Palos Park annexes 240-acre siteby Michael Gilbert Palos Park officials and a majority of village residents have sought the annexation of the Archdiocese of Chicago-owned Holy Family Villa property ever since voters passed an advisory referendum in November of 1998 to extend the village’s western boundary to Bell Road resoundingly. Now, nearly eights years later, village officials have finally fulfilled that goal. Members of the Village Council voted... | Bill Banks ousted at L. KatherinePurcell resigns from parks post by Kristen Wajda Two men who have each given more than 15 years of service to the city of Palos Heights will soon be moving on. Bill Banks, the chief naturalist of the Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Gardens will work his last day at the preserve June 30, while Mark Purcell, the city’s director of parks... | Orland school board president under fireMember urges him to resign by Kristen Wajda ‘I am going to do a better job.’ A school board member demanded the resignation of the president of the board of education of Orland District 135 on Monday. Suzanne Cachey read a letter at Monday’s board meeting asking for the resignation of Board President John Paul, blaming him for recent controversies troubling the school board. Cachey had... |
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