Forest Trail celebrates 10th anniversary after merger
Ten years after Westwood and Blackhawk junior highs merged to form Forest Trail Junior High School enrollment rose from 300 to 765 with sixth graders added. Teachers and staff say the climate is positive, integration seamless, and former separate schools now function as one.
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Park Forest
Westwood
Blackhawk
Forest Trail
Richard Wroughton
Wroughton
Centre tax talks hinge on abatements for 5.2 million loan
Centre developer Cordish and Centre officials clash over abatements as the village must decide by mid month. Officials expected up to 500000 in tax relief to pay a 5.2 million loan used for Centre improvements in a TIF district. Treasurer Erica Buncis notes payments of 496000 annually through 2006 depend on Centre revenue.
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Cordish
Erica Buncis
Buncis
Bocce's Bar Burglary Strikes Matteson Establishment
Police report a Thursday morning break-in at Bocce's Bar and Grill in Matteson. A back door and an office door were pried open and electronic game machines damaged. Loot is estimated between 1,000 and 1,500 dollars, with the burglary dated between 2 a.m. and 8 a.m.
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Bocce’s
Matteson
Rock-throwing led to plea withdrawal consideration in DeLorenzo case
The defense may seek to withdraw a guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter, arson, and theft after a rock fatality on I-57. Prosecutors plan to press sentencing on December 15, while noting withdrawal would apply to all charges. Co-defendants DeRouin and Taylor face murder or related trial plans in the Layfield case.
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DeRouin
Matthew Taylor
Steger
Layfield
Stuenkel Road
Will County
Illinois
Orenic
Frankfort Square Park District Adds Mixed Dues Plan
Randall said the Frankfort Square Park District serves residents from Lincoln Estates Arbury Hills Prestwick Mokena and Frankfort with 25 percent higher fees for non residents. The district partners with Summit Hills School District, mowing fields and tot lots in exchange for use of school facilities.
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Lincoln Estates
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Prestwick
Mokena
Frankfort
Randall
Frankfort Square
Summit Hills
SSAC and Hazel Crest clash over affirmative marketing plan
SSAC sought access to HUD owned properties to buy before auction while Hazel Crest opposed affirmative marketing as a tool to promote integration. Village officials later touted open, diverse community goals and broad market outreach. Leaders from Riverdale and Chicago area housing groups weighed in on integration, race, and marketing practices amid ongoing legal scrutiny and court decisions.
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Hazel Crest Housing Authority
U.S. Housing and Urban Development Department
Housing Authority
Hazel Crest
HCHA
Martin Kauchak
WIND
WGN
Len Dubi
St. Anne’s
Riverdale
Doug Hamilton
Riverdale Housing Authority
Chicago
Peter Flemister
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Harry Leinenweber
Greater South Suburban Board of Realtors
South Suburban Housing Center
Park Forest Village Board
Gloria Barnett
Housing Center
Prestwick Seeks Annexation Talks With Frankfort
Rossi notes a 40 percent rise in Prestwick and urges the board to negotiate with Frankfort on 14 conditions before submitting an annexation petition. He argues annexation would solidify Prestwick’s eastern border and yield Frankfort $258,000 yearly. A petition drive has begun with about 200 signatures. 51 percent of voters and landowners must sign for success, needing 451 voters and 226 landowners.
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Rossi
Prestwick
Frankfort
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