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Vol. 101, No. 19
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REVIEW MAY 9, 2018
District House opens soon PAGE 6
Proviso East senior shines in Palestinian dress PAGE 10
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Living Fresh Market opens its doors The new grocery store will open on May 16 at 7520 W. Roosevelt Road
By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
After months of preparation, Living Fresh Market has scheduled its grand, ribbon-cutting opening for May 16,
with a soft opening planned for May 8. Co-owner Dan Casaccio said staff has been working until midnight every night to get the new store in order, putting up shelves, stocking items, painting the ceiling and more. He said the soft opening is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
on May 8, and will be open every day during those hours until May 16, when Living Fresh will celebrate its grand opening at 10 a.m. Fourteen vendors will serve up products See LIVING FRESH MARKET on page 10
D209 visualizes future facilities
Architects present nine possible concepts for the three campuses By MICHAEL ROMAIN
P Pirate pride
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
The Proviso East Marching Band show their spirit for the students at Field-Stevenson School on May 7. See full story on page 11.
Staff Reporter
roviso Township High Schools District 209 of officials held the fourth, and by far the largest, master facilities plan community engagement session at Proviso Math and Science Academy, 8601 W. Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park, on April 24. More than 400 people packed the school’s auditorium to hear architects from Perkins and Will, the architectural firm contracted last year to facilitate the master facilities planning process, present a series of long-term facilities concepts for the school. Last month’s meeting was the first where community members could actually see visual schemes of what future changes to the district’s three campuses might look like. The architects presented three concepts for each school. Two of the nine concepts — which were also the most unpopular among those in attendance at the meeting — called for Proviso East and Proviso West accommodating PMSA, which would be relocated from See FACILITIES on page 4
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