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Public Comment on Comprehensive Plan

If you missed the Comprehensive Plan Open House, you still have an opportunity to review the draft plan and submit comments through 4/23. The draft plan, maps and recommendations are available for review and comment at the following locations: • Blue Island Public Library • Tommy A. Brown Sports Association • Online   The Blue Island Comprehensive Plan builds on previous planning and …

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Notice of Public Meeting & Intent to Apply for USEPA Pilot Grant

Notice of City of Blue Island’s intent to apply for U.S.EPA Brownfields Multi-purpose Pilot Grant; Notice of a Public Meeting to discuss, accept and consider Public Comment on the Draft Grant Proposal; and Request for Public Comment on the Draft Grant Proposal. The City of Blue Island intends to apply for a U.S.EPA Brownfields Multi-purpose Pilot Grant that is due on February …

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Rock Around the Clock

Celebrate New Years Eve at the City of Blue Island Rock Around the Clock Celebration on the corner of Vermont Street and Western Avenue.  The corner will be closed off to traffic at 11:30pm.  Free party favors will be distributed and at the stroke of midnight the Fire Department will  have the lighted ball drop and oversee the professional Fireworks …

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Test Of The Emergency Alert System – 11/9/11 at 1pm

1st Ever Emergency Alert System (EAS) Nationwide Test The federal government will conduct the 1st nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) – Wednesday, November 9, 1pm. The test will last up to 3 1/2 minutes and during this period, regularly-scheduled television, radio, cable, and satellite shows will be interrupted. The City of Blue Island, Police, Fire, and 911 Communications …

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Civil War Series: “Boy Soldiers of the Civil War”

The Blue Island Historical Society and the Blue Island Public Library brings Session Three of the Civil War Series.  Author and historian Dennis Keesee speaks on the “Boy Soldiers of the Civil War”. Tickets required. WHEN Tuesday, November 15* 7:00pm LOCATION Country House/Lincoln-Davis Civil War Roundtable 5400 W 127th Street Alsip, IL TICKETS There are a limited number of free …

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