. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 For the last several years, I have been periodically keeping you up to date on the progress of the gas company project that tore apart the grass, sidewalks and street. They did a very nice job replacing […]
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‘Safety zones’ pop up on 63rd Street
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 If you have driven down 63rd Street between California and Kedzie in the past week, you definitely noticed work crews digging midway between the north and south sides of the street, near each corner. The Department of […]
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Fat Johnnie’s to be in the TV spotlight
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 I am reasonably sure that most of us watch a little bit of television from time to time. If that is true for you, and if you have had WGN on recently, you may have heard about […]
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Vols remove weeds from Marquette Park
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 Isn’t it hard to believe that Labor Day, the official end of summer, is already upon us? If you have spent time around the Natural Areas at Marquette Park, which includes the Ashburn prairie, savanna and wetland […]
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Marquette Park riddle solved
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 If you have gone through Marquette Park recently and passed by the basketball court just east of Kedzie, you have for sure noticed that it has been cordoned off with tall fencing. Actually, it seems like it […]
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Happy Belated Birthday, Tony Hernandez
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 As you know, over the last several years, many neighborhood newspapers have found it impossible to continue publication. We have been fortunate to have escaped that fate. So, that being said, when a neighboring community that has […]
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He’s a real hall-of-famer
. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 Let’s start out today by congratulating, a local fellow, St. Rita High School alumnus Jim Schumacher, who was recently inducted into the 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame. Jim was a player-manager and organizer on the Southwest Side […]
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Don’t forget about homeless on the Southwest Side
By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 We have talked about the plight of the migrants that have been living at the 8th District Police Station, and I’m sure you hear more daily. And it is a sad story indeed. But, as has also been said, […]
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Father ‘paves’ way for new St. Rita parking lot
By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 Anyone within the last 50 years or so, that has visited St. Rita Parish, whether to attend Mass or perhaps a graduation or any event really, if you have parked in the parish parking lot entering off of Fairfield Avenue, […]
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Party becomes humanitarian effort for migrants
By Kathy Headley What started out as a nice spring block party quickly took a turn, becoming an emergency situation. As venders began arriving on the Friday morning of May 5, the warm air and slight breeze looked to predict the beginning of a perfect day for a block party. Hosted by SANAD (Social Services Assisting Neighborhood […]