A new book by students at Lemont High School includes some interesting tidbits of history, such as teachers’ homes being destroyed by the deadly tornado of 1976.

“A while ago, in 1976, a significant tornado came right through the campus and a neighborhood across from us,” said Noah Tienda. “A lot of teachers in this building lost their houses.

“We thought it was really interesting and incorporated that,” said Tienda, a senior and supply chain leader of Lemont Junior Achievement , which did the book.

Or the old bridge that used to run through town and crossed the canal.

“It stressed people out passing it and it has since been knocked down because the bridge wasn’t safe,” Tienda said.

The anecdotes are just a few of those found in “Lemont Times,” the book students are putting togethe

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