Richton Square Road parking lane to stay
Richton Park village board plans a revised Richton Square Road expansion including a parking lane. IDOT approval sought to add one extra lane from Lee Avenue to Steger Road, with residents backing the parking lane. The plan adds two left turn lanes and a straight right lane, with sidewalks and lights, at an estimated village share of 20 percent for a total project cost near 940000 dollars.
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Richton Park
Richton Square Road
Illinois Department of Transportation
Lee Avenue
Steger Road
IDOT
Regan Stockstell
Sauk Trail
Barton-Aschman Associates, Inc
Stockstell
South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association
See Lane
Memory Lane remembers Park Forests past on 50th anniversary
Park Forest residents marked the village 50th anniversary with Memory Lane a brick sidewalk near Village Hall. Engraved bricks cost 25 and 1 200 bricks are available with 847 ordered and 681 installed for the ceremony. Jurist Henry X Dietch bought multiple bricks for living relatives and departed family members.
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Park Forest
Memory Lane
Henry X. Dietch
Jerry Shnay
Chicago River reversal drives lake water controls and lawsuits
Water policy in the Chicago area grew from the river reversal that halted Lake Michigan inflow. Lawsuits followed, creating a system of usage controls and strict lawn and water conservation rules enforced by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The effort strains supplies as growing suburbs seek more lake water while reducing withdrawals.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Chicago Area
Illinois Department of Natural Resources
New Lenox
Homer Township
Great Lakes
Dan Injerd
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Inferd
Indiana
Illinois
U.S. Supreme Court
Michigan
James W. Jardine Water Purification Plant
Rawal Bhanu
Golden weekend hailed as finest in village history
More than 10 000 residents participated in Park Forests five anniversary celebration over the Fourth of July weekend officials said. Ron McLeod coordinator of the Memory Lane brick path called the three day event the finest affair the village has ever had. A major highlight was Sundays Inter faith Service with 15 ministers from local congregations describing it as meaningful and wonderful reflecting the communitys spirit of diversity and tolerance.
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Park Forest
Ron McLeod
Memory Lane
Golden
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