Thorn Creek area grapples with youth trouble and policing plan
Cleanup work continues in the village as August graffiti at Court H-10 on Lester Road triggers police notes. Residents debate eviction and parental responsibility while Thorn Creek tenants form a patrol and partner with the police to curb loitering and mischief.
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Lester Road
Thorn Creek
Rayford
Maeyama
Park Forest
Police Department
Industry inland projects face delays in Richton Park
Testing Services will provide geotechnical analysis for proposed roadways and ponds as CAVE conducts an archaeological survey. The Rothman property shows better prospects than the nearby 140-acre industrial park where a TIF district was created in 1987. NI Gas ownership blocks progress. land price and consolidation hinder development.
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Cave Group
CAVE
Rothman
Central Avenue
Sauk Trail
Bohlman
Niemeyer
Northern Illinois Gas
Richton Park
Tax Anticipation Bonds Debated Amid Brief Drought in Tax Revenue
Alsip trustees discuss issuing tax anticipation bonds to cover lease payments for village equipment amid delayed tax revenue. Officials in Richton Park Glenwood Calumet City and local school districts anticipate shortfalls but rely on reserves or planned borrowing. Most expect bills arriving in September or October with penalties 30 days after receipt.
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Alsip
Jerome Marzec
Marzec
Richton Park
Dave Niemeyer
Glenwood
Douglas Handley
Thornton Fractional High
Handley
Education
Ed Chartran
Country Club Hills
Chartran
District 160
Chartraw
Leach
Cook County Assessor
Illinois Department of Revenue
Cook County
Multiple School Board Seats Open in Park Forest District 163
Filing activity shows one incumbent and three newcomers vie for four-year terms on Park Forest Chicago Heights School District 163 Board of Education, with two-year terms also available. Names include Virginia Ford and Wayne Mann among others, plus a separate Beecher and Rich Township slate noting incumbents seeking re election.
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Arcadia Drive
Olympia Fields
Brenda Robinson
Ron Bean
Roger Brown
Kent Westley
Giesler
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Board of Education
Virginia Ford
Warwick
Wayne Mann
Gold St
Donald Bunna
Wilson
Stephen Campbell
Minocqua
Lindsay Gladstone
Marquette
Ford
Susan Rogge
Donald Passmore
Carroll McFarland
Rich Township
Julian Freund
Winnebago
W.A. Brunson
Judith Lohr
Sangamon
Crete-Monee
Donna Swanstrom
S. Creekside Court
Crete
Swanstrom
Rose Simpson
John Ritchie
Terry Boles
Beecher
Edward Kleine
P.O. Box
Noel Biery
Tawny Sippel
Orchard Lane
Trail Spokes discuss eastern trail extension into Indiana
Trail Spokes met with local communities to discuss extending the trail east into Indiana but no concrete plans for an eastern extension through Park Forest and Chicago Heights have been finalized. Several villages pursue an CMAP grant for a southern route from the Old Plank Road Trail.
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Indiana
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Steger
Crete
South Chicago Heights
Crete Park District
Lane Avenue
Wolf Road
Miotti
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United Way
C.C.C
Thermidor
Holland
Louis Avenue
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