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Monee Water Main Project Could Improve Insurance Rates

By Karen Haave A water main extension project underway in Monee could have an unexpected bonus for homeowners there. The professional services agreement authorized by the board of trustees last week focuses on a 4,700-foot extension along Ridgeland Avenue and Bruns Road. “Once completed,” Village Administrator Ruben Bautista noted, “the project will provide redundancy to…

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Crete’s Officer Hunt Retires
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Building Committee Creates Historical Overlay District
Realtor and property owner Jared Gordon talked with Robinson Engineering at the Streetscape Open House.  About 80 people came out for the open house during the worst weather of the week. Photo by Andrea Arens.
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Building Committee Declines to Hire Additional Employees
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Apartment Complex Has Manteno Principal Concerned
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Monee Water Main Improvement Project Bids Approved
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Kankakee County Auditor Jake Lee Out After 2 Terms
Beecher Bobcat Adyn McGinley –Photo by Jim Piacentini.
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Longtime Crete Code Enforcement/Animal Control Supervisor to Retire