Movie magic Mark Perry forecasts what to look for in holiday season film
Mark Perry surveys upcoming holiday films noting trends from carefully coiffed stars to natural looks. The piece hints whether screen magic or wardrobe cues dominate audiences this season and mentions a Foods page for feast planning and expectations.
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Mark Perry
Incinerator deal probes five year option for towns
Reading Energy Co offers a five-year or shorter contract to villages in the South Suburban Solid Waste Agency as part of the Robbins incinerator proposal. Officials worry fixed costs and future landfill price drops, while the agency extended the November deadline to December to decide.
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Reading Energy Co
South Suburban Solid Waste Agency
Reading Energy
Reading
Jim DiBiasi
Rob
DiBiasi
Flossmoor District Tops Suburban Tests in Illinois Report
Illinois State Board of Education data show strong link between income and achievement with Flossmoor School District 161 leading in all state tests across grades and subjects. Only 1.7 percent of district students live in low income homes, while Ford Heights District 169 sees 95.7 percent in poverty.
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Illinois State Board of Education
Ben Press
Governors State University
Flossmoor
Chicago Heights
Hazel Crest
Homewood
Olympia Fields
Ford Heights
Medgar Evers
Tidge A. Phillips
Trees at stake in Richton Park dispute over removal
Richton Park village board weighed alternatives to Commonwealth Edison plan to remove about 30 willow and silver maple trees near Thomas Street in Lakewood. ComEd offered up to 125 per tree, village pays 75. residents fear loss of noise buffering. Buried cables would cost about 71,000 and raise electric bills. board declined burial. Also proposed flat building permit fee of 1,375 to deter underreported costs.
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Sauk Trail
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Lakewood
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Pete Evers
David Niemeyer
Nimeyer
Project Share helps holiday hunger in south suburbs
In December 1974 crowds lined agencies for food as a recession bites. The Star launched Project Share to fund a volunteer effort that buys food and toys, with all money going directly to those in need. By 1993 the program stays central to holidays, aided by readers, agencies, and local groups like Respond Now and Jones Memorial.
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Project Share
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Dennis Condon
Respond Now
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Now
Jones Center
Share Agen
Robyn Sandys Roche
R’s
Otto Blvd
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