canvass margins change. Final totals: Amerino 461, Banovich 454, Van Baker 329, Arcand 311, Radtke 249.
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Richton Park
Frank Annerino
Rudolph Banovich
William van Baber
van Baber
Allen Arcand
Arcand
van Baker
Patricia DeBoer
Lakewood
Fred Radtke
Lioncrest
Amerino
Banovich
Radtke
DeBoer
Election results roll in from area polls Tuesday
The Star reports results from area municipal elections held Tuesday in the first section. The outcome of Saturday's school board balloting appears on page 19, with local races tallied and voters' choices noted.
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Children’s hidden gifts workshop attendees urged to nurture talent
A child psychology specialist told area educators that all children are gifted and identifying talent early helps teachers guide development. The workshop emphasized recognizing individual strengths and supporting growth as a core teaching responsibility. see page 5 for the full piece.
District 162 elects Luke Helm to one year board seat
Luke Helm a Park Forest resident, 39, won a one year term on District 162 board with 749 votes, defeating Matteson resident William J. Paterson who had 429. Incumbents Patras, Housinger and Coggeshall kept seats. Matteson and Richton Park again lacked representation. Patras was re elected president. meetings set for the first and third Tuesdays.
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Matteson
Board of Education
Luke Helm
Park Forest
District 162
William J. Paterson
Robert Bates
Louis Patras
Jan Housinger
Peter Coggeshall
Oakwood
Richton Square
Donald DeCarlucci
John Washington
Patras
Housinger
Coggeshall
DeCarlucci
Washington
Richton Park
Sandra Gerow
Village board approves pay raise and multiple measures
Matteson trustees increase salaries to sixty dollars per meeting with unanimous vote except abstention by Larry Matheny. The Linden wood lift station contract goes to Century Road Builders for seventy three thousand five hundred thirty dollars plus four thousand five hundred. An ordinance limits parking in handicapped spaces and authorizes paying bills totaling one hundred twenty nine thousand eight hundred nineteen dollars and thirty three cents.
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Matteson Village Board
Lindenwood
Larry Matheny
Oakwood
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