It’s been a rough year at train crossings in and around Riverside and Brookfield. Three people have been killed and another miraculously escaped serious injury when her car was rammed by a commuter train in January.
Riverside commission’s right to table Coonley roof
It all sounded so reasonable. Cook County Public Guardian Robert Harris asked the Riverside Preservation Commission to either accept or deny his office’s request for a certificate of appropriateness in order to re-roof the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Coonley Coach House in asphalt shingles.
Miscues cause havoc for Lions
With Lyons Township football fielding a team without a single returning starter, it could be that a game like Friday’s against Hersey was bound to happen.
Premiere soccer tourney to be hosted by LT
With each passing day, the anticipation for the Second Annual Pepsi Showdown grows for Lyons Township boys soccer coach Alex Hernandez.
Panicky Lions settle for stalemate against Benet
It wasn’t the way Lyons Township boys soccer coach Alex Hernandez envisioned starting the season, but it could have been worse than a 1-1 tie with Benet on Saturday in Lisle.
History on the auction block
The bidding on the patio bricks started at $100. Just a couple of minutes later it was over”the dismantling of 37 Longcommon Road was underway and wouldn’t stop until the last light fixture was claimed by scavengers.
Greetings from Brookfield Illinois
If you’ve seen enough old-time postcards, there’s a pretty good chance that you’ve run across the name Curt Teich (pronounced “tike”) on them. I doubt if you ever read his name at the end of a card’s message, as in “Lovely weather so far. Seen lots of sights. Wish you were here. Curt Teich.”
Unlocking your inner ‘pen person’
It is said the pen is mightier than the sword, so one can only imagine how mighty the computer is. But I write not about how mighty the pen can be, but about the pens themselves. Now, I know somewhere along the line in my columns I have touched on this subject, but I am revisiting the subject of pens so you can see for yourself if you are what I term a “pen person.”
