Vol. VII No. 43 Proviso area bathed in fall colors, PAGE 2
Stone Park now building homes The village is finishing two homes on the market for over $400K, hopes to construct more, mayor says
OCTOBER 26, 2022 Trick-or-Treat hours inside, PAGE 3
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$5K reward offered for help solving DeDe Rainey’s murder
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
The village of Stone Park is the latest suburb in Proviso Township to get into the homebuilding business. The village is currently constructing two single-family homes on the 1700 block of N. 37th Ave. in Stone Park. The homes are both listed online — 1739 N. 37th Ave. is listed at Movoto for $409,000 while 1735 N. 37th Ave. is listed at Zillow for around $430,000. Both homes, which are nearly finished, include four bedrooms. The latter home has four bathrooms while the former home has three. They’re both 2,300 square feet. Stone Park Mayor Ben Mazzulla said the village built and designed the homes themselves. They’re also marketing the homes themselves in lieu of contracting with an outside realtor, he said. The mayor said plans to start building homes were hatched a few years back before the pandemic happened. “We wanted to start a new program to bring in a new type of housing that looks differently than the typical 45-foot lots,” he said, adding that the village has plans to purchase more distressed property to build even more custombuilt homes. See STONE PARK on page 4
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Maywood Mayor Nathaniel George Booker releases a dove as Chairman Fred Hampton Jr., far right, looks on during the Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club’s ceremony remembering victims of gun violence held Oct. 23 in Maywood.
Businessman David Scott’s reward came during Maywood-Proviso Rotary’s Anti-Gun Violence Dove Release ceremony in Maywood Oct. 23 By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
David Scott was enjoying the fruits of success. The property owner, whose family owns People Cab Company in Bellwood, was on the verge of becoming a McDonald’s franchisee. In 2000, his life changed. Scott was carjacked and shot while driving in Maywood. “That’s why I’m so committed to this village,” the businessman said during an Anti-Gun Violence Dove Release on Oct. 23 held just outside of the Fred Hampton Aquatic Center, near 4th Avenue and Fred Hampton Way in Maywood. Scott said he’s offering a $5,000 reward
for anyone who has information leading to the arrest and conviction of Dyanla “DeDe” Rainey’s murder. On Sunday, the businessman presented the award to Rainey’s mother and twin sister. Rainey, 22, the star of the 2018 Marshall High School state championship basketball team, was fatally shot three times in the back on July 24 while standing in the driveway of her home on the 700 block of South 6th Avenue in Maywood. Scott’s reward comes roughly a week after Marshall High girls’ basketball program hosted a charity game on Oct. See REWARD on page 11
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