Cook County News Briefs
— October 4, 2017Deerfield Library to host special program on village’s water supply The village announced that its Sustainability Commission will host “Do I Need a Water Filter?”, a special…
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Forest Park bookstore continues to cultivate Sleuth readers, writers
— September 1, 2017With the name like Centuries & Sleuths, it doesn’t take a detective to realize that this longtime west suburban business is no ordinary bookstore. From the beginning, owner August…
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Flipper the Frog goes on summer vacation
— June 14, 2017If it’s the first week of June, that can mean only one thing around Lynn Zillman’s second-grade classroom: it’s time for Flipper the Frog to go on vacation again. Perhaps some…
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Oak Park teacher declares 2018 primary challenge to Congressman Danny Davis
— May 29, 2017Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher Anthony Clark announced he would be running for U.S. Congress in the 7th District in the 2018 primary for the seat now held by U.S. Rep….
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Food, conversation build bridges between Oak Park, Austin neighborhood
— May 22, 2017Creating a regional meme — “Greater West Side” — is one way to break down the barriers between the Austin neighborhood in Chicago and the Village of Oak Park, according to a…
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Oak Park celebrates latest high rise development
— August 28, 2017For the third time in two years, officials in west suburban Oak Park on Thursday celebrated a groundbreaking for a major residential/retail development it anticipates will generate…
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Hemingway Oak Park graduation party to celebrate 100 years
— June 13, 2017In 1917, the young high school graduate calling himself “Hemingstein” lied to some of his friends that he planned to attend University of Illinois. But Ernest Hemingway, Oak Park’s…
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Chicago neighborhoods look to bond with Cook suburbs
— May 24, 2017Suburban communities are being called on to work with struggling Chicago neighborhoods in a kind of sister city program. Cook County Commissioner Richard Boykin said in the same way…
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