Personal touch drives furniture buys and listings trend
Real estate and advice columns reflect a shift toward personalized furniture purchases. Readers seek tailored home styling, with columns offering tips on choosing pieces to fit individual spaces and budgets.
High school hoops surge with major midseason matchups
A roundup of midseason high school basketball clashes delivers scores and side stories across the region. The season intensifies as teams vie for position behind standout players and key wins amid the crowded schedule.
Einstein right about art and science balance
Viewpoints suggest children benefit from less artificial stimulation and more real physics. Announcement teases a Houlihan Page A-8 feature and previews a February TV Close-Up listing package. Main number 755-6161 Circulation 755-3344 Classified 755-3993.
Senior housing complex approved by village board
After months of hearings Matteson trustees approved the Lawrence Manor Senior Citizen Complex a 120 unit three acre development on Southwick Drive near Sam's Club and Wal-Mart The project will use a voluntary good faith leasing preference for Matteson residents but HUD funding requires residency priority concessions were made with Catholic Charities Housing Development Corp The ordinance allows a special residence permit while ensuring compliance with leasing laws and residents of Rich Township are also considered
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Robin Tanko
Matteson Village Board
Lawrence Manor
Matteson
Southwick Drive
Sam’s Club
Wal-Mart
Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Catholic Charities Housing Development Corp
Joseph Perozzi
Dale Graham
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Area leaders clash with GOP tax cap plan
Cook County municipal leaders condemn a proposed tax cap they say could endanger village finances. At a South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association meeting, Midlothian Mayor Murawski urged residents to protest the plan, noting the revenue squeeze and a flawed school funding formula blamed for high taxes.
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Cook County
Will County
South Suburban Mayors and Mangers Association
Midlothian
Tom Murawski
Murawski
89Th General Assembly
Candidates file petitions for April village elections
More municipal candidates join the race for the April 4 election as filing continues through Friday. In Matteson, incumbents Patricia Backus and Dale Graham filed for re election while new entrants Denise Clemons Opheus Jackson Kevin Warmack and B D Dutch Tindall plus Lamar Vanessa Chapman filed in recent days. Richton Park also has four trustee seats up with three four year terms and one two year term.
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Matteson Village Hall
Patricia Backus
Rose Lane
Dale Graham
Kostner
B.D
Clifford E. Blake
Richton Park Village
Matteson adopts incentives policy to lure developers
Matteson officials unanimously approved an economic development financial incentive policy on Tuesday to attract developers. The plan targets areas south of Matteson Commons and near Lincoln Highway, aiming to spur office, hotel, and entertainment projects while sharing 32 percent of corridor revenue with developers and excluding the TIF land.
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Matteson
Ralph Coglianese
Transcontinental Development Inc
Matteson Commons
Vollmer Road
205Th Street
Cicero Avenue
Lincoln Highway
Coglianese
Richton Park volunteer injured in traffic incident
Richton Park volunteer Matthew Coppens lost both legs after being struck by a car while directing traffic outside Rich South High School after a basketball tournament. The village relies on Intergovernmental Risk Management Association coverage with a volunteer endorsement. other towns join regional policy groups for insurance decisions.
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Richton Park
Matthew Coppens
Emergency Services Disaster Agency
Rich South High School
David Niemeyer
Intergovernmental Risk Management Association
South Suburban
Paneer and Mayors Association
Niemeyer
Municipalities unite against proposed 630 area code
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association officials filed an objection to the supplemental suburban area code with the Interstate Commerce Commission. The group urged Ameritech to revise the plan, arguing a 630 code would force residents to remember ten numbers and complicate emergency and business calls.
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South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
SSMMA
Ameritech
Posal
Beth Royle
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