Mall tax breaks on hold for Miller Consolidated
Miller Consolidated asks Matteson Village Board to delay a 35 percent sales tax incentive up to 300,000 until 2000 as six car dealers and a reconditioning center open on a 119 acre site at Interstate 57 and U.S. 30. Two new dealers planned by Aug. 31, 1999 and two more by June 30, 2000 with the village to receive tax revenue during the interim.
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Miller Consolidated
Matteson Village Board
Matteson Mega Auto Mail
Matteson
Miller Oldsmobile
Jim Spice
U.S. 30
Miller
Ralph Coglianese
Coglianese
Spice
Volkswagen
Isuzu
Kia
Miller Chevrolet
Miller Nissan
Group speaks out on airport over Peotone plan in Springfield
Illinois lawmakers seek member approval for Illinois FIRST deal as Peotone antiairport activists picket the Executive Mansion. STAND led by Anthony Rayson opposes the $75 million land purchase while business labor lobbyists back the five year, 12 billion plan and some critics, including Jim Tobin, call for restraint on airport spending.
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Springfield
Capitol
Illinois
George H. Ryan
Chicago
Ryan
Illinois First
Jim Tobin
National Taxpayers United of Illinois
STAND
Anthony Rayson
Monee
Statehouse
Rayson
Richton Park board meets amid rain and grass concerns
The Richton Park Board of Trustees held its first 1999 neighborhood meeting in the Village Hall due to rain and wind. Residents criticized grass maintenance. officials outlined ordinances and options including village mowing charges, while residents pressed for traffic signals at Cicero and Imperial.
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Richton Park Board of Trustees
Mother Nature
Village Hall
Pierce Park
Lincoln Crossings
Rudolph Banovich
Paula Farr
Lincoln Crossing
Banovich
Joe Commerford
Peter Coblentz
Tim Farr
Mike Hunter
Poplar
Cicero
Imperial
Cicero Avenues
Illinois Department of Transportation
IDOT
Imperial Avenue
Commerford
Bob Novak
Novak
Friendship Club story shared by Huth Junior High authors
Co authors Victoria Gonzalez a first grader and Ola Nwabara an eighth grader read their story The Friendship Club at Huth Junior High School in Matteson The girls and classmates paired to write stories for a cross school project Star photo by Warren Skaiski.
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Victoria Gonzalez
Ola Nwabara
Huth Junior High School
Matteson
Warren Skals
Samantha Green
Taylor Dean
Brittany Artemus
Matteson School
Richton Park Library marks 25th anniversary celebration
The Richton Park Public Library celebrates 25 years serving residents with a 3 PM Saturday event at 4045 Sauk Trail. From a 1972 storefront start with 2,000 books the collection grew to 34,479 titles, with annual book checkouts around 80,000 and 13,363 adult juvenile circulations last year.
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Richton Park
Sauk Trail
Patrick Nevins
Nevins
FirstLook section glitch prompts apology to readers
The Star Newspapers apologizes for computer errors that produced incorrect headlines in the FirstLook section last week. Technical teams have fixed the issue and expect no recurrence. editor Franklin Shafton asks readers to review the corrected pages.
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FirstLook
Franklin Shafton
Star Newspapers
World Wide Web Site Newsroom Update
A brief modern notice reports an update to the World Wide Web site saan. ot- maWSDADETS.COM Newsroom star news interaccess, noting access improvements and content enhancements.
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Saan
Mawsdadets
Newsroom
Star News
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Statehouse News Service
Warren Skaiski
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