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By: Todd Wessell
Exterior of Jungle of Niles on Golf Road in Niles. OFF THE RECORDED column “Maybe God is telling me to retire,” says 67-year-old Neil Weiss during a telephone conversation yesterday (Tuesday). “But I’m going to keep on trying.” Weiss is the owner of the familiar Jungle of Niles retail store on the 9000 block of W. Golf Road between Potter […]
By: Todd Wessell
Former bank building at 678 Lee St. in downtown Des Plaines that will become the site of a new restaurant named the Dime. A contract valued at nearly $11 million to restore the interior of a former downtown Des Plaines bank building for the purpose of opening a new restaurant there is expected to be approved at Monday night’s city […]
By: Todd Wessell
A Rosemont-based real estate company is seeking city of Des Plaines approvals for property tax incentives that would lead to the construction of two large industrial buildings on the 1600 block of Touhy Avenue. The new buildings would replace smaller aging structures, one of which is a distribution center for the Hu-Friedy Group, a dental product provider which is located […]
By: Todd Wessell
Former bank building in downtown Des Plaines that is earmarked to become the site of a new restaurant. Des Plaines aldermen Monday night deferred discussing and voting on a measure that would fund the interior restoration of the planned downtown “Dime” restaurant building at Lee and Ellinwood streets. A proposed $11 million contract to perform the work was pulled from […]
By: Todd Wessell
Don Miletic A Des Plaines resident is calling for more transparency from the Des Plaines Park District following a meeting on Wednesday, July 15 where she and others had questions that weren’t answered about an upcoming project at West Park. Jennifer Poonsapaya late last week contacted a number of friends, neighbors, and others asking for their support in insisting that […]
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Exterior of Donald E. Stephens Convention Center facing River Road in Rosemont. More than 35,000 sports enthusiasts are expected to flow into Rosemont for the next five days to attend the annual National Sports Collectors Convention from today (Wednesday) to Sunday, Aug. 2. Nearly all of the 800,000 sq. ft of space at the Donald E. Stephens Convention and Conference […]
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Des Plaines mother’s attempt at obtaining a Des Plaines Park District document that spells out directives to Executive Director Don Miletic by the district’s five elected commissioners remains secret as a state agency deliberates on whether to make that record public.
The village of Rosemont has approved a settlement agreement with a man who was seriously injured in 2024 when a forklift operating inside the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center allegedly caused a chain reaction resulting in a heavy electrical cabinet falling onto him.
By: Todd Wessell
In today’s Journal & Topics there’s a report that Des Plaines recently approved a plan to spend approximately $580,000 in federal money to assist low and moderate income households and neighborhoods in the city.
By: Todd Wessell
With the filling of congressional seats just seven months away, Des Plaines Mayor Andrew Goczkowski is starting to think about future employment.
