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River Forest police help crack $28,000 Maywood heroin ring
A River Forest police street stop in early May led to information allowing area police departments to execute a search warrant in Maywood that netted heroine, crack cocaine and ecstasy with a street...
Chicago foundation pledges $10 million toward Unity Temple restoration
As part of a joint campaign, Oak Park's Unity Temple will receive $10 million toward the cost of its foundation's restoration efforts, according to a preliminary agreement announced today in...
Former Concordia University baseball player claims coach promised help in exchange for sex acts
Anthony Collaro, a former Concordia University student-athlete, is suing the school and former Cougars baseball coach, Spiro Lempesis.
Friends and neighbors: The Mary month of May
To honor the mother of Jesus, many Catholics adorn her statue with a crown of flowers each May. But St. Luke Parish School in River Forest does not just crown their statue. The second- and...
Harrison Street Arts District to host "What's Blooming" festival
This weekend, art lovers and festival-goers alike can mingle in the annual What's Blooming on Harrison Street, which kicks off 6-10 p.m., Friday, May 17, and runs from 10 a.m.-8 p.m., the...
Abu-Taleb spent $23,000 on Oak Park presidential campaign
Updated: Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 2:11 PM
If dollars were votes, the race between newly elected Village President Anan Abu-Taleb and his opponent, John Hedges, wouldn't have been much of a contest. Abu-Taleb snagged 58 percent of the...
Opening act
Most new businesses conduct grand openings with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. But at the new School of Rock on Lake Street in Oak Park, the business was christened by smashing a guitar. Frances Harmon, 10, was one of three who tooks swings. The guitar finally broke when her father, state Sen. Don Harmon, swung the ax. David Pierini/staff photographer
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OPRF Infant Welfare Society Children's Clinic unveils new facilities
The Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society's Children's Clinic held an open house on Thursday, May 9, at 320 Lake Street in Oak Park to unveil it renovated facilities and to initiate a campaign...
Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust announces 2014 Legacy Year "All Wright" Housewalk
To celebrate the 125th anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio and the 40th anniversary of the Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust, which owns and operates the Home and Studio, 2014...
OPRF senior engineers new ballet shoe, wins competition
With her engineering design for a new ballet pointe shoe that can reduce dancers' foot injuries, Oak Park and River Forest High School senior Noelani Ho recently placed first in the Chicago...
Lake Theatre's First Tuesday Film Club presents "No"
Come to Lake Theatre to experience the real life story of a marketing campaign that sparked a revolution. Join the First Tuesday Film Club on June 4 at 12 noon and 7 PM at 1022 Lake Street in Oak...
Explore Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture by bicycle
Experience Oak Park's wealth of Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings with the Pedal Oak Park Bike Tour 9:30 a.m. every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning June 7 through Sept. 29.
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