Start of Old Plank Road Trail Marks Era of Effort
Officials and volunteers gathered in Matteson for a ceremonial ribbon cutting signaling the Old Plank Road Trail project moving from planning to action. Park Forest official John Joyce announced a 20 mile link between Park Forest and Joliet with $22 million in ceremonial federal matching funds. The first phase could begin this fall or in 1994, with drawings showing parks and rest areas from Park Forest to Will County.
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Ssion
John Joyce
Park Forest
Matteson
Commission
Joliet
Joyce
Penn Central
Frankfort
Will County
Logan and
Caboose
Governor's Park
Will County Forest Preserve
Hunters Woods
Stone Arch Bridge
Breidert Green
Brookside Parks
New Lenox
Hickory Junction
Illinois Department of Conservation
Cook County Forest Preserve
al Stages
Tom Kern
Homewood
Waeran Seis
Parents urge no class shift for Rich South High
Richton Park residents plead with the Board of Education to leave Rich South High School unchanged amid seven attendance boundary proposals for Rich Township High School District 227. Officials aim to balance racial makeup among Rich Central Rich East and Rich South, with moves including converting a school to a freshman facility and redistributing grades.
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Mary Paleologos
Richton Park
Board of Education
Rich South High
Reon Park
Rich East High School
Dappse
Rich Township High School
Rich Central
Rich East
Rich South
Matteson
Park Forest
Chicago Heights
Dwight Butler
Olympia Fields
Coane Wvo
Olympia Fels
Marian Catholic High School
Lincolnwood
Beacon Hills
Country Club Hills
Crawford Countryside
Bernie Busway
Star to unveil new look with readable, friendly redesign
The Star announces a fresh Sunday redesign featuring a brighter front page nameplate five column lead pages and descriptive section titles. New features include an Academics page Health Watch Everywoman Thursday Food Star Cook and Lindsay Gladstone's Stone's Throw with more readable type and targeted page layouts.
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Norman Rosinski
Star
Rosinski
Lindsay Gladstone
Matteson Commons Bridges Growth With I 57 Link
Matteson Commons aims to spur growth with a new I 57 bridge linking east and west Matteson. The project expects mixed use development, jobs, and hotels west of Cicero Avenue and north of 205th Street. Earthwork may finish by end of November with full completion in 10 to 15 years. Federal funding of 3.6 million was granted in December 1991 to build the bridge at 205th Street.
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Meather Tonn
Fabian
Matteson
Matteson Commons
Slacre
Cicero Avenue
205Th Street
Vollmer Road
Rederal Tunning
See Commons
Richton Park District Considers 5 Percent Telecom Tax
Richton Park may extend its utility tax to include fax machines pagers cellular phones and other telecommunications gear with a 5 percent levy before June 30 The tax would apply to long distance calls and computer exchange systems and be based on monthly bills Village President Rudolph Banovich notes the revenue could total 2500 to 9500 annually Although uncertainty remains neighboring Park Forest reports an extra 90000 from a similar tax The move aims to offset anticipated income tax surcharge reductions and may face state retention of funds to ease municipal finances.
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Richton Park
Rudolph Banovich
Banovich
Park Foret
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