Category: Orland Park

From staff reports Orland Park’s annual Taste of Orland Park presented by Northwestern Medicine arrives at the new Centennial Park West August 2 through 4. Now in its 21st year, the Taste of Orland Park showcases Orland Park eateries, community organizations and several bands throughout the weekend. Special events within the fest include three days […]

By Jeff Vorva Orland Park will be on the lookout for a village manager next spring. Current manager George Koczwara, whose contract expires Oct. 14 and was not renewed by the village board, resigned in June but plans on fulfilling his obligations until that date. Mayor Keith Pekau said that an interim director will be […]

By Jeff Vorva After the Orland Park Village Board voted Monday night to allow for a special use program, it set the wheels in motion for a Portillo’s Hot Dogs drive through to be built at 20 Orland Square Drive, the site of the shuttered Denny’s. It will be a 3,305-foot square building and will […]

By Jeff Vorva The weather gods hit Orland Park’s Pat Benatar concert with their worst shot. A major storm took place July 13 when the event at the refurbished Centennial Park West was scheduled to open the gates. That caused a delay in opening the gates for 40 minutes which resulted in massive lines and […]

By Jeff Vorva Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau used a little Independence Day history to hammer home a point about anonymous critics on social media who are hammering him and the board of trustees. At the July 1 board meeting, Pekau said attacks were unproductive. “We used to have anonymous robocalls and anonymous letters and […]