Mike Nolan

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mike Nolan

Tinley Park is studying a municipal grocery tax as it prepares a budget for the coming fiscal year, aimed at offsetting the loss of revenue from a state grocery tax. Other local communities, including Oak Lawn, have instituted a 1% tax as Illinois ends its own grocery tax. The proposed Tinley Park budget estimates a grocery tax would generate $300,000 under plans for it to take effect only in the final third of the budget year.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

Joyce Ester, a native of the south suburbs, has been tentatively chosen as the new president of Governors State University, according to the University Park school. Ester, president of Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minnesota, is originally from Phoenix and attended Thornridge High School in Dolton. She was among three finalists for the GSU position and would become the university’s seventh president, following Cheryl Green.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

Orland Elementary District 135 voted Monday to approve about $9.5 million of interior and exterior work at district schools. The projects come after the Orland Park school district completed work last year on a large-scale, multimillion-dollar capital improvement program that saw additions at five schools. Mechanical and interior renovations at several district schools are among the projects improved. At Center School, 9407 W.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Mike Nolan

Orland Elementary District 135 voted Monday to approve about $9.5 million of interior and exterior work at district schools. The projects come after the Orland Park school district completed work last year on a large-scale, multimillion-dollar capital improvement program that saw additions at five schools. Mechanical and interior renovations at several district schools are among the projects improved. AdvertisementAdvertisementAt Center School, 9407 W.

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Mike Nolan

The Glenwood Roller Rink has been closed due to structural damage, owners posted on social media. It was not immediately clear if the rink, 656 Holbrook Road, is permanently closed or just shut for repairs, and owners and representatives of the rink were not available for comment. The family also owns the Tinley Park Roller Rink and posted Friday on that rink’s Facebook page about the Glenwood facility’s closing.