A couple of items generated lengthy discussion at last week’s three hour-plus Ball-Chatham Board of Education meeting at the District Office.

The Village of Chatham has hired Massie and Massie Associates to update the Comprehensive Park Plan.

Chatham American Legion Post 759 and Chatham VFW Post 4763 will host Memorial Day services Monday, May 27, at 10 a.m. at the Chatham Veterans Memorial “On the Square” in Veterans Memorial Park. 

The Chatham Village Board held both a regular meeting and Committee of the Whole affair Tuesday night at Municipal Hall. All trustees were present, with Mayor Dave Kimsey out of town.

There was a changing of the guard at last Thursday’s Ball-Chatham Board of Education meeting, as the board said goodbye to three outgoing members, including four-year president Steve Copp, and hello to three newly-elected members.

The Village of Chatham is currently accepting nominations for the annual  Volunteer of the Year Award, with the recipient receiving the honorary naming of Volunteer Drive, the road that winds through Community Park. 

The Village of Chatham will receive sealed Request for Proposals for yard waste and leaf collection services; as well as limb and branch collection services until Friday, May 24, at 1 p.m. at the Village Hall, 117 E. Mulberry.

Village of Chatham officials will now seek a Request for Proposal (RFP) for branch pick-up, leaf bag pick-up and village-wide clean-up services following a special meeting that was held last week at Municipal Hall.

Fourth grade students and their teachers from all three Ball-Chatham elementary schools will be planting seeds and seedlings to begin restoring approximately 10 acres of land located adjacent to Ball Elementary School to its original habitat. 

The Village of Chatham is poised to end its leaf bag and branch pick-up policies soon, leaving those responsibilities and costs up to each individual resident.

The deadline is noon on April 26 for Memorial Brick applications to be turned in.  This will allow enough time for the bricks to get engraved and laid in time for Memorial Day.

Three newcomers have won election to four-year terms on the Ball-Chatham Board of Education.

Glenwood High School’s very own Titan Fever experienced the opportunity of a lifetime, competing in Show Choir Nationals March 21-23 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Andrew ‘Dewey’ Detmers led all vote-getters in the race for Village of Chatham trustee in Tuesday’s Consolidated Election.

Glenwood High School’s Titan Fever Show Choir brought home a host of awards from the 2019 Show Choir Nationals, held March 21-23 at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee.

The Ball-Chatham Board of Education held its regular meeting for March at a different location last week - the new mutli-purpose room at GHS.

Voters will head to the polls Tuesday, April 2, for a local election that includes candidates for Village of Chatham trustee and the Ball-Chatham Board of Education, along with candidates for the Chatham Area Public Library District Board of Trustees and an annexation question for residents …

Pickleball courts are coming to Community Park, after Village of Chatham trustees approved a contract with All Weather Courts of Dawson at Tuesday’s village board meeting.

The Chatham Area Chamber of Commerce will host a Candidate Forum Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. at the Chatham Area Public Library, 600 E. Spruce.  

Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with the Chatham Senior Center, is offering a Rules of the Road Review Course for all citizens in the Chatham area. The course is free to anyone who wishes to attend.

The Chatham Village Board held both a regular meeting and committee of the whole affair Tuesday night at Municipal Hall, with the proceedings lasting one hour and 40 minutes before the board went into closed session to discuss collective negotiations. Trustee Paul Scherschel was absent.

The Ball-Chatham Board of Education, and the Ball-Chatham Education Association (BCEA) announced on Tuesday night that a tentative agreement has been reached on a new three-year collective bargaining agreement. 

On March 1-2, Glenwood’s very own Titan Fever will be hosting what some have predicted to be one of the hardest High School Show Choir competitions of the season, ‘The Event.’ 

Glenwood High School’s Titan Fever Show Choir and T-Funk Combo will host the seventh annual Show Choir competition, ‘The Event,’ March 1-2 at GHS.

Titan Brain Fuel Boxes, or ‘Chatham Little Libraries,’ have been placed at various locations in Chatham.

The Titan Mascot Committee is currently reviewing submissions for the new Titan mascot/logo.

The Chatham Village Board met in regular session Tuesday night, with all trustees and Mayor Dave Kimsey in attendance.

On Saturday, Jan. 19, members of Glenwood High School’s Show Choir, Titan Fever, received word of a rare change in schedule. They were, in fact, going to Mt. Zion’s competition.

Would you like to see pickleball courts in Chatham? We are close to making this a reality, but we need your support.  

Village of Chatham trustees started off a new year of meetings in style Tuesday night, with a regular board meeting and committee of the whole affair lasting a total of three hours.

Doug Szcinski, Glenwood High School’s first-year principal, has done and changed more things than most students and parents realize. 

The Village of Chatham will start picking up Christmas trees starting Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019. 

There will be a total of six candidates running for election to the Ball-Chatham Board of Education next April.

The Chatham Village Board held both a regular meeting and committee of the whole affair Tuesday night at Municipal Hall. All trustees and mayor Dave Kimsey were in attendance, and the proceedings lasted an hour and 45 minutes.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has announced the 2019-2020 Illinois State Scholars. 

Four citizens, including three current trustees, have filed for election to four-year terms as trustees on the Chatham Village Board.

A Village of Chatham Comprehensive Plan survey is scheduled to be mailed to every household in Chatham this week.

The Chatham Friends of the Parks will present the sixth annual ‘Light Up The Park’ holiday light display at Community Park from Nov. 23-Dec. 22.

There was no shortage of topics and there was also plenty of discussion during Tuesday night’s round of Village Board and Committee of the Whole meetings at Municipal Hall.

Voters in Sangamon County approved the one cent School Facility Sales Tax during Tuesday’s General Election.

Chatham VFW Post 4763 and Chatham American Legion Post 759 will conduct Veterans Day services Sunday, Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. at the Chatham Veterans Memorial on the Square in Veterans Memorial Park. 

The Ball-Chatham Board of Education held its regular meeting for October last Thursday before an overflow crowd, and then some, at the District Office.

Jared Koester, 34, of Chatham was named the new President of the Illinois Jaycees at the 2018 Fall General Assembly, held this past weekend in Normal.

As part of the upcoming election on Tuesday, Nov. 6, voters in Sangamon County will be asked to vote on a proposal to provide funding to all county school districts through a one cent retail sales tax increase.

Leaf bags will be available at the Village Utility Office starting Monday, Oct. 29 until they are gone. A limit of three bundles of bags per household may be picked up.

The Chatham Village Board held both a regular meeting and committee of the whole affair Tuesday night at Municipal Hall. The proceedings lasted just over an hour before a closed session was held to discuss collective bargaining.

Members of the Ball-Chatham Education Association (BCEA) showed up in very large numbers to last week’s Board of Education meeting.

Work on sand blasting and painting the elevated water tank on East Walnut, along with other related items, has begun in earnest.

The petition circulation period for residents interested in a trustee position on the Chatham Village Board has begun.

Andrew ‘Dewey’ Detmers was approved to fill a vacated Village trustee position at Tuesday night’s Chatham Village Board meeting.