Friday, August 5, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news, this and every week.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Books! Doors open at 6 p.m. Friday for the 41st annual Oak Park Book Sale at Oak Park-River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville. Check out our preview video. Sale resumes Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Books! Part 2: If you can't find what you're looking for at the book sale, head over to Borders at 1144 Lake St. Patch uber-intern Aly Brumback reports the company is still stocking the shelves, despite the imminent closing. Oh, Annie's: The beloved hot dog and beef stand at the corner of Lake and Lathrop in River Forest is back. Oak Leaves has the scoop on the new owners. Flooded …
Friday, July 8, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news, this and every week.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Drink Up: Changes to Oak Park's liquor laws, including expanded package liquor sales and service of beer and wine before theater performances, were given tentative approval at Monday's village board meeting. Related: Downtown Oak Park, a business group representing the downtown area, is collecting answers to a survey soliciting opinions about local alcohol service. Survey here; ends Saturday. Fireworks Fracas: One Chicago man was charged with battery and another hospitalized after a fight broke out on Lake Street and Ridgeland Avenue after the grand finale of the fireworks …
Friday, June 24, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news, this and every Friday.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Stormageddon: The severe thunderstorm which packed a mean punch late Tuesday caused all sorts of damage, from trees on top of roofs and widespread power outages to melted ice cream at Petersen's and dancing sparks and flames in a River Forest alley. Rescue 911: A 6-year-old boy is recovering after a quick-acting lifeguard rescued him from the bottom of the shallow end of the Ridgeland Common pool on Tuesday. (via Oak Leaves) A Buzz Buzz: Urban beekeeping has been tentatively OKd in Oak Park. Beekeepers will need a state-issued license and will be required to notify their …
Friday, June 17, 2011
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We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Courage, Discipline and Toughness: Mike Powell, a self-confessed former "punk" at OPRF who returned to coach the school's wrestling team, has been battling a debilitating disease called Polymyositis. But instead of letting the sickness best him, he's doing his best to battle back — and teaching his student-athletes valuable life lessons. A great read from Chicago Tribune. That's Garbage: Collection rates from Waste Management, the village's contracted waste hauler, are going up, which would translate into a rate hike of about $1 for most residential customers if the village re-…
Friday, June 10, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news, this and every Friday.
We’ve got a wrap on this week’s news. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Comcast Okayed: The Oak Park Village Board on Monday formally granted height, density and parking variances to allow for an affordable housing project in the long-vacant Comcast building, near the corner of Madison Street and Oak Park Avenue. The board voted 6 to 1, with Trustee John Hedges casting the lone "no" vote. The vote ends months of meetings, discussion and debate, which began back in December. Marion Street Rehab Begins: The South Marion Street facelift has begun. For $5.5 million, the stretch of Marion from South Boulevard south to Pleasant Street will get new lamps, brick …
Friday, June 3, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news, this and every Friday.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Mills Park, Redux: A new state grant will help pay for renovations at Mills Park, which include the installation of a fancy labyrinth, a nature play area and new entrances. A Very Civil Union: Meta Kroker and Joy Christopher left their Oak Park condo before dawn Wednesday to be among the first 75 gay couples to receive a civil union license at the Cook County Clerk's Office. (via Oak Leaves) MidWeek Market Debuts: Younger, hipper brother of the legendary Oak Park Farmers' Market is back for the summer season. Located on the south side of Lake Street just east of Harlem Avenue, …
Friday, May 27, 2011
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We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: All Over But the Shouting: The Oak Park Village Board on Monday approved a controversial affordable housing project near the corner of Madison Street and Oak Park Avenue. The board voted 6 to 1, with Trustee John Hedges casting the lone "no" vote. Meanwhile, On Lake Street: Plans for the glitzy hotel and condo tower at Lake Street and Forest Avenue could be scaled back to instead include dwellings for senior citizens and luxury apartments for high-end tenants. Let Them Eat Sandwiches: And relax while studying or catching up with a good book. That's right, beginning June 1 the Oak…
Friday, May 20, 2011
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We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Big Saturday: Plenty to do this weekend with Earth Fest, the debut of the Oak Park Farmers' Market and the What's Blooming on Harrison art festival. Check out the weekly Get Out feature and our Events calendar for even more. Go Bulls: Taj Gibson wants it. Does the rest of the team? A Change is Gonna Come: Sorry, incoming sophomores. Looks like the Oak Park-River Forest High School District 200 school board will formally vote on a change that would forbid sophomores from the school's longstanding open campus lunch policy. Under a new plan, only juniors and seniors would be allowed…
Friday, May 13, 2011
Don't be suspicious, it's just a roundup of the week's best local news.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: List-o-mania: Charges were filed against the teenage former OPRF student authorities say is responsible for creating a derogatory "hot list" that ranked female classmates on attributes like body parts and faces. Roads to Reopen: Busy stretches of Marion and Garfield Streets that were closed this week in an effort to repair potholes are expected to reopen by 4 p.m. Friday, according to Wednesday Journal. Howling From Track to Track All Night: Andrea Jablonski is one of several artists selected to complete a mural on the concrete squares lining a support wall of train tracks …
Friday, May 6, 2011
Rounding up the best in local news.
We can't be everywhere and neither can you. The "Week in Review" is designed to bring you up to speed on local news in Oak Park and River Forest. Let's get to it: Unsolved Mysteries: After releasing a set of fuzzy surveillance images, police are now exploring the possibility that the recent series of choking robberies may be the work of multiple offenders, or perhaps a pair working in tandem. Black in Oak Park: Eireann Dolan authored a poignant guest essay in Wednesday Journal detailing the plight of Gregory, a young black boy with autism from Chicago's Austin community who's had the cops called him by Dolan's Oak Park neighbors. She writes: "It's these 'concerned citizens' that bother me — the ones who find Gregory threatening enough to …
Kimberly Humphrey
5:21 pm on Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Bead In Hand is still here and plans to stay. The owner, Doris Weinbaum, announced that she is ready to sell, but we expect to be in this very spot for many more years. more ›