Posts by Steve Metsch
High School Football: Big third quarter lifts Mount Carmel over Marist
By Steve Metsch Correspondent After waiting through a 90-minute lightning delay for the second half to begin, Mount Carmel wasted no time getting back to full speed. The Caravan scored…
Read MoreLyons loses assistant finance director
By Steve Metsch Christina Bishop wasn’t with the finance department in Lyons that long, but she left her mark. Bishop, 32, is resigning from her job as assistant finance director effective July…
Read MoreLyons Village Board honors winning softball team
By Steve Metsch The Lyons Village Board paused from regular business to honor the Lyons-McCook softball team that won a district championship and took fifth in the state. Most of…
Read MoreCountryside remembers 20 years after 9-11
By Steve Metsch Countryside resident Christina Bader made sure to bring her three children to the city’s Patriot Day Remembrance last Saturday, marking two decades since the terrorist attacks of…
Read MoreTownship of Lyons trustee scores hole in one
By Steve Metsch Township of Lyons trustee Mark Anderson figured it wasn’t his day after he scored a nine on the par-three first hole at Zigfield Troy in Woodridge. Boy,…
Read MoreNew bus will be rolling for Township of Lyons seniors
By Steve Metsch The Township of Lyons is getting a new bus for its popular senior services that saw 2,300 riders in the month of August. The bus is officially…
Read MorePet Parade returns to La Grange for 75th year
By Steve Metsch After a year of not seeing folks march with their dogs, cats and other creatures down the streets, anticipation is high for this year’s La Grange Pet…
Read MoreLyons Township Democrats rally at Fall Fest’s return
By Steve Metsch The Democratic Party of Lyons Township Fall Fest reflects what the organization is all about, one official said. Brian Bernardoni, president of the Roberts Park Fire Protection…
Read MoreLyons summer camp gets glowing review at SD103 board meeting
By Steve Metsch The summer camp program co-presented by the Lyons Parks and Recreation Department and Lyons School District 103 was such a success, plans are underway for an encore…
Read MoreSpeedy Bridgeview approves tax plan for restaurant
By Steve Metsch When Trustee Claudette Struzik saw students from Reavis High School in the audience at the Sept. 1 meeting of the Bridgeview Village Board, she cautioned them that…
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