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Westchester makes over $400K in fire dept. investments
Last month, the No Gloves National 16-inch softball tournament wrapped up its first tournament since taking a hiatus last year due to the pandemic. The tournament, held each year in Forest Park, has an interesting Maywood and Proviso East connection. Read about it online at vfpress.news.
Village purchases new ambulance, laptops and radios to modernize department
New Italian ice shop opens in Maywood
By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
This summer, the Westchester village board has made some significant investments in its fire department, most notably the purchase of a nearly $300,000 ambulance. The village board voted unanimously at a regular meeting on May 25 to purchase the new ambulance on a tax-exempt municipal government lease for purchase arrangement. The Wheeled Coach T1 Ambulance costs about $252,000, with the village securing $0 down payment financing from REV FinanSee FIRE DEPARTMENT on page 5
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A&M Italian Ice opens where Tastee Freeze once operated in Maywood By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
The site of Tastee Freeze, the popular ice cream shop at 1200 Madison St. in Maywood, has been resurrected as A&M Italian Ice. Owners Anthony and Margie Williams (hence the name A&M) said the establish-
ment has been open for around two weeks, but already business has been booming. “It’s a little bit more than we had expected,” said Anthony. “This is a great location and we were anticipating it would be nice, but this is better than we anticipated. The reception has been outstanding.” The couple said they each have emotional connections to Proviso Township. “I was a little girl when Tastee Freeze was here and we used to come over here from Chicago,” said Margie, adding that when her and her husband realized the small ice cream outpost had been vacant for 12 years, they pounced. “The reason we came over here is because
of all those trucks,” Margie said, pointing to the vehicles sitting in A&M’s freshly asphalted parking lot, just off of a neatly asphalted patio where patrons can enjoy the establishment’s 20 different flavors (all of them dairy and fat free). “We started doing this four years before the pandemic,” Margie said. “We would do special events like the Taste of Bellwood and the Taste of Melrose Park and different locations. People would walk up to our truck and say, ‘We really like that, where’s your location,’ but we didn’t have one. So, we started looking and we found this one.” “My heart is in Maywood,” said Anthony. “I’m grounded in the community. I live in See ITALIAN ICE on page 9
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