Announcements

November 30th is Small Business Saturday, a day to support the local businesses that create jobs, boost the economy and preserve neighborhoods around the country. Small Business Saturday is a national movement to drive shoppers to local merchants across the U.S. Join the movement, spread the word! The following Blue Island businesses are participating in Small Business Saturday Aztek Ink …

A huge Thank You goes to the Taverez Family, owners of Harvey Pallets, for sponsoring Christmas Decorations in Blue Island this year! Due to their generous donation, wreaths, boughs and ribbons will be on lamp posts on Western Avenue from Burr Oak to Grove Street and on Olde Western Avenue. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas… thank you Taverez Family …

Do you need help paying winter heating bills?  Assistance may be available for Thornton Township residents. Attend the 2013 Energy Fair on Saturday, Nov. 2 at Thornton Township Hall in South Holland from 8am to 1pm. This event is open to Thornton Township residents only, and documentation is required. Download the event flyer here. Call 708-596-6040 ext. 3132 for more …

CSX will have equipment doing track improvements at various locations from October 24 – 26 barring any setbacks.  There may be some short delays associated with crossings.  There will also be noise and activity around the tracks that residents aren’t accustomed to. Additionally, CSX will be performing maintenance improvements at the crossing on 123rd Street just east of Kedzie beginning …

Blue Island was awarded an Illinois Coastal Grant from the Department of Natural Resources to hold five, day long workshops to raise awareness in the Calumet region about our water trails, how water trails uniquely connect people to the ecological values of the Calumet and to inspire stewardship activity. Two of these five workshops will be held on the Little …