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1972–2011 – The library, since inception, was a member of the Metropolitan Library System (formerly the Suburban Library System [4]), a group of libraries made up of public, academic, special, high school and grade school libraries in the near south and west Chicago-area suburbs. This system, along with most others in Illinois, apart from ...
The Metropolitan Library System (MLS) was an association of academic, public, school, and special libraries in Chicago and its suburbs in Cook, DuPage and Will counties. On July 1, 2011, Metropolitan Library System merged with Alliance Library System, DuPage Library System, North Suburban Library System, and Prairie Area Library System to form the Reaching Across Illinois Library System.
Kenilworth is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, 15 miles (24 km) north of downtown Chicago. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 2,514. It is the newest of the nine suburban North Shore communities bordering Lake Michigan , and is one of those developed as a planned community.
Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.
Location and general description of property.—The railroad of the Chicago Heights Terminal Transfer Railroad Company, herein called the carrier, is a single-track, standard-gauge, steam-operated, switching railroad, located in and about Chicago Heights, Ill. It consists of 6.697 miles of main track and 13.298 miles of yard tracks and sidings.
The Arlington Heights Memorial Library is the public library in the village. [33] According to the Institute of Museum & Library Services ' Public Libraries Survey, in 2014, 63.5 percent of Arlington Heights residents (47,713 out of a service area population of 75,101) held library cards , [ 34 ] entitling cardholders to borrowing privileges.
Metra's Union Pacific North Line trains go south to Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago and as far north as Kenosha, Wisconsin. In Metra's zone-based fare schedule, Kenilworth is in zone 3. As of 2018, Kenilworth is the 98th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown stations, with an average of 501 weekday boardings. [1]
The Evergreen Interim library, which was one of the District's two library facilities, closed on July 3, 2010. On July 10, 2010, the new Aspen Drive Library opened to the public. This 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m 2 ) building is located across the street from the Vernon Hills Elementary and Grade School Campus at 701 N Aspen Drive.