Three open seats draw close attention in District 218

By Dermot Connolly The three seats up for election in High School District 218 are expected to be among the most closely watched local races on April 2. District 218 includes Shepard High School in Palos Heights, Richards High School in Oak Lawn, and Eisenhower High School in Blue Island. Two board members seeking second…

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St. Rita builds a wall of a different kind

If you have driven east down 63rd Street from California Avenue recently you probably noticed a large, long white board attached to the fence at St. Rita Church. It stretches from Fairfield east to the church entrance. If you drove by in the last couple of days, you saw a long black banner attached to…

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JB’s tax plan has GOP outflanked

Democrats often propose ideas that take forever to explain and are often difficult for the masses to understand.Ê That wasn’t the case last week. “Under my fair tax plan,” Gov. JB Pritzker tweeted, “97 percent of taxpayers get tax relief and the wealthy will pay their fair share.” It’s gonna be really tough to top…

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Calls for tax increase to assist North Palos Fire Protection District

By Joe Boyle Palos Hills Ald. Mike Price (1st) listened to an overview presented by Paul Mackin, fire chief of the North Palos Fire Protection District, during last Thursday night’s committee meeting and had a question. “If the referendum doesn’t go through, will there be more reductions for the fire department?” Price asked. “Yes, there…

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Queen of Hearts is one elusive lady

By Carolina Franco Greater Ashburn Correspondent Greater Southwest News-Herald I’ve been running around showing houses, attending home inspections, sports meetings, shuttling kids to/from soccer practices and games and I realize I didn’t set time to write my column this week! I’m in between games now, so this week’s column may be on the short side…

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Brand new service kitchen opens in memory of Dennis Raber

                      Modern facility at The Center will serve 14,000 meals per year By Anthony Caciopo Regional News Editor A life cut far too short by a drug overdose has been honored by constructing something that is feeding the bodies and hearts of people on their…

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