Manhattan News

Residents from Joliet, Manhattan, Elwood and New Lenox met with Manhattan Mayor Jamie Doyle, Chicagoland Speedway president Scott Paddock and New Lenox Mayor Tim Baldermann Thursday to complain about the loud music that lasted until after 4 a.m. over the three-day Electric Daisy Carnival concert.

The North Providence Ridge Cemetery Association will hold its annual meeting at 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 14, at the home of Warren Hauert, 27305 S. Rt 52, Manhattan.

In her own words, Jayme Doyle is "not meant to be famous" - she's "just an average, normal girl who lives down the hall."

The Joliet City Council got an earful Monday evening from four people describing what they had to put up with during the Electric Daisy Carnival.

Manhattan Lion's Club will sponsor a blood drive on Saturday, June 1, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., at Manhattan Fire Station, 100 Park Road.

Mayors in towns kept up all night by last weekend's Electric Daisy Carnival question why an open-air electronic dance music festival, known for loud music, would run until 4 a.m. "I think that's ridiculous," said Manhattan Mayor James Doyle.

One annoyed woman from Rockdale is asking New Lenox residents to join her in the fight to halt future noisy concerts.

The flood of complaints of excessive noise generated from May 24-25, Day No. 1, of a three-day music event put on by the Electric Daisy Concert at Chicagoland Speedway, have been heard.

Each year, Manhattan American Legion Post 935 hosts services at cemeteries throughout the area, as well as at the Veteran's Memorial in Manhattan.

Manhattan Fire Protection District and the Manhattan-Elwood Public Library will offer a Safe Sitter course for young teens, 11 years old and up, on Thursday, June 6, at the Manhattan Fire Station #1. The registration deadline is May 30.

St. Joseph Catholic School in Manhattan will hold a special preschool Open House on Thursday, May 30, from 9 to 11 a.m. to receive details and tour the facility.

A solid Pattinson pal reported Monday, " They both still love each other, but I think Robert in particular has decided it's time to move on." It does not appear any third party is responsible for Pattinson moving out of Stewart's Los Angeles home over the weekend.