| Title | Date | Summary | Source | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 years, $4 million for factory cleanup | 1990-07-05 | AT&T expects to take two years to clean up chemical pollution in the soil under a factory which is to be converted to stores at the Village Crossing Shopping Center. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, July 5, 1990, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Pollution - Soil, Village Crossing Shopping Center, AT&T Teletype Corporation, Environment, Business - Shopping centers |
| AT&T contamination tests expected to take 2 months | 1988-08-25 | Finding out what contaminated the ground on the side of a future shopping center could take up to two months. | Skokie Review, Thursday, August 25, 1988, p. 9 | Pollution - Soil, Business - Shopping centers |
| Contaminated soil discovered at Fairview site | 1999-04-01 | None | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, April 1, 1999, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Pollution - Soil, Public School District 72 - Buildings, Fairview South School |
| Grant to help clean site | 2000-07-27 | None | Skokie Review, Thursday, July 27, 2000, p. 4 | Pollution - Soil, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Grants, Environment |
| Group raises hazardous waste issue at AT&T site | 1988-01-14 | Residents of Chicago's Edgebrook Community are concerned about possible hazardous waste problems at the Niles/Skokie AT&T site. The site has been tentatively targeted for retail development. | Skokie Review, Thursday, January 14, 1988, p. 3 | Public health, Pollution - Soil, AT&T Teletype Corporation, Business - Shopping centers, Environment |
| Half decade later, Amoco leak haunts homeowners | 1995-03-02 | None | Skokie Review, Thursday, March 2, 1995, p. 3 | Cecala family, Amoco, Sobotka, Walter, Business - Automobile service stations and gas stations, Fleischer, Kenneth, Keefe family, Sobotka, Helen, Lawton, Samuel, Stack family, Pollution - Soil |
| Hazards may delay play | 1994-09-29 | Carcinogens in the ground may cause problems for a planned sports field. | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 29, 1994, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Pollution - Soil, Parks |
| Larger AT&T spill is found | 1988-05-14 | A spill of industrial cleaning solvent discovered at the AT&T site on Touhy is posing no immediate health hazard. However, a state official said it is "more extensive than expected. | Life - Skokie edition (Weekend edition), Saturday, May 14, 1988, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Pollution - Soil, Public health, AT&T Teletype Corporation, Business - Shopping centers |
| More soil borings for Little League land | 1995-02-23 | None | Skokie Review, Thursday, February 23, 1995, p. 4 | Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), Pollution - Soil, Testing Services Corp., Schneiderman, Mark, Skokie Park District - Board |
| Skokie board inks agreements on contaminated sites | 2001-09-27 | None | Life - Skokie edition, Thursday, September 27, 2001, Sec. 1, p. 1 | Skokie - Budget and expenditures, Oscarson, Martin 'Marty', Pollution - Soil, Skokie Board of Trustees, Invensys Building Systems Inc., Bock, Carl, BP Amoco (formerly Amoco), Business - Automobile service stations and gas stations, Stanley Consultants |