When you watch Revolution MacInnes walking through the streets of Oak Park, you get the feeling you’re seeing, if nothing else, someone different. He has the hulking frame and wardrobe of a pro wrestler, with the gray-white tendrils and big bushy salt-and-pepper goatee to match. Adorned with a scarf around his neck and a kerchief around his wrist, there’s a hint of aging Lothario, too. And then there’s the searching eyes of man who’s street wisdom and intellectual heft afford him a certain frantic professorial vibe, The Dude plus 30 pounds. Currently, he’s homeless. Sort of. *** Born with the…

This week's Patch Portraits was produced and edited by Pam DeFiglio, Jenny Fisher and Allison Williams. Check back on Mondays for the next installment. Also showcased, an animal control officer who talks to Northbrook Patch. Many people who meet Conchita Goldberg think she's in her 60s or 70s. They'd never guess she's 91. Goldberg isn't sure whether to attribute her health to the fact she swims four days a week and performs in a synchronized swimming group, or the fact she never drank or smoked and has always eaten a lot of healthy Puerto Rican food. Goldberg's parents brought her to the …

Ron Novotny has lived on the same street, in the same house, with the same furniture his whole life. The Morton Grove resident gave his life to one company for 34 years. When the company's packaging plant moved to Mexico, he couldn't find a job. Today he supplements his pension payments by hunting for golf balls. Novotny has collected 23,000 balls, and sells them at 12 cents per ball to a company in Florida, where they are cleaned up and resold. In his own words, listen to his story about finding value in the things that people throw away. This week's Patch Portraits features photos from …