Richton Park to adopt digital fingerprinting system CABS
The village will join the Cook County Sheriffs Automated Booking Consortium funded by a 10 million dollar federal program. The CABS LiveScan setup includes a 10 print LiveScan unit, digital mug shots, a high speed network, and Oracle software, with operation planned by July. Limas named acting village manager as Niemeyer departs for Homewood, April 4.
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Richton Park
Cook County Sheriffs Automated Booking Consortium
NEC
Oracle
Cook County
Illinois State Police
Chicago
Cook County Department of Corrections
Joliet
Springfield
VanSchepen
Ventichenen
Chris Limas
Limas
David Niemeyer
Homewood
Niemeyer
Greenfield residential project advances with conditions
West Highland Homes seeks final engineering, landscape, and park approvals along with a letter of credit for public improvements. Greenfield, located south of Lakewood, will add 231 single family detached units and 94 attached homes, with brick facades and a boulevard entrance off Steger Road.
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Limas
West Highland Homes
Greenfield
Lakewood
Cicero
Steger Road
Hryn
Thornwood Village Amends Hunting Ordinance Limits Bow and Other Weapons
Thornwood Village revises its hunting rules after residents fear bow and crossbow danger near Thornwood House. The amendment sets a 400 foot buffer from parks and occupied structures and allows municipalities to limit non gun weapons where safety concerns exist. Illinois protections influence enforceability.
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Thornwood House
Grubermann
Illinois
Mall plans for second auto mall move to vote next month
The village Planning Commission reviews plans for a second used car dealership to join an auto mall competing with CarMax in Tinley Park. Plans by James Miller Chevrolet Gee face landscaping signage zoning and parking scrutiny before approval.
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CarMax
Tinley Park
James Miller Chevrolet-Gee
Judy Haldane
Planning Commission
Graham
Lawsuk continues battle over eight town houses proposal
Lawsuk reports that Hemisphere's density plan was rejected as too dense. Schwartz sued after denying the village's advice to reduce from eight to six units, arguing six would harm economic viability. Marevich emphasizes zoning as key local government function and warns against abandoning deference to local codes to allow cheaper development.
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Hemisphere
Schwartz
Marevich
Huth Middle School science fair honors students across districts
Sixteen students at Matteson Elementary District 162’s Huth Middle School earned outstanding awards for original science projects. The roster includes Kyle Darmofalski, Kristin Little, Jessica Quintanilla, Meagan Rochelle, and others with topics from lighting circuits to water filtration and plant growth. First, second, and third place winners were named, highlighting a wide range of experiments from mold growth on hot dogs to the effects of different liquids on plant life.
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Matteson
Huth Middle School
Kyle Darmofalski
Kristin Little
Jessica Quintanilla
Amber Moyer
Katherine Hurd
Jacob Muehlbauer
Kristin Barry
Kevin Shaughnesssy
Lawrence Smith
Ashley Kerestes
Tyler Coburn
Beth Yates
Loren Tanksley
Brendan Youngblood
Danielle Harnack
Adwoa Darkwa
Megan Blondin
Amy Esslinger
Chris Reynolds
Rian Tyler
Alicia Wiley
Michael Demchuk
Elizabeth Payne
Sauk students present on Rotary international project
Sauk School third graders Sarah Kimes and Salita Brown spoke at a Matteson Rotary meeting about a cross world connection project. They showed banners from European, African, Asian and Australian groups and described letter writing and community activities. They await responses and Rotary member emails for future correspondence.
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Matteson
Sauk
Matteson Rotary
Rotary
Africa
Asia
Australia
International Rotary Groups
Sarah Kimes
Salita Brown
Matteson Rotary Club
Salita
Sarah
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U.S.P.S
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Chicago Heights
Phen Cristian School
Beka
Commercial Ave
Huth
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Kathryn Sharp
Mark Beemsterboer
Lisa Disney
Owen
Elizabeth Giesler
Mitha Rao
Chloe Slench
Lauren Slone
Adam Peters
Kathryn Reicel
Rotary Club
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Express Tax Service Company
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