I witnessed a beautiful thing early this morning, on my way through downtown La Grange on the way home from a late-night shopping trip at the Jewel in Countryside. Don't ask me why, I'm just a night owl and I love cruising the aisles when nobody's there.
My brief visit downtown confirmed to me the holidays are just around the corner. As I passed La Grange Road on Cossitt Avenue, I slowed down and paused just for a few moments as Public Works crews took advantage of the dead of night to start lighting up the town like it had never been before.
These were the quaint white lights the La Grange Business Association had talked about late this summer: the canopy of decorative lights strung across the road to brighten up the sidewalks and buildings -- just in time for this Saturday's annual Halloween Walk.
Just before stepping out last night, I remembered receiving a quick indescript note from Public Works -- which I admit I didn't have time to post earlier -- announcing the closure of La Grange Road between Cossitt and Burlington avenues from 11:30 p.m. to 4:45 a.m. simply "for maintenance purposes." At first, I figured, just another quickie road project.
I thought nothing of it until I passed by the business district and recalled hearing something last week about how the light shipments from overseas were indefinitely delayed. But come this morning, I guess they finally arrived.
Voila!
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Hello Jim and staff,
Congratulations on launching this new web site. I checked it out and you definitely have some interesting and useful items on here for La Grange area residents. I especially congraluate your publisher, Scott Hardesty. He is an outstanding photographer and I am glad to see that he is adding another interesting chapter to his career. Best wishes, Janet Pimentel
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