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Changes in store for Worth Days

Village ponders cutting Thursday, charging at gate

By William Jones

Worth officials, amidst economic concerns, are considering reducing Worth Days to a three-day festival and charging an admission fee.

Worth Trustee Colleen McElroy, a member of the Village Board’s Worth Days committee, said officials are looking to cut Thursday from the Worth Days...

Children's Museum plans long-awaited move

Children's Museum plans long-awaited move

Federal grant will enable new digs to open July 27

By Veronica Eskra

The smallest museum in the Association of Children’s Museums will by late this month no longer be the runt...

Hickory reduces budget by $400K

City cuts from police and roads to balance funds

By Matthew Piechalak

The Hickory Hills City Council has trimmed roughly $400,000 in expenses in an attempt to balance the 2009-10 budget.

The City Council voted unanimously June 25 to approve a $13.98 million budget, an increase from the $12.50 million budget passed in...

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Worth man charged for allegedly phoning in fake bomb threat

To former employer in Palos Hills

By Matthew Piechalak

A Worth man who allegedly used a cell phone to threaten to bomb a mail sorting service in...

From rec coordinator to museum curator

By William Jones

The former recreation coordinator for the Worth Park District has taken over the role of the district’s Worth Historical Museum curator.

Colleen McElroy, who...

Heights Council mulls options for faltering Harlem biz district

By Meg Sullivan
From The Regional News

City Council members have varying opinions on how best to bring businesses back into Palos Heights...

Standard Bank names VP of mortgage banking

Standard Bank and Trust Co. has appointed John Horton to the position of senior vice president of mortgage banking.

Horton, formerly of Fifth Third Bank, comes...

Forest Preserve turns to Twitter for 'Acres of Adventure' campaign

By Veronica Eskra

Free recreation and fresh air are two things local forest preserves provide, and the Forest Preserve District of Cook County plans to use...

Worth seeks youths to aid those in need

By William Jones

As part of a village-wide effort to get residents involved in making Worth a better place, officials have announced plans to bring back...

Through My Eyes

by Ruth McGinnis

A Sunday with Sonya and Dan

Sunday, June 28, my son-in-law Dan called.

“Are you ready?, he asked.

“ I’m ready,” I said. Then I went...

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