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Jesse Wright

Reporter · US

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Sep 29, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jesse Wright

    Lyons Township High School eyes sale of Willow Springs property amid fears of industrial development (opens the original)

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    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

  2. Article · Sep 22, 2026 · Jesse Wright

    Park Ridge revisits affordable housing policy ahead of 2029 deadline (opens the original)

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    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

  3. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Jesse Wright

    Park Ridge leaders discuss traffic strategies at committee of the whole (opens the original)

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    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

  4. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Jesse Wright

    Amid future concerns, Park Ridge could give OK to first historic district (opens the original)

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    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

  5. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Jesse Wright

    Peter G. Malone, former alderman, grandson of early mayor, dies (opens the original)

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    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

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