Jun

02

First Belmont, now Fairview

Updated:  11:25 a.m. with new information from Metra The Fairview Avenue grade crossing will be closed through June 5 for emergency repairs, according to the Metra website. A Metra spokesman told the DGreport the Illinois Commerce Commission ordered the Burlington Northern to make the repairs after being alerted to the site’s rough crossing. “The train [...]

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May

05

May 4, 2006

Editor’s note: Guest blogger Meat was a witness to the suicide of  a 36-year-old man who jumped in front of the 8:08 a.m. Metra train on May 4, 2006. Like many brushed by a tragedy, his memories of the event are clear, confused and troubled. I have the fortune of being able to walk to [...]

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