216th Main Widening Study Draws Matteson Crowd
Residents and business owners pack Matteson village hall for a Midwest Consulting Engineers report on 216th and Main street widening. The session covers traffic counts accident data parking and environmental concerns with a July 10 informational meeting planned and FAUS funding possible.
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Madelyn Merwin
Matteson
Matteson Village Hall
Midwest Consulting Engineers, Inc
Hietter
216Th
Frank Denman
Public Works
Lawrence Vollmer
James Walkowski
Roy Jung
Public
Thomas Hietter
Mark Stricker
Competency tests urged for Rich Township high schools
The districts competency committee recommends using tests to set minimum graduation standards. Nine months of meetings with staff students and parents across three campuses produced a plan to administer tests to freshmen and sophomores while ensuring remedial support. A key issue is who administers and follows up the tests.
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Rich Township High Schools
David Barr
Rich High
Board of Education
Rich
Barr
Thomas Beckham
Ciate
Robert Rabenow
Lakewood Manor Subdivision
Rich South
Rich South Detention Basin
Gourmet Priest of the Belgian Chef Political Food Writer
The piece profiles a priest known as Gourmet Priest whose wit matches his tasting notes and salon remarks on American life. It highlights his haute cuisine artistry in kitchens of friends and his strong opinions in the Especially for Women feature.
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Priest-Gourmet
Reaction To Ruling Area Officials Comment On Warrant Ruling
Lawmakers lawyers and police officials react to the Supreme Court ruling that allows police agencies to obtain warrants to search newspaper offices. The discussion centers on implications for press freedom and law enforcement power across the area.
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Supreme Court
Thorn Creek woods hailled as Illinois Nature Preserve
More than a thousand people attended a Sunday ceremony designating a Thorn Creek woods section as an Illinois nature preserve. U S Sen Adlai Stevenson spoke at the event. Story and photos on page 21.
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Thorn Creek Woods
Illinois
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Committee Chairmen Get Second Veto In Village Board Standoff
Village trustees vote 4 to 2 to reject Joseph Feehery proposed committees for a second time under new ordinances effective May 1. Wittenkeller, Stricker, Goldstein, and Dunn back the veto. Matheny and Marks oppose citing objections to the first six committee assignments.
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Matteson
Joseph Feehery
Feehery
Gerald Goldstein
Mark Stricker
Keith Marks
Larry Matheny
Albert Dunn
Dean Wittenkeller
Matheny
Wittenkeller
Marks
Stricker
Goldstein
Dunn and Marks
Dunn
Richton Park Studying Public Safety Addition Financing
Trustees learned at a board work session that the proposed administration addition to the Richton Park public safety building will exceed the earlier ceiling. If built, there are funds to cover immediate costs, but preliminary studies show a higher total and include architectural and site costs, with inflation estimates around 14 to 15 percent. The board plans to use existing funds without raising taxes, aiming to establish a capital projects reserve for future improvements.
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Richton Park
Public Safety
O'Donnell, Wicklund and Pigozzi
Harold Altemus
Frank Farrell
Robert Burns
Public Works
John Minder
Kathryn Peter
Peter
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Gregory Sloan
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