Dolton mayor vows fight to open private fishing club site
Dolton Mayor William Shaw said he will continue to pursue public access to the Piscateers private fishing club lake after the Illinois Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Courts had ruled Piscateers Inc. owns the 35 acre lake at 142nd Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, sold in 1994 for 160000 to cover a budget shortfall.
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Illinois Supreme Court
Dolton
William Shaw
Shaw
Piscateers Inc
142Nd Street
Cottage Grove Avenue
Piscateers Club
Harvey to rename street for MLK with King III visit
Harvey officials may dedicate a street to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. next year if a street is chosen. King III would attend the dedication in Harvey, possibly January 15, his father's birthday, after meeting Alderman Donald Whitted.
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Harvey
Martin Luther King Jr
Donald Whitted
Martin Luther King III
King
Whitted
154Th Street
Western
Park Avenues
South Holland Reaches Train Noise Reduction Pact
South Holland officials and Canadian National Railway signed a letter of understanding to cut noise and emissions behind Thornwood High School. CNR will install a Kaiser electric air compressor to keep brakes ready during long stops and separate engines from cars, relocating them away from homes. The project costs about $30,000 for CNR and the village will cover power, liability, and trespass claims.
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South Holland
Canadian National Railroad
Thornwood High School
CNR
170Th Street
Parkside Avenue
Kaiser
Rich Zimmerman
Palos Heights votes to buy church site for mosque access
More than 200 residents backed 1751 signatures at a Palos Heights council meeting urging the city to purchase the Reformed Church property for 2.1 million to house a gym and recreation center for a mosque project. The 7-1 vote approved negotiations with Al Salam Mosque Foundation and the Reformed Church.
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Palos Heights
Chicago
al Salam Mosque Foundation
Reformed Church of
Recreation Department
Reformed Church
Manhattan Village Receives First Enron Power Plant Payment
The village of Manhattan received an $80,000 annual payment from Enron Corp for the new power plant on the south side. The amount will grow 3 percent annually per the annexation agreement. Village Administrator Matthew Zimmerman announced the June 1 check at the Board of Trustees meeting and recommended reserving the funds for street improvements, with trustees to decide during next week’s budgeting.
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Manhattan
Enron Corp
Matthew Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Board of Trustees
New Lenox Adopts Plan for I-80 I-355 Cedar Road Area
The New Lenox Plan Commission, in a standing room only meeting, approved making the sub-area development plan an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan and endorsed annexation of 180 acres for residential and commercial use in the I-80 and Cedar Road corridor. The interchange plan envisions 3000 acres total with 1000 acres residential, 1000 acres light industrial, 230 acres commercial retail, 130 acres offices, and 400+ acres of open space, plus market studies guiding the development.
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Lenox Plan Commission
Cedar Road
Frankfort okays IDOT landscaping along U.S. 30 45
The Frankfort trustees approve a unique agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to plant more than 4,000 trees and shrubs along U.S. Routes 45 and 30. IDOT will plant 1,136 trees and 3,195 shrubs and maintain for two years, after which maintenance could revert to the village. Ken Antonson of IDOT expects Frankfort to maintain long term, though IDOT may reclaim.
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Frankfort
Illinois Department of Transportation
U.S
Jim Holland
IDOT
Holland
Ken Antonson
Antonson
Kidnap victim Ward dies after long illness
James Ward, founder of the Chicago Heights brewery and a colorful figure in the citys past, died at his home after a long illness. He was 49 and had never fully recovered from being kidnapped over two years ago. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St Agnes Church, with burial in Mt Olivet Joliet. Ward, native of Ireland, rose to prominence in Chicago Heights and rebuilt his brewery after beer prohibition repeal.
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James Ward
Chicago Heights
Fourteenth Street
Campbell Avenue
St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church
Mt. Olivet
Joliet
Ward
Chicago
Ireland
James Hackett
Blue Island
Chicago Heights Brewery
Committee to seek cures for downtown parking jams
A downtown merchants meeting in city hall formed a special citizens committee to solve traffic congestion. Seven businessmen including A Kline B J Schwoeffermann Sidney Bloom and A J Damon were named. two to three shopper reps will be added. Parking meters emerged as the leading proposed solution with experimental installations suggested on the congested streets funded by meter collections.
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John N. Gansen, Jr
A. Kline
B.J. Schwoeffermann
Sidney Bloom
A. J. Damon
W. Trunkey
F. H. Wahl
John A. Zimmy
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Paul Brodsky
Gluckman Bar Mitzvahed
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Archer Ave
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