Jesse Wright
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 8
- Latest publication
- Sep 29, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for Chicago Tribune
- Top 50K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 21, 2026
Latest articles
Lyons Township High School eyes sale of Willow Springs property amid fears of industrial development (opens the original)
Read excerpt
After years of trying, Lyons Township High School District 204 might finally sell its contentious Willow Springs property by the end of the year. The District 204 School Board voted Sept. 21 to begin accepting bids for approximately 70 acres of undeveloped land. Bids are due Nov. 9, and the district will consider the bids that evening. The district has been keen to ink a potentially lucrative land deal for years as a way to pay for facilities upgrades and other costly repairs without raising tax
Park Ridge revisits affordable housing policy ahead of 2029 deadline (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Park Ridge city leaders began discussing the city’s affordable housing compliance at the Sept. 21 city council committee-of-the-whole meeting. The discussion, which will continue through to next month’s council meeting, comes ahead of 2029, when the Illinois Housing Development Authority is expected to review compliance with a state law requiring 10 % affordable housing. That review is part of federal HUD housing requirements. Currently, Park Ridge has about 8 % affordable housing, according to
Park Ridge leaders discuss traffic strategies at committee of the whole (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The Park Ridge City Council held a broad discussion on traffic safety at its Sept. 8 Committee of the Whole meeting. While the city council held no vote and is unlikely to address any specific streets anytime soon, the discussion was intended to offer clarity to residents who often complain that certain streets are dangerous due to speeding and negligent driving. However, the discussion made clear that complaints alone couldn’t change much and even a few speeding, reckless drivers do not warrant
Amid future concerns, Park Ridge could give OK to first historic district (opens the original)
Read excerpt
At the Park Ridge City Council’s Committee of the Whole meeting on Aug. 17, alderpersons voted 6-1 to designate up to five homes as part of the Spanish Town Historic District. The five homes along Talcott Place and Crescent Avenue date from 1927 and were the vision of developer William Durchslag, who, inspired by a trip to Cuba, asked local architect Benedict Bruns to design a subdivision of stucco-faced, tile-topped homes. However, city leaders were initially reluctant to move on the historic d
Peter G. Malone, former alderman, grandson of early mayor, dies (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Peter G. Malone, the grandson of the second mayor of Park Ridge, died Aug. 11. He was 91. Besides being the scion of an early giant in the community, Malone served as alderman and on the zoning board for many years. He was also a father, a brother, an MIT graduate, an engineer and a racecar driver. He was Faz to his family. Born in 1935 in his grandfather’s home at 201 Grand Blvd., Malone was raised by his mayor grandfather, though by then, he was no longer mayor. Still, the senior Malone contin
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 50K sites
For Chicago Tribune, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.