Star staff and leadership shakeup at The Star
The Star lists executive changes and editorial staff. Norman Rosinski appears as president and publisher with James Meidell as senior vice president operations. Pete Nett and Franklin Shuftan are among senior editors and production leaders, with Margaret Seltzner as editor of features.
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James S. Meidell
Pete Nett
Great R. Suir
Eprton-n-Outer Production
Franklin R. Shuftan
Fshuftan
Interaccess
Margaret Seltzner
Seltzner
Dennis R. Wheeler
Dwheel
Joanne Zerkel
Izerkel
General Newsroom
Starnewspapers
Bloom Township High Board Turmoil Signals Partisan Takeover
Editorial alleges Bloom Township High School District 206 faced a rough week with a failed meeting, a power struggle over leadership, and a new Republican-backed majority ousting President George Michael. The piece warns of patronage, cronyism, and potential impacts on students as finances remain strained and past mismanagement lingers.
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Bloom Township
Board of Education
Steger Village Hall
New Cers
George Michael
Springfield
Michael
Patricia Rush-Martin
Robert Rossi
Anthony DeLuca
Bill McCormick
Rossi
Bold plan revives Park Forest Plaza as Main Street downtown
Village officials back a mixed use redevelopment of the old Park Forest Plaza site. A new Main Street from Orchard Drive to Western Avenue will link greenways to Freedom Hall, the library, Aqua Center and Central Park while reclaiming Village Hall space for government use. State and county grants plus Sears settlement funds help offset costs, but critics warn of high price and uncertain success.
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Park Forest Plaza
America
Marshall Field
Freedom Hall
Public Library
Aqua Center
Central Park
Sears
Made for TV au pair murder movie mania speculates
Tom Houlihan argues the Louise Woodward case fuels an interactive news culture where television drives public reaction. He imagines a made for TV screenplay pitched by writers with Spice Girls cast as Woodward, linking Diana's death coverage to current sensationalism.
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Louise Woodward
Spice Girls
Newsweek
Princess di
Dodi Fayed
Mother Teresa
Gianni Versace
Andrew Cunlahan
Cullahan
Versace
Dodi
Louise
Mother “Teresa
Chicago
Diana
Elton John
England
Boston
Woodward
Elton
Community Letters Thanking Local 911 Team and Fund Drive Support
A Homewood family thanks the 911 responders after a grandmother and granddaughter were injured in a basement fall. The Flossmoor Fire Department expresses gratitude for annual fund drive support enabling equipment purchases. A separate note praises a Native American Educational event in Frankfort with appreciation for coverage in the Star.
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Howe
Homewood
Fannie
Kristi
Flossmoor Volunteer Fire Department
Gregory C
Frankfort
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Norman A. Rosinski
Franklin Shuftan
Eprror
EpiTon
Devwis R. Wheeler
Joanne M. Zenxel
Eprtor
Paula Carlson
Bloom
Palos Country Club
Palos Park
Tom Houlihan
the Star
St. Tinley Park
Thoulihn
Anne, Kristi and
Fannie Howe
Fire Department
Catherine Fitzgerald
Seton
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