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140 volunteer stitchers worked on the 35 panels of the Dundee Tapestry which is displayed at V&A and tells the story of the city and people

Polk Burnett Farmers Union President Kristy Allen has been keeping busy beekeeping and building community in her neck of the Northwoods.

April elections bring in new boards and councils in May. For the first part of the month, area communities have been seeing new and familiar people raising their right hands, repeating after judges and other dignitaries, stating their names and promising to uphold the sanctity of their position. The Southland communities’ boards are just settling in after all the April 6 votes were certified by the officials in Cook and Will Counties. Here is a look at highlights of some of the area municipal races. Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau and former Mayor Dan McLaughlin had a lively and heated ele...

Jeff Vorva Times correspondent The Edwards Realty Co. helped build Orland Park Crossing, which houses Mariano’s, P.F. Changs, Yankee Candle and other tenants at 14225 S. 95th Ave. The Orland Park-based company now has a chance to spruce up the area across the street as well. The Village of Orland Park Board of Trustees and Mayor Keith Pekau have voted 6-1 to approve a memorandum of understanding and consulting agreement with the company to help develop the remainder of the Downtown Main Street Triangle District. Three retiring trustees had reservations about how fast this pr...

ORLAND PARK, Ill. — An Orland Park official's request to look into instituting a mask-wearing mandate was met with some resistance Monday, Dec. 7, during the Committee of the Whole (COTW) meeting held prior to the regularly scheduled Village Board meeting. Trustee Dan Calandriello said he asked that the item be placed on the COTW agenda because of the recent increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases in Orland Park. Subscribe "I was just thinking of ways we can help our community be safer," he said. "As we know, Orland Park has a lot of visitors during the day — in and out, bringin...