Petition deadline looms over Richton Park library levy
Richton Park residents face a Friday deadline to submit petitions that would trigger a referendum on a 0.2 percent property tax levy. With no petitions received by Friday, library president Jane Morgan says the district may automatically impose the levy if petitions fail. The tax would raise about $6,000 annually, funding building maintenance and a possible move to a larger site, otherwise risking fewer books.
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Richton Park
Library Board
Jane Morgan
Star
Creekside Unit Pleasing to Planners in PUD
Creekside multifamily unit development plans advance as Town and Country Builders seeks village board approval for a 364 unit project with four and eight family dwellings. The Creekside site spans Ridgeland to Vollmer and Allemong to White Oak, with 19 four family and 36 eight family units. Prices target the high 50 000s to low 60 000s.
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Creekside
James Walkowski
Plan Commission
Town and Country Builders
Devel
PUD
Ridgeland
White Oak
Vollmer and
Allemong
Rita Smith
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Vollmer
Willow Street
Lee Street Repairs Under Way
Reconstruction on Lee Street in Richton Park began this week to avoid a $75 million project closure. Trustees delayed closing if Berger Construction could secure a paying contract by mid September while residents await sewer and street restoration.
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Lee Street
Richton Park
Wiliam E. Berger Company
Richton Square
Berger
Payng
Plan Commission Hearing On Woodgate Model Homes Clash
Kaufman and Broad faced strong opposition at the Matteson plan commission as residents questioned substandard construction and marketing of five new Woodgate model homes priced in the low to mid thirty thousands. Critics cited bowed walls, sagging ceilings, and fears of lowering area property values, while supporters argued for affordable home access and warned the plan could mirror a failed Great American Homes venture.
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Kaufman and Broad
Woodgate
Matteson Plan Commission
Restants
Matteson
Dale Johnson
Dave Patton
Kaufman and
Broad
Patton
John Clinton
Cal Rowan
Rowam
Keith Marks
Marks
Marshall Taylor
Johnson
Park Forest Art Fair marks 23rd year next weekend
Susan Myron joins other young artists aiming to display work at the Park Forest Art Fair in its 23rd consecutive year. The weekend exhibit highlights emerging talents and noted exhibitors in Inside magazine’s cover story.
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Susan Myron
Park Forest
Inside Magazine
Minister conducts divorce rites in Unitarian church
Park Forest minister Dohner, of the Unitarian Universalist church, is among a small Clergy minority who perform divorce rituals for willing ex-marriage partners. She explains why the rites can be healthy in a feature on page.
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Adeth Dohner
Unitarian Universally
Park Forest
Property owners seek tax relief through new study
A Cook County LAX propumas study proposes giving property owners more information to pursue reductions in real estate tax bills. The item appears in the newspaper on page 5.
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Cook County
LAX
Park Forest Pushes ICG Parking Lot Plan
At the Matteson plan commission meeting Park Forest officials won approval to waive the public hearing for a second parking lot at the Illinois Central railroad station. The move aims to speed construction with a winter readiness target, noting public hearings in 1996 and no resident complaints at that time.
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Park Forest
Illinois Central Railroad Staton
Matteson Plan Commission
Plan Commission
Wslot
Trustees Warn of Dangers at Building Sites in Matteson
Matteson village trustees voiced concern over unfinished construction as school starts. They note extensive summer work with months of projects ahead and urge residents to keep children away from excavations and partially built structures.
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Board of Trustees
Matteson
Rich High School District 227, teachers reach tentative contract
Rich High School District 227 and Rich Township High School Education Association reach a two year tentative contract for 1976-79 and 1979-80. The package includes a 4.7 percent average raise in 1976-78 and an average 5.15 percent raise in 1979-80, plus changes to extracurricular stipends, higher insured amounts, and early retirement provisions. Beginning salaries rise to 1111. for 1978-79 and 1130 for 1979-80.
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Rich High
Rich Township High School Education Association
Board of ‘Education
Rich South
Tae
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