• Orland Park's Two Downtowns: The Triangle Opens as Old Orland's Role Comes Into Focus,Lauren Roman

    Orland Park's Two Downtowns: The Triangle Opens as Old Orland's Role Comes Into Focus

    "There aren't a whole lot of people that are antiquing anymore." That's the line Mayor Jim Dodge used at a May Village Board meeting, as Southwest Regional Publishing reported, raising a question: does the Old Orland Historic District still need to be a shopping destination for antiques, or has that

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  • Crown Point's Fall Calendar Is Front Loaded, and the Trail That Gets You There Isn't Cooperating,Lauren Roman

    Crown Point's Fall Calendar Is Front Loaded, and the Trail That Gets You There Isn't Cooperating

    If you drove past the Square last weekend, Crown Point might have looked like it was easing into a quiet fall. The concerts on Bulldog Park's summer calendar wrapped up, the car cruise crowd has thinned, and the courthouse lawn has that late-summer stillness to it. That read is wrong. The next four

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  • Kennedy Avenue Partly Reopens Oct. 16. The Bridge Over the Tracks Starts in 2027.,Lauren Roman

    Kennedy Avenue Partly Reopens Oct. 16. The Bridge Over the Tracks Starts in 2027.

    On Oct. 16, Kennedy Avenue south of Junction Avenue reopens to local traffic. Three days later, at 7 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19, the Town Dump reopens. After a summer of closures around Junction, that sounds like the end of something. It isn't. The Town's construction update dated Oct. 2 says work on t

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