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As Trustees Carmen Carlisle and Chris Gonzalez called out Henyard for continued unauthorized spending and general lack of transparency regarding township operations, Henyard shot back by questioning Carlisle’s spending when the trustee worked as her assistant. She motioned to conduct a “forensic audit/investigation” of former Thornton Township administrator Keith Freeman’s credit card “and Carmen Carlisle’s use of said card.”
While road-rail crossings in the Chicago area typically have gates to stop vehicles, there often are no such protections for pedestrians. Read more here.
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Park Ridge Mayor Marty Maloney at a grand opening in the city on March 5, 2022.
A City Council vote to approve allowing a cannabis dispensary to operate in the Uptown area of Park Ridge will stand after the mayor admits he misstepped in his intention to veto a zoning amendment. Read more here.
Artūras Karnišovas, four years into his role as the vice president of basketball operations for the Chicago Bulls, still isn’t changing his messaging. Read more here.
The singer and ebullient personality named Spider Saloff has been entertaining tens of thousands of us for more than three decades. Read more here.
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Tropical Storm Helene was rapidly strengthening in the Caribbean Sea and expected to become a hurricane today while moving north along Mexico’s coast toward the U.S. Read more here.
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