Monday, April 30, 2012
We are finalists in the Online Business Reporting category for our Main Street Triangle project (still ongoing). Cartoonist, copy editor and all-around talent guru Chuck Ingwersen is also up for his Sunday Comics.
The first journalism award ceremony I attended was in a very large room. There was passion in that brightly lit, chatter-filled room in fall 2007, and a determination to keep moving forward. Even though signs became more apparent that news media as we knew it then was going through a full-on depression, the people there were ready for a fight. In 2008, it was a diametrically different event. The room, a fraction of the size, was dark and quiet. That year, people were just lamenting sadly at the journalism world of before. On Friday, I will be going, along with Patch reporter/contributor Jesse Marx, to the 35th Annual Peter Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, and I am very proud to be going as a Patch editor. Working in a role where …
Friday, March 30, 2012
Syman Jewelers will be holding the event at their new location on 143rd Street, east of LaGrange Road.
Syman Jewelers will be celebrating their move to a new home at 9428 143rd Street today and Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on both days, the store will be holding sales with items at 50 percent off. Refreshments will be served and there will be an opportunity to enter a raffle for diamond jewelry. With the new location, the jewelry store and repair shop now features a stained glass section. Like what you see? Sign up for our daily email newsletter. Like us on Facebook for a slightly different take.
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Syman Jewelers
9428 W 143rd St, Orland Park, IL
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
We look back at a week of brush fires, negotiation revelations, apartment complex funding, Together We Cope help, Illinois dumping costs and child pornography.
MONDAY First 9750 Bond Sale is Set to Go The first step toward funding an apartment complex in the Main Street Triangle passes the board. Read our full meeting transcript below. Brush Fire Put Out Before Reaching Orland Park Homes Orland firefighters, along with several other area emergency personnel, stopped a large prairie fire from engulfing nearby houses. TUESDAY March 2012 Election Results: Follow Them Live on Patch We are following all the races that affect Orland Park, providing real-time updates from area clerks' offices as the polling results come in. Check back for frequent updates. Rush and Peloquin Face Off for 1st Congressional District in November The longtime Republican Blue Island mayor will challenge the nearly-just-as-…
Sunday, March 11, 2012
We look back at a week of candidate forums, life saving techniques, murder case stalling, 9750 financing, wrestling triumph and a not guilty plea to sex charges.
MONDAY Sandburg Basketball Coach Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Abuse Charges An attorney for Steven Reynolds declined to comment about the case following Monday's court hearing. First Bond Sale for 9750 Project Going to Full Village Board The Orland Park Finance Committee decided Monday to put the first bond sale proposal in front of the full board, so they can choose one of two ways to sell, and whether bonds will be sold locally to interested parties. TUESDAY Video: Republican Candidates in 18th Senate and 35th House Districts Have Their Say Candidates for the 18th District State Senate seat and the 35th District State House seat appeared at a forum Monday night. Watch what the Republican candidates had to say. This Week's Pet: A Great …
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
The Orland Park Finance Committee decided Monday to put the first bond sale proposal in front of the full board, so they can choose one of two ways to sell, and whether bonds will be sold locally to interested parties. See the transcript from our live blo
Monday, March 5, 2012
The Orland Park Finance Committee decided Monday to put the first bond sale proposal in front of the full board, so they can choose one of two ways to sell, and whether bonds will be sold locally to interested parties.
Update, 1:46 a.m. Tuesday, March 6 Orland Park's Village Board will be deciding soon on one of two ways to sell bonds, to pay off money borrowed for the Ninety 7 Fifty On the Park apartment complex. The two methods described during Monday night's committee meeting by Barbara Chevalier, vice president of Speer Financical, include selling through a competitive structure or through a negotiated sale. Competitive means a request for bids is put out, and lowest gets the bond sale. A negotiated sale would mean bringing in an underwriter to help broker the deal. Both are viable options, given a handful of factors, Chevalier said. Factors include the total money amount the village will be taking out, between $30 million and $40 million total in …
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Demolition on the Orland Plaza has begun, starting with the west end where the grocery store, Orland Park Bakery and Lang Lee II used to reside.
With the Orland Plaza land now under Orland Park’s control, a key piece of the Main Street Triangle plan is underway. To clear way for Ravinia Avenue to extend to the Circle Park, the west portion of the Orland Plaza is coming down. Construction crews started Monday morning taking apart the space occupied by Randy’s Market and Jerry’s IGA beforehand. The west end demolition is expected to take between three and four weeks. For further information on the Main Street Triangle, Plaza businesses and related court hearings, visit Orland Park Patch’s Triangle Central page.
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Randy's Market
14250 S Ravinia Ave, Orland Park, IL
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Thursday, February 23, 2012
The village released their summation of the past year in a digital form.
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Thursday, February 23
The Village of Orland Park's official summary of 2011, including business, development, parks, events and other information.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Construction will move forward to extend Ravinia Avenue and start the 9750 apartment complex.
While flowers, chocolates and candlelight dinners commonly characterize Feb. 14, the date this year marks an occasion other than Valentine’s Day in Orland Park. The village officially is in control of the west part of Orland Plaza, the former homes of Randy’s Market, Lang Lee II and the Orland Park Bakery. Next week Orland Park assumes control of the plaza up to the Gee-Schussler Insurance and Marquette Bank offices. Demolition of the west section to make room for extending Ravinia Avenue north of 143rd Street will start soon, said Orland Park Development Services Director Karie Friling. Before that begins, crews from McHugh Construction will spend about a week ridding the area of asbestos, Friling said. “Complete demolition of that …
Monday, February 13, 2012
With the opening of Orland Park Bakery’s new location last week, we also look at where other Plaza businesses have, or are planning to, set back up shop.
Judy Culich has been a long time regular customer of Orland Park Bakery, especially for the cinnamon raisin bread. “I can’t come home without it,” Culich said, a few minutes before she picked up her first loaf from the bakery’s new location at 14850 S. LaGrange Road. Culich, an Oak Forest resident, has been coming to the bakery since she first moved to the area in 1987, relying on the bakery not just for their skills with bread. “I’ve always gotten fabulous service here,” Culich said. “That’s one of the reasons why we get our birthday cakes here.” On Friday, she was among dozens of supporters flowing steadily in and out of the bakery, fresh goods in tow, as a grand opening at the new location was held. With the help of state and federally …
Ben Feldheim
7:52 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
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