Matteson approves seven year museum lease with caveated terms
The Matteson trustees approved a seven year lease for Historical Society members to move the museum to the Community Center north wing, expanding space from about 1,800 to 3,400 square feet. Trustee Michael Perry dissented seeking a three to seven year minimum and a six month vacate notice, but his amendment failed. The village will return about 65,000 in reserve funds to the society.
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Matteson
Historical Society
Michael Perry
Perry
Rich Township board weighs high school redistricting plan
Rich Township High School District 227 analyzes attendance boundary changes amid crowding at Rich South. A 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting in Rich Central High School library will hear the Ad Hoc Committee's short term redistricting recommendations and discuss potential moves to balance enrollment. The panel also weighs long term racial balance and a separate IBM computer equipment lease.
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Rich Township
Board of Education
Rich Central High School
Rich East
Rich South High School
Rich South
Rich Central
Rich
Borich
IBM
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Matteson delays permit for handicapped group home
Matteson officials review a rezoning plan to build an eight bedroom home for up to 16 mentally disabled adults by Frances House Inc. The Village Board took no action at the first reading as neighbors were invited to a hearing with six year Woodgate resident Mark Boyd seeking a preview drive by.
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Matteson
Frances House Inc
Chicago Heights
Sauk Village
New Feathercreek
Woodgate
Matteson Plan Commission
Mark Boyd
Michael Wartman
Frances House
Boyd
Police prepare for World Theater concert season start
Police and neighbors brace for the World Theater’s fourth season opening Saturday. Sgt Thomas Boling says officers use past intel from venues and national conferences to plan crowd and traffic control. In a sold-out show up to 30 officers may handle traffic and 50 inside, with 50 full-time officers and 42 reservists overall.
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Thomas Boling
Boling
World Music Theatre
District 162 raises fees and changes sports rules
The Matteson District 162 School board voted to raise student fees to cover rising textbook costs and to switch from interscholastic athletics to intramurals. Elementary fees rise to 30 and junior high to 35, with current year fees at 22 and 28. Superintendent Schmutzler cites state budget cuts and IGAP testing requirements as drivers.
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Sandra Lynne Schmutzler
Schmutzler
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