Auction Bids Open as Dream Homes at Risk of Sale
Buyers urged to submit bids and await results as auctions become a legitimate path to home ownership. Spring showing season resumes, spotlighting houses and condos for bidders this year.
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1995
Page
1
Buyers urged to submit bids and await results as auctions become a legitimate path to home ownership. Spring showing season resumes, spotlighting houses and condos for bidders this year.
Teens today chase the rite of passage of earning a real driver's license. The nostalgia of first behind the wheel echoes through generations as youths navigate learning, tests, and independence.
This edition offers practical advice for fixing up the homestead with a note about next Sunday's feature. It highlights a May edition of TV Close-Up and provides main and department phone numbers for circulation and classifieds.
The Matteson village trustees plan a summer feasibility study on a new village hall including estimated costs. Fire Chief Robert Wilcox and nine Building Department employees moved to a 1400 square foot space in the Community Center, while about 20 staff remain at the old hall. The timeline remains unclear though officials acknowledge the facility's need for replacement.
Matteson officials approved a 200 acre subdivision at Vollmer Road to Cicero Avenue, creating 10 lots with access roads. The village must re plate before projects, as tax increment financing is pursued. Three lots are owned by the village including police land and a future village hall site.
Matteson planning officials discuss using zoning to limit gun shop sites and adult entertainment venues after an inquiry. The Plan Commission weighs area restrictions and minimum distances from day cares, schools, and churches while noting First Amendment protections and ruling out total bans. They will study other communities' ordinances at the next meeting.
Matteson Village Board will grant a segment of Locust Street to Huth Upper Grade Center as District 162 seeks liability for the parking lot area. The ordinance to vacate the street, with utility compensation, was directed to Village Attorney Joseph Perozzi. District 162 plans to convert a garage to a classroom but funding delays halted action.
The Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education will relocate three-year leases for two new spaces and search for three more locations. It seeks a new building for eight EDBD students from Marya Yates School in Matteson District 159. Project Challenge will move to Continental Plaza in Orland Park and expand vocational training for about 20 Bremen and Consolidated High School District students.
U S Representative Jerry Weller backed a proposal for a third regional airport to serve the south suburban region. He argued a regional authority would keep local control and protect the rural character while boosting jobs, noting potential capacity limits at O’Hare and Midway and the need to prevent loss of business to Chicago.
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