Community Corner

In the Rear View: Libyan Freedom and School Job Strife

We look back at a week of employment dispute, checkered history, homestyle Italian food, embezzlement, death of a dictator and playoff sights.

MONDAY

Bakery owner is looking to keep the feel, the menu and the approach the same at the new location. They are looking to move from the Orland Plaza in January 2012.

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The homeless man accused of preying upon an 83-year-old woman has traveled the country, breaking laws wherever he goes.

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TUESDAY

Fifteen-year district staffer Melanie Walsh was told the school board was "unhappy" with her promotion and she could either resign from her new post or return to her old job without filing complaints.

WEDNESDAY

Area high school teachers and students formed basketball teams to collect food and raise money.

Orland Park resident believes state pool requirement does more harm than good locally.

THURSDAY

Board president attributes increase of about $6,000 in the 2012 proposed budget over 2011 to one-time required costs. Trustees and fire district personnel agree the budget workshops were productive and informative.

Down home, rustic Italian pasta dishes, meatballs and meals like grandma used to make is what you will find at Cuzzin's just off of 159th Street.

FRIDAY

For Orland Park resident Sanad Elfirjani, whose father returned to Libya to join the fight, the dictator’s fall means more than peace for Libya.

Former Frankfort resident Susan Piros worked as the vice president for business and finance at St. Xavier University and was reimbursed for fraudulent charges between 1998 to 2009.

SATURDAY

Alec Melone helps Eagles to thrilling victory over the visiting Vikings on Senior Night in Orland Park, sealing the Carl Sandburg High School team a spot in the playoffs.


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