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Shout Out: Lori Ellis, Eyrie fan

May 8, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

Lori Ellis, of Chicago, whose family goes to Unity Temple, said The 206 food truck's waffles brought her out to Scoville Park, where she answered a few questions for the...

Local libraries updating book-searching system

May 8, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

Local libraries are preparing for an update to their online catalog that library staff say will make searching for materials easier. Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park public libraries...

Shout Out: Claire Mosshamer, Oak Park

May 8, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

Claire Mosshamer, of Oak Park, enjoyed a waffle from The 206 food truck March 22 in Scoville Park while she answered a few questions for the Oak Leaves. Q: Favorite...

Brian Holt, of Oak Park, holds son Gabriel, 1, while they wait Saturday, March 21, along South Oak Park Avenue for their waffle order from The 206 food truck, run by Tino Ganacias. A campaign is underway to raise $15,000 for The 206 to open a café at 818 S

Food truck raising cash to open south Oak Park cafe

May 8, 2019 at 10:59 a.m.

The atmosphere in front of The 206 food truck the morning of March 21 was just as Tino Ganacias likes to see it: a microcosm of the community. People greeted...

Trailside Museum’s wild history documented in new book

May 23, 2019 at 10:06 p.m.

A River Forest woman who worked at the Trailside Museum of Natural History as a teen has written a book about the museum's time as a wildlife rehabilitation center. "Trailside...

Women's clothing boutique Only She opened March 18 at 115 N. Oak Park Ave. in Oak Park. A grand opening event was held March 19.

New boutique opens on Oak Park Avenue

May 8, 2019 at 10:58 a.m.

A new women's clothing boutique in the Hemingway District aims to offer fun, casual, everyday wear from designers all over the world. Only She, which opened March 18, fills the...

Volunteer Dr. Jeff Schaider, an emergency room physician at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, helps fourth-grader Brad Huseby dissect a cow eyeball March 13 during the Willard PTO Festival of Science at the River Forest elementary school.

Willard School’s Festival of Science draws curious kids

May 13, 2019 at 2:45 p.m.

As fourth-grader Zhu Zhu Cai began dissecting a cow's eyeball March 13 during Willard PTO's Festival of Science, she cautiously asked if it would squirt anything at her as she...

Rocking fundraiser raising cash to fight cancer

May 8, 2019 at 10:57 a.m.

Kari McCarthy of Oak Park knows it strikes most people as odd when she says her family feels lucky. Her 5-year-old daughter, Aria, has acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Diagnosed two years...

Brian Hammersley of Chicago-based Hammersley Architecture explains to Lynda Jo Shlaes the planned layout of the Sugar Beet Co-op grocery store, at 812 W. Madison St. in Oak Park, during a groundbreaking event Friday, Feb. 20.

Sugar Beet Co-op ‘breaks ground,’ ready soon to feed anxious locals

May 8, 2019 at 10:57 a.m.

In the past year or so, Judy Klem has been able to count on being asked one question anywhere she goes in Oak Park: "When are you guys opening?" The...

The Oak Park Village Board supported giving Sugar Beet Co-op $250,000 to help build a store on Madison Street and extending an additional $250,000 in credit to the organization for future operating expenses.

Sugar Beet Co-op sets spring 2015 open date

May 8, 2019 at 10:56 a.m.

Now that Sugar Beet Co-op has reached its fundraising goal, its founder says the community can look forward to a spring opening, with construction likely to take eight to 10...

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