Community letters praise local leaders and critique school residency rules
A Park Forest reader thanks a library collector for a cat display and endorses Mark Fazzini for Prairie State College trustee. Another letter criticizes residency checks and bus stop safety while urging parental vigilance and school teamwork to address jumper and enrollment concerns.
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Ednar
Andrea Varga
St. Lawrence O'Toole ‘School
Park Forest
Ibody
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Fazzini
Prairie State College
Tom
Mark Fazzini
Prairie State Community College
Mark
Olympia Fields Police Department
Rich Central High School
Federal funds blocked for rural airport study in Illinois
FAA and DOT withhold 2 million in planning money for a proposed Peotone area airport amid regional consensus concerns. Illinois officials denounce the decision as political.
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Peotone
State of Illinois
Federal Aviation Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
Will
Kankakee
FAA
Kirk Brown
Oak Lawn names full time fire chief Moran
John Moran was chosen by Village Manager Joseph Ker as Oak Lawn’s new full-time fire chief effective Friday, replacing interim chief Jack Wesselhoff who led since February after John McCastland’s retirement. Moran, a 28 year veteran and division chief, was selected from five candidates for the top post.
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Oak Lawn
John Moran
Joseph Ker
Moran
Jack Wesselhoff
John “Mac” McCastland
Orland Fire Protection District
Faber
Wesselhoff
Tom
Tollway plan advances for I-355 extension route
State officials with the Illinois State Tollway Authority approved hiring consulting engineers for over $924,000 to study the proposed I-355 tollway from Bolingbrook through Homer Township to New Lenox. The work covers traffic estimates revenue projections and engineering oversight for eventual construction.
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Boingbrook
Homer Township
New Lenox
Illinois State Tollway Authority
Homer Township Incorporation Referendum Set for March 1994
A Democrat party official announced a binding incorporation referendum would appear on the March 1994 primary ballot in Homer Township. Former Trustee Jim Davis, ousted in last spring's Republican primary, warned that opponents would mount intense publicity against the renewed incorporation effort led by township Democrat and Attorney Sheldon Sebold.
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Homer Township
Jim Davis
Sheldon Sebold
City unveils plan to overhaul personnel practices
Eye major policy changes survey city officials propose a comprehensive plan to restore city finances. The plan targets unions and aims to correct past concessions the city can no longer afford. CAO Alex Little notes the deficit must be cut through benefits and practices, not layoffs.
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Alex Little
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