Posts Tagged ‘plainfield news’


127th Street & 248th Avenue Intersection

Friday, September 18th, the Village will be completing traffic control improvements at the intersection of 127th Street and 248th Avenue.  The existing “one way” stop will be converted to an “all way” stop.  New stop signs, stop bars, and warning flashers/flags will be installed to alert motorists of this change.  While some additional traffic congestion may occur [...]

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Legionnaires’ disease in Plainfield

Edward Hospital identifies about two to three cases of Legionnaires’ disease in a given year, and they’ve had three in the last month. Fortunately, Legionnaires’ disease is not spread from person-to-person contact. The disease can be hard to diagnose because its symptoms are like many other forms of pneumonia. Signs of the disease can include: [...]

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Plainfield Road Closures-Renwick Road To Close-August 2009 Update

The west leg of Renwick Road, beginning at Illinois Route 59 and extending 200 feet to the west, will be closed to all through traffic beginning Wednesday, August 19th at 6:00 a.m. and continuing through Monday, August 24th  at  6:00 a.m. This road closure will allow for the expedited reconstruction of the intersection in conjunction [...]

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Chocolate Cows and Purple Cheese

Tom Hernandez, a Plainfield dad, communications director for the Plainfield public schools and columnist for the Plainfield Sun, shares parenting insights in his recently released collection of essays, “Chocolate Cows and Purple Cheese.” More here: Plainfield dad shares parenting insight, humor – Chicago Tribune From Amazon: LIFE IS RARELY AS BLACK AND WHITE AS IT [...]

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