Thursday, February 28, 2013
Patch uncovers some of the stranger Tinley Park Police reports. In this edition, two Southland residents prove you should always go before you leave home.
Busted! takes a look at the more unusual reports that the men and women of the Tinley Park Police Department respond to. Names have been withheld to protect the innocent, the guilty and the embarrassed. The old saying goes that great minds think alike. That sentiment also could apply to full bladders. In the wee hours of Feb. 17, two south suburban men separated by about a few miles and 40 minutes could no longer contain their bodily fluids and decided to relieve themselves at Metra station. And they would have gotten away with it, too, if not for security cameras and a village employee monitoring those aforementioned cameras. FIRST INCIDENT At around 12:20 a.m., a 23-year-old Tinley Park man was caught on camera urinating in the tunnel …
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Trustees approved new amendments Tuesday that turn past practice into law, making parking free on weekends, holidays and weekdays after 10:30 a.m. at the commuter lots the village runs.
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- Joe Vince
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Tinley Park Village Board put into law Tuesday a practice that's been common when it comes to regulating the commuter parking lots the village runs near the Oak Park Avenue and 80th Avenue Metra stations. READ: Police Dept. Could Sell Vintage Machine Guns it Owns for Big Bucks Trustees unanimously approved amendments to the village's municipal code at the board's Tuesday, Dec. 4, meeting that makes commuter parking free in certain circumstances. Historically, the village hasn't enforced parking restrictions in these situations. The amendments would let commuters park without a permit or paying a fee in the following cases: To park in the station lots, commuters can purchase a permit on a quarterly basis or pay a $1.50 daily fee with …
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Hundreds of Tinley Park residents gathered at Zabrocki Plaza and Oak Park Avenue Metra station to see the holiday lights and shop at the Holiday Market. Miss the ceremony? Watch Patch's video for all the highlights.
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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Although the weather outside might be the opposite of frightful this weekend—temperatures could be in the 50s and 60s—the Village of Tinley Park is letting residents know the holiday season has arrived with events and activities that run through Sunday. The festivities began Friday, Nov. 30, with the official tree lighting and the opening of the Holiday Market. Check out the video in the media gallery for highlights of the ceremony. Here's a look at what's on tap day-to-day. All events and activities are free. For more information and details, go to the Downtown Tinley website. Tinley's Toyland Parade When: 11:30 a.m. Where: The viewing area runs along Oak Park Avenue, from 175th Street north to Zabrocki Plaza. What to expect: Welcome …
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Tinley Park received final approval from the Federal Railroad Administration to institute 24-hour quiet zones at the village's six railroad crossings. These areas mean engineers can't sound train horns except in emergencies.
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- Joe Vince
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Friday, November 30, 2012
With renovation work officially finished and the opening of the pedestrian underpass at the 80th Avenue Metra station, Tinley Park's six railroad crossings can now institute "quiet zones," beginning Monday, Dec. 3. READ: Silence on the Rails—No More Train Horns in Tinley Tinley Park received approval from the Federal Railroad Administration this week to enact the 24-hour quiet zones at the crossings at Central Avenue, 167th Street, 66th Court, Oak Park Avenue, 80th Avenue and 183rd Street, according to a village press release. The zone means engineers cannot sound train horns except for emergency or safety reasons, the release continued. “We have worked diligently to ensure that these crossings meet safety standards,” Trustee Thomas …
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Oak Park Avenue Train Station
6700 South St, Tinley Park, IL
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Tinley Park starts celebrating the holidays this year with more events and activities from Friday to Sunday than you can shake a candy cane at. Check out what's going on and when.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Joe Vince
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Friday, November 30, 2012
Although the weather outside might be the opposite of frightful this weekend—temperatures could be in the 50s and 60s—the Village of Tinley Park is letting residents know the holiday season has arrived with events and activities that run Friday through Sunday. Here's a look at what's on tap day-to-day. All events and activities are free. For more information and details, go to the Downtown Tinley website. Mayor's Tree Lighting Ceremony When: 6 p.m. Holiday music will be played, starting at 5:30 p.m. Where: Zabrocki Plaza, by the Oak Park Avenue Metra station What to expect: This year's 35-foot holiday tree gets the star treatment as village officials kick off the season with the annual tree lighting. Holiday Market When: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday…
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Amendments to the ordinances dealing with Tinley Park commuter lots would waive fees on holidays, weekends and weekdays after 10:30 a.m. Currently, the village doesn't enforce parking restrictions during those times.
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- Joe Vince
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Friday, November 16, 2012
Call it words needing to speak as loud as actions when it comes to proposed amendments to the Tinley Park ordinances regulating the commuter parking lots the village runs near the Oak Park Avenue and 80th Avenue Metra stations. READ: Proposed Gas Station-Car Wash Put on Hold by Will County Committee The planned changes would make parking free in certain circumstances, codifying enforcement practices that are already in place. To park in the station lots, commuters can purchase a permit on a quarterly basis or pay a $1.50 daily fee with cash or special tokens that can be purchased at the Village Clerk's office or at the Tinley Park Police station. The amendments would let drivers park without a permit or paying the fee in the following …
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Authorities said Tuesday afternoon that they still haven't IDed the man who was struck and killed by a Metra train this week. A Metra spokesman said a report indicates the death may have been accidental.
Area authorities are still looking for answers in the case of a John Doe who happened upon a local set of train tracks Monday and was hit and killed by an oncoming Metra. Representatives from the Cook County medical examiner's office have said the man is likely in his 30s. But even following a Monday autopsy, that's about all they knew. Metra Spokeswoman Meg Reile said the pedestrian didn't have any forms of identification on him at the time of the crash, which was 12:10 a.m. Monday. He was struck in the 6700 block of South Street in Tinley Park, as the train approached the Oak Park Avenue station. An investigator from a nearby city was headed to the medical examiner's office around 1:30 p.m. to follow up on a missing person case, a …
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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Congressman Dan Lipinski and 22 elected officials, including Mayor Ed Zabrocki, send letter to Metra opposing cuts in weekday and weekend trains to southwest suburbs.
Commuters who get off work at 5 p.m. may have to wait up to two hours to catch a Metra train home out of downtown Chicago if a plan to cut weekday and weekend service to the southwest suburbs goes through. Some weekday trains on the Southwest Service Line are on the chopping block and weekend service may be eliminated altogether if a proposed plan by Metra to plug a $100 million budget hole goes through. Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3) and 22 elected officials along the Southwest Service line, including Tinley Park Mayor Ed Zabrocki, sent a pointed letter to Metra expressing their opposition to reduce service, saying that such service cuts would “disenfranchise” commuters in the southwest suburbs. READ the letter from elected officials. …
Tired Of it all
9:04 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Let me get this straight: A fine train station - and it is - honored by The American Institute of Architects. Cost: over 5 million dollars for the station & improvements. No public restroom facilties "after hours" (after the restaraunt is closed). Sounds reasonable. more ›