Important questions to ask when choosing a builder
A guide to evaluating builders for a dream home highlights crucial inquiries about licenses, warranties, timelines, costs, and workmanship. It emphasizes checking references, reviewing past projects, and understanding contract terms to avoid surprises. Real estate listings accompany the column offering practical tips.
Not-for-profit Holiday Card Roundup Returns
A yearly catalog highlights festive cards from nonprofits. The collection showcases charitable groups sending season greetings while promoting their missions and fundraising efforts to supporters and communities.
Bloomberg Personal November edition on balance for working moms
Bloomberg Personal’s November issue covers strategies for working moms to balance work and family plus money matters. It highlights budgeting tips, investing basics, and practical steps to reduce financial stress while juggling career and home life.
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Around Town Classified Editorials and More
A compressed page summary noting brief items across Around Town including editorials, classifieds, and various features such as Obituaries Police Beat and Political Bytes with items from Houlihan and Movies sections. Key local names and events are referenced in compact notices.
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Matteson Considers Tax Hikes To Cover Rising Costs
Matteson officials mull a 4.5 percent levy rise and reinstatement of vehicle license fees alongside a 15 percent water rate increase and a 1 percent hotel tax. The move aims to cover police fire street sewer and debt costs with action expected in coming weeks.
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Ralph Coglianese
Avera
Caglianese
James Spice
Emmanuel Imoukhuede
Jaygrounds
Mark Stricker
Oak County
Springfield
Lake Michigan
Enrollment Decline Projected for District 227 Schools
District 227 expects yearly enrollment declines beginning 1997 98 with a district total of 3472 this year rising to 3459 next year and dipping to 3298 in 1998 99 before stabilizing around 4122 in 1999. Growth from feeder areas may offset declines if new housing is built in Matteson Richton Park and Country Club Hills.
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Vy Mary Paleologos
Rich Township
Harold Huang
Counties
Richton to address unfunded mandates and gear buys
Richton Park officials will consider a resolution to support an unfunded mandates constitutional amendment backed by Illinois voters in November 1992. The board will also weigh two procurement items, including two Ford Crown Victoria police vehicles and a new copier, with GM not bidding full size police cars.
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Alberta H. Leak
Richton Park
David Niemeyer
Niemeyer
Illinois
General Assembly
Richard Labus
Chevrolet
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Labus
Rosemont
Calumet City
Village approves contract for Matteson firefighters
After eight months of talks, Matteson officials unanimously approved a two year union contract raising salaries. The deal includes a retroactive 3 percent raise from May 1 1995 plus a 5 percent raise November 1 and a 3.5 percent increase next May for average firefighters to about 44000 after five years. Paramedic certification pay rises from 300 to 400. Fire Chief and top officers exempt. contract followed by ratification from Matteson Local 306.
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Matteson Fire Department
Administrative Services
Rita Miotti
Matteson Local 306
Miotti
Miott
Robert Wilcox
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