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Vol. 40, No. 10
Page 9
March 12, 2025
Riverside OKs agreement with D96 to improve Blythe Park
The tennis court will be made into a ‘multi-purpose’ court
Remembering Michael Meagher
By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
Michael Meagher made friends everywhere he went. “Even if we went somewhere for a half hour, to a park or something, he made friends, and he really loved his friends,” said Melissa Meagher, Michael’s mother. “One time, I picked him up, and somebody made him this coloring or drawing, and he was like, ‘Don’t lose that, Mom. One of my friends made that for me.’ He just cherished everything about his friends.”
Riverside has finalized its agreement with Riverside School District 96 for a new playground and multi-use court at Blythe Park. The upgrades will be for Blythe Park Elementary students to use. The school district will build the playground, which Riverside will maintain, on villageowned property while Riverside will handle replacing the tennis court with a new court for multiple sports, including both tennis and basketball. Trustees voted to unanimously approve the agreement at the village board’s March 6 meeting, though Trustee Aberdeen Marsh-Ozga was absent. “Just to clarify, this agreement is an agreement of intent by both parties,” Village President Doug Pollock told trustees at the meeting. “In the draft [intergovernmental agreement], it talks about repurposing the tennis court as a multipurpose court, and the school district agrees to replace the
See MICHAEL MEAGHER on page 24
See BLYTHE on page 4
PROVIDED BY MELISSA MEAGHER
Michael’s favorite holidays were Christmas and Halloween.
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