Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Mexican American grill now open in Evergreen Park, brewpub prepares to open in Beverly.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Baseball Hall of Famer Wade Boggs last week became the latest investor in the All-Star Ballpark Heaven project of Oak Lawn couple Michael and Denise Stillman. Boggs told the Sun-Times he joined the Stillmans because their plans for a 24 field baseball complex on the site of the Kevin Costner baseball classic “Field of Dreams” in Dyersville, Iowa, would give kids in the Midwest a place of their own. “The proximity throughout the Midwest and the West gives parents in these tough economic times an opportunity to have a tremendous facility, expand their baseball dreams of going to the next level and possibly going to the Major Leagues,” Boggs told the Sun-Times. No details were disclosed about the amount of Boggs’ investment, but it is the …
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Hostess outlet store remains open for business after a car drives through the front window, remodeling complete at Chicago Ridge Mall AMC Theater 6 and more business news for Oak Lawn, Evergreen Park, Mt. Greenwood and Beverly.
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Wednesday, August 15, 2012
The dream of Oak Lawn residents Michael and Denise Stillman to turn the site of the classic baseball movie “Field of Dreams” into All-Star Ballpark Heaven continues to move ahead. City officials in Dyersville, Iowa, voted last week to rezone the site from agricultural to commercial, which was needed for the Stillmans’ plan to build a 24-field baseball and softball complex on the land. Dyersville officials annexed the land in July. “This was absolutely a step forward,” said Denise Stillman. “We are still on target to close on the land at the end of August or early September,” she said. The Stillmans and the other investors, operating as Go the Distance Baseball LLC, announced last October they had a deal to buy the movie site, including …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Find out how you can get a free ticket for Saturday's Country Throwdown concert at Toyota Park.
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Books-a-Million opened its third Chicago-area bookstore last week inside the former Borders Express store at Chicago Ridge Mall. Store manager Brandon Wolak said the retailer has been successful in the South and decided the recent demise of Borders gave it an opportunity to expand in the North. The retailer opened a store in Southlake Mall in Hobart, Ind., late last year and will open another store in a couple of weeks at Fox Valley Center in Aurora. The company has had a store in downtown Chicago for a while, Wolak said. Wolak brushed aside concerns that bookstores are dying out. He said there is still demand for books. “We have more than enough customers who don’t like to read e-books or books online,” he said. “They like the feel of a …
Don Pointer
3:55 pm on Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Can't believe the Sara Lee store is closing! The workers there are friendly and the food selections plentiful and can't all be held elsewhere. What's next? No Sara Lee in the grocery store? I guess its true when they say all good things must come to an end. God bless the workers at the Oak Lawn store. more ›