Homegrown Roots Link Artists to South Suburbs
A music scene in the south suburbs counts numerous artists with deep personal and professional ties to the area, highlighting the region as a fertile ground for local talent and industry growth.
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Newspaper
Matteson Star
Location
Matteson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1995
Page
1
Relax and Save on Valentine’s Day Gifts
The It Pays column offers frugal suggestions for gifts to give a loved one on Valentine’s Day. It explores stress relief ideas and notes that relaxations and thoughtful budgeting can ease planning. The piece invites readers to explore budget friendly options.
Editorial on Illinois gaming board boat violations at dockside
Critics urge focus on larger issues as officials accuse boats of breaking law by staying dockside. The piece questions priorities and calls for accountability within state gaming oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois Gaming Board
Our Numbers Main Number and Circulation Lines
Classified ads section shows contact numbers 755-6161 for main, 755-3344 for circulation, and 755-3993 for classifieds, indicating a municipal or regional newspaper's ad desk channels.
Unprecedented objections rise in Matteson trustee race
Eight petitions face formal objections from Matteson Trustee candidate Lamar Chapman and resident Harry Freudenheim amid a record challenge to nine candidates. Village President Mark Stricker and Village Clerk Donna Brumfield describe the event as historically rare as reviews and hearings begin to determine validity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matteson
Mark Stricker
Donna Brumfield
Lamar Chapman
B.D
Dutch” Tindall
Dale Graham
Denise Clemons
Starr Mercer-Horne
Patricia Backus
Kevin Warmack
Chapman
Stricker
Housing Authority to kick off Section 8 counseling program
The Cook County Housing Authority selects Housing Choice Partners to run a two year pilot counseling program starting April 1 to rebalance Section 8 recipients. It will inform 250 voucher holders about opportunities in north and west suburbs and assist transitions from South Suburbs concentration. The effort aims to reduce South Suburbs overrepresentation and match housing with areas of job growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Housing Authority
Chicago
Housing Choice Partners
Cook County Housing Authority
South Suburbs
Joe Martin
The
Housing Coalition of
Cook County
Martin
Richton Park weighs new computer system for efficiency
Richton Park officials debated a plan to modernize administration with a laptop for code enforcement on site to enter violations into a database, print tickets, and publish notices. A full page scanner would update codified ordinances and develop maps, aided by a $800 device and a $23,300 computer fund, targeting the vehicle sticker program for on demand card printing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richton Park
Board of Trustees
Joe Commerford
Commerford
Chris Limas
Limas
U.S. Census Bureau
Rudolph Banovich
Timothy P. Hammonds
Teenager charged in ten Richton Park burglaries
Richton Park police charged 17 year old Ronnie Archie of 4451 Poplar with ten counts of burglary linked to a string of residential break ins dating back to November 1994. He was arrested around 10 20 a m walking near his Richton Hills home with screwdrivers and a police scanner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richton Park
Ronnie Archie
Archie
Cmdr
James van Schepen
Richton Hills
van Schepen
Groundhog Day lore stretches back to Candlemas origins
Midwest awaits news from Sun Prairie as Marybeth Beechen explains the weather superstition. The piece traces Candlemas Day, February 2, to its medieval roots and how the groundhog’s shadow forecast became a folk tradition, with a Scottish couplet signaling two winters that year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol
Jesus
Mary
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mavis
Renee Nee E
Ewe Nenel
Harry Freudenheim
Renee Freudenheim
Vanessa Chapman
Lamar
Cicero Avenue
Phil Faso
Bill Zales
Mokena
South Suburban Special Recreation Association
Mary Paleologo
Richton
Midwest
Sun Prairie
By Marybeth Beechen
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