Union Pacific North Line Metra rider: Train 'like a sardine Chicago Sun-Times (IL) (8/26/2010)
...crowded." Metra's Union Pacific North Line altered its schedules this week to accommodate an eight-year, $185 million project to rebuild 22 bridges and replace the Ravenswood station. But so far, the schedule changes are causing problems on the third...

Manhattan homeowners fighting lien SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) (8/17/2010)
...association and Zausa Development Corp. in December 2009 for work he claimed to have completed in November 2009 for zoning, project management, engineering and surveying. According to the Will County recorder of deeds Web site, it is one of 16 mechanics...

Council to vote on Smart Grid consultant Naperville Sun, The (IL) (8/17/2010)
...handbook, logos and branding for the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative, and would generally handle public relations for the project.The Smart Grid is essentially an overlay on the city's existing electrical grid. Its main feature is a two-way communication...

SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) (8/18/2010)
...go of the grant after contractors threatened to walk off the project, prosecutors said. THE DEFENSE: "Chicago Academy is an...with promises of a $6 billion Illinois Tollway construction project. THE DEFENSE: Lawyers for Blagojevich say Krozel can't...

Homer Glen mayor disappointed in SD 205 board SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) (8/18/2010)
...the money to build a new school. Voter approval was required for the district to secure state construction grants for the project. "Their vote evidences a complete lack of understanding of how the school district's overcrowding issues are having a detrimental...

Deer expert supports lethal options in Will Co. Naperville Sun, The (IL) (8/18/2010)
...tailed deer in Will County's forest preserves, officials asked an expert for advice.So Marty Jones, the only urban deer project manager in the state, came to the Thursday board meeting of the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Jones has spent...

Combining forces to enhance Joliet hospice Herald News, The (Joliet, IL) (8/18/2010)
...to enhance and improve the circular labyrinth area, which is off a path in back of the hospice. A groundbreaking for the project, which will be completed by the end of October, was held Tuesday morning at the site. Greg Pierceall, a landscape design...

Happiness is ... just a class away? SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) (8/19/2010)
...supervisor for the park district, said the staff decided to offer How to Be Happy after several members read "The Happiness Project" in their employee book club. "We all liked it and we've all taken steps to do things differently in our personal lives...

Evergreen Park still considering retirement home settlement SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL) (8/20/2010)
...clergy, Sexton said. The house would offer independent living, assisted living, skilled nursing care and dementia care. The Chicago City Council approved the project in September 2008. Evergreen Park filed the lawsuit a week later.