Homebound Delivery Program began November 1. Contact the Adult Services Department for more information and guidelines. The library will be closed Thursday, November 23, and Friday, November 24, for the Thanksgiving holiday. It will reopen on Saturday, November 25, at 9:30 a.m. The library also is a collection site for Toys for Tots. New and […]
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Beecher Community Library News
Call the library at 708-946-9090 for programs that require registration. During the Penfield construction project, the library’s Penfield Street parking lot entrance will be closed, but its Maxwell Street entrance still is open. Turn north on Maxwell from Indiana Avenue to get to the library. November 28, from 6:30-8 p.m., Chess and board game night […]
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Two Rewards Programs Launch for Art Lovers and Holiday Season
The Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau (CSCVB) has released two new rewards programs – “Artistic Sights of the Southland” and “The Curtain Call” – to encourage visitors and residents alike to frequent local visual and theatrical arts attractions. The incentive program, “Passports to the Southland,” is free, mobile, and available to anyone signing up […]
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CSCVB Releases Fall/Winter Festivals, Events Guide
The Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau’s (CSCVB) annual Festivals and Events Guide is back with its Fall 2023/Winter 2024 edition. “Our staff and community partners have done a thorough job in putting this valuable tool together,” said Jim Garrett, President/CEO of the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau. The CSCVB Festivals and Events Guide […]
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Riverside Recognized for Workplace Mental Health in National Award
Riverside receives honorable mention with Carolyn C. Mattingly Award for Mental Health in Workplace. Riverside Healthcare is pleased to be one of four organizations nationally to receive honorable mention recognition for workplace mental health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and The Luv u Project. “At Riverside, we have a responsibility to […]
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Dennis ‘Denny’ Clarence Bunte
11/8/1952 – 11/15/2023 Dennis “Denny” Clarence Bunte was called to his heavenly home on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, just days after his 71st birthday. Born November 8, 1952, in Chicago Heights, he was the youngest child of Clarence and Ruth (nee Wilkening) Bunte. Dennis was a lifelong resident of Beecher and lived his entire life […]
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Talbot Sentenced to Six Years in Lockport Drug Induced Homicide
Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow announced that Steve Talbot, 36, of Joliet, has been sentenced to six years in prison for selling heroin and fentanyl to a 24-year-old woman, who died of an overdose in Lockport in 2016. Talbot pled guilty to one count of Drug Induced Homicide, a Class X felony, and was […]
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Illinois Supreme Court Decision Rejects Bank’s Attempt to Obtain Refund from Joliet
Regarding property taxes on Evergreen Terrace Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow and Joliet Mayor Terry D’Arcy announced a landmark decision by the Illinois Supreme Court will save the City of Joliet from paying $6 million in back property taxes that had been sought by the former owner of the Evergreen Terrace property, which was […]