April elections bring in new boards and councils in May.
For the first part of the month, area communities have been seeing new and familiar people raising their right hands, repeating after judges and other dignitaries, stating their names and promising to uphold the sanctity of their position.
The Southland communitiesâ boards are just settling in after all the April 6 votes were certified by the officials in Cook and Will Counties.
Here is a look at highlights of some of the area municipal races.
Orland Park
Mayor Keith Pekau and former Mayor Dan McLaughlin had a lively and heated election filled with mailers sent to residents seemingly on a daily basis.
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Replies(2) Early voting has already started in Frankfort, and Election Day on April 6 is quickly approaching. (Kristin Borden/Patch)
FRANKFORT, IL Early voting has already started in Frankfort, and Election Day on April 6 is quickly approaching. There are several elections in Frankfort for village president, school districts, village trustee, township, park district, fire district, and library.
Not only will Frankfort residents decide who their next mayor is, but voters will also answer a non-binding advisory question from the Frankfort Park District about acquiring the Borg Warner plant.
According to the park district, the space would allow for a multitude of programming opportunities including rental and meeting space, turf fields, gymnasiums, swimming facilities, senior and teen drop-in-centers, fitness space and more.
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