Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Shinyei "Rocky" Matayoshi was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross last June. It's one of several honors he has received for his actions during the war.
Next Wednesday, the Woodridge Diversity Committee will host several local veterans from WWII to Afghanistan to tell their stories. Read about one of Woodridge's most decorated veterans below. Sign up for the Woodridge Patch newsletter and get the latest stories in your inbox each morning. Not long after the Japanese invaded Pearl Harbor in 1941, when Rocky Matayoshi was a senior in high school, FBI agents took his father away to a Japanese internment camp in Santa Fe, NM. A year later, when the Army asked for volunteers for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team—a segregated, all-Japanese infantry unit—Matayoshi enlisted. “I volunteered because they took my dad away,” said the 88-year-old Woodridge resident. “I thought if I volunteered, maybe, …
Check out which roads will be closed for the Season Starters race Sunday morning.
Road closures will take place Sunday morning due to the Seven Bridges Season Starters Race in Woodridge. 75th Street will have right lane closures and delays from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Both eastbound and westbound traffic will yield to race participants. Police will control the intersection of 75th Street and Greene Road through the duration of the race. Traffic may choose to use the detour as an alternate. Hobson Road will be closed from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. to through traffic from Route 53 to College Road. Local access will be allowed from Route 53 to Hobson Valley Drive and from Greene Road to College Road. The detour to Route 53 will run north on College Road to Maple Avenue and south on Wehrli Drive to Royce Road. Greene Road will be closed …
See where road construction will be taking place this summer around Woodridge.
Work along 75th Street has brought the 2012 construction season in with a bang. Thanks to $1.76 million in grant funds, the village of Woodridge will be tackling several other road projects this summer, too. Here are the village's road projects: Keep up with road projects planned by the IDOT, county and village for this summer in a guide provided by the village here. Don't forget to get up-to-date traffic and gas information on Patch.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Metra commuters are looking at a different experience, between station closures and airport-style security restrictions. Use the convenient resources of Patch to plan your commute during NATO week, especially through the summit.
Woodridge residents who take the train or drive to work in downtown Chicago should be prepared for delays as world leaders convene for the 2012 NATO summit at McCormick Place from May 20 to May 21. For the first time, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be holding a summit in an American city other than Washington, D.C. In addition to global leaders, more than 2,000 journalists and countless demonstrators and activists are expected to inundate the Chicago region. Use Patch's convenient resources to monitor traffic on the roadways and find the best gas prices. We'll also post the latest traffic, train or bus delays on the Patch Facebook page, and we invite our readers to do the same. Like Woodridge Patch on Facebook and tell your …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The park district board accepted the results of a final feasibility study Tuesday.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Added restrictions are in place for the NATO summit May 19-21 in Chicago.
It's always good to be caught up on state politics. Here's an easy guide to what happened this week.
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Sunday, May 13
Editor's Note: This article was created by aggregating news articles from Illinois Statehouse News that were written by various Illinois Statehouse News reporters. In a week foreshadowing drama to come in this legislative session’s final weeks, Illinois lawmakers passed a bill requiring retired government workers to pay for their health insurance. Meanwhile, Chicago's mayor weighed in on the state's pension crisis, a state representative accused of bribery proclaimed his innocence and a College Illinois! employee was accused of insider investing. House, Senate pass retiree health care payment bill Illinois pays more than $800 million annually for the health care of state retirees, 90 percent of whom pay nothing toward their health-…
Friday, May 11, 2012
The park district board accepted the results of a final feasibility study Tuesday.
The Woodridge Park District is moving to the next of a multiple-step process to build an athletic recreation center in Woodridge. The park district board accepted the results of a final feasibility study that was presented at the board's Tuesday meeting. According to the study, "the proposed facility can operate in a self-sufficient and profitable manner exclusive of debt service without any reliance on any subsidies from other existing park district funds," according to a park district release. The park district board authorized staff to proceed with the next step in the process: assessing site location options. That includes soliciting "a proposal for the board to provide preliminary architectural/engineering consulting services to …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Work planned for Westview and Everglade will start this month.
ComEd will start an electric infrastructure upgrade project in the Westview Lane and Everglade Avenue area this month. The project is designed to improve the performance the electric system and enhance the reliability of service, according to a village of Woodridge release. The work is scheduled to begin in May and conclude by late June. "Upgrades will include the replacement of existing poles and installation of new cable that is specifically designed for areas with a high density of tall trees in close proximity to overhead power lines," according to the village. "This improvement, coupled with ComEd's regular tree trimming, will improve the overall performance of the circuit during storms. Overall, the grid modernization investments …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Construction for the recreation center is pending board approval.
The Woodridge Park District Board is considering an $18 million construction project to build a 76,000-square-feet athletic recreation center along Janes Avenue. The center, as currently proposed, would offer basketball and volleyball courts, turf fields, six batting cages, fitness and strength rooms, two aerobics rooms, an elevated track, a café and a child watch area. Construction could begin in 2014 and be complete in 2015. The Woodridge Park District board reviewed a preliminary feasibility study for the center at a special board meeting Saturday but has yet to approve the project. The park district will consider a final feasibility study Tuesday. A date for the vote has not yet been set. Two locations are currently proposed for the …
John Moreli
10:22 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
He keeps the pension for life, just like anyone else that collects a pension, 401 or social security! If he were to be arrested and convicted of a felony while he was working he could loose his pension! But that didn't happen! more ›