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Reesheda Graham-Washington speaks to a crowd during a community dialogue event last year at Lively Athletics in Oak Park. Graham-Washington, an administrator for Oak Park Progressive Women, said the group's "Women's Day of Action" is designed to be an opportunity for group members to move beyond the online forum.

Day of Action: Oak Park Progressive Women leaders say it’s time for members to move beyond the online forum

May 8, 2019 at 12:15 p.m.

Administrators of a local Facebook group are encouraging members to show up and take action Saturday for progressive causes and candidates. Reesheda Graham-Washington, an administrator for Oak Park Progressive Women,...

Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry seeks groups to ‘adopt’ a month to help with growing need for deliveries

May 8, 2019 at 12:15 p.m.

As a volunteer for the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry's home delivery program, Judy Klem finds it rewarding to work alongside others while shopping for and bringing food to...

A poster with photos of Sergio Quiano is seen March 3 at the memorial service at St. Edmund Parish honoring the Oak Park man found dead Feb. 2 inside his apartment in the 1000 block of North Boulevard. Friends and neighbors remembered Quiano as a kind and gentle man. Police have said the case remains open and is under investigation.

‘It’s so sad’: Friends of Oak Park homicide victim recall his kind and gentle nature

May 8, 2019 at 12:15 p.m.

Those who attended a March 3 memorial service for Sergio Quiano lamented the tragic way the Oak Parker died and remained shocked that someone would take the life of such...

The St. Edmund Catholic School building, at the corner of Pleasant Street and Oak Park Avenue in Oak Park, will be the new home of The Children's School, a progressive K-8 school started in 2004.

‘So much more visibility’: The Children’s School to open in St. Edmund’s Catholic School building in Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

A progressive K-8 school is returning to its Oak Park roots this summer, in time for the 2018-19 school year. The Children's School, which has leased space at St. Mary...

Commercial buildings near the corner of Lathrop and North avenues in River Forest are seen Feb. 23. The properties would be included in a tax increment financing district that would run from Harlem to Thatcher avenues being considered by village officials.

‘It’s a long-term strategy’: River Forest officials speak on plans for North Avenue TIF district

May 13, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

At an informational meeting Thursday on the establishment of a TIF district along North Avenue in River Forest, Village Administrator Eric Palm stressed the village's desire to be proactive and...

Shout Out: James Kennedy and Jenna Hania, Oak Park Eagle Scout project to help New Moms

May 8, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

For his Eagle project, James Kennedy, 16, a member of Boy Scout Troop 16 in Oak Park, has organized a volunteer window painting event at New Moms' administrative offices, 5317...

‘It’s a work of art’: River Forest library welcomes author, illustrator, subject of stranger-than-fiction graphic novel

May 13, 2019 at 3:02 p.m.

The author, illustrator and subject of a graphic novel with a stranger-than-fiction story will appear at the River Forest Public Library next month. "The Hunting Accident," a graphic novel written...

Shout Out: Bill Cunningham, Oak Park resident celebrating 70 years of marriage

May 8, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

Bill, 92, and Helen Cunningham, 86, who reside at Belmont Village Senior Living in Oak Park, will celebrate 70 years of marriage on Feb. 28. On Feb. 9, Bill Cunningham...

The Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce retail warehouse sale will be held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday at the Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave. in Oak Park, shown in this file photo.

‘It just builds a lot of excitement’: Oak Park-River Forest Chamber plans warehouse sale event

May 8, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

Organizers of a local warehouse-style sale happening Saturday say they'd like to see it become an annual event. The Oak Park-River Forest Chamber of Commerce retail warehouse sale will be...

‘All Our Voices’: Benefit concert for Magdalene House Chicago set at Oak Park church

May 8, 2019 at 12:14 p.m.

An Oak Park church will host a benefit concert next month for a nonprofit that works to help female survivors of sex trafficking and addiction. Singer-songwriter Bobby Jo Valentine will...

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