Igor Studenkov

1 week ago | chi.streetsblog.org | Igor Studenkov

"If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." - Rush, ""Yesterday's special meeting, where the CTA board was widely expected to appoint a new permanent agency president, ended with the directors not taking any vote at all. Streetsblog was unable to confirm whether that was the previously planned discussion subject, and the posted agenda provided no details on exactly what the day's hot topic would be. But during the hearing, which took place at the CTA headquarters, 567 W.

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Igor Studenkov

A person found near the Union Pacific Northwest Line Metra tracks in Des Plaines was taken to Advocate Lutheran General Hospital around midday Friday (May 9). According to Des Plaines Fire Chief Matt Matzl, paramedics got a call about an injured person near the intersection of Northwest Highway and Western Avenue. He said that the person was taken to the hospital with “life-threatening injuries.”Matzl said that the Metra Police Department was still investigating the incident, and he had no furt...

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Igor Studenkov

The Dee Road Metra station and platform as seen on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. (Journal photo)Park Ridge City Council voted unanimously on April 21 to contract a local vending machine company to put in vending machines at the city’s two Metra stations. Park Ridge-based Divine Vending specializes in machines that sell healthier food options than traditional snacks and drinks. Finance Director Chris Lipman told the council that the city has been looking to fill a restaurant space in the Uptown station...

1 week ago | journal-topics.com | Igor Studenkov

Park Ridge City Council voted 5-2 on April 21 to approve a Special Use permit that will allow Chicago-based Deljo Heating & Cooling company to set up a showroom and training space in Uptown at 155 N. Northwest Hwy. In Uptown’s commercial areas, Park Ridge zoning code generally encourages retail on the ground level and residential use on any floors further up, since it would be in keeping with Uptown’s historic character and bring in sales tax revenue. The office use is Special Use so that th...

2 weeks ago | journal-topics.com | Igor Studenkov

Niles-Park Ridge School Dist. 64 Board of Education approved several changes to the district’s Student-Parent Handbook, most notably clarifying rules around student phone use and explicitly forbidding parents from using online ordering platforms such as UberEats to send their kids restaurant-made lunches. The Student-Parent Handbook covers Dist. 64 policies and is usually updated every school year. The handbook for the current 2024-2025 school year stated that “parents are discouraged from rout...