Margie Ritchie

HOMEWOOD Village considering code-violation court Trustees are considering expanding the court system to enforce code violations, but they will not move forward until the program's costs are clear. Homewood officials...

The Orland Elementary School District 135 school board voted unanimously last week to ask the Cook County clerk's office to suspend application of a rate-increase factor for the 2006 tax...

The Village Board this week unanimously approved a conceptual plan for a bike path through the village but stopped short of budgeting funds for the project. "I like this plan...

Trustees last week unanimously approved the appointment of Jay Heiferman to a seat on the Village Board. Heiferman replaces Carol Gelman, who resigned in September and moved to Clarendon Hills....

Elementary School District 135 officials have a little extra money because several major building projects were finished on time and under budget. Assistant Supt. John Reiniche said the district should...

Renovations at three Orland Elementary School District 135 buildings should be completed under budget by the end of next month, school officials said. The project will be finished on time...

Teachers in Orland Elementary School District 135 will be in their classrooms until 2011 under terms of a contract unanimously approved by the district's board this week. The deal calls...

After a six-month hiatus, construction has resumed on a financially troubled residential development. In February, construction of Traditions, a 107-home subdivision on Vollmer Road, was halted, along with the operation...

The Orland Elementary School District 135 board voted by a narrow margin this week to keep a controversial tape recording of a closed session private, at least for now. "Because...

Homewood is on its way to redeveloping its downtown after the Village Board's approval Tuesday of Chestnut Square, a four-story condominium and retail building at Harwood Avenue and Chestnut Road....