Paul Sassone – Page 15

Paul Sassone: Calling all adults – welcome to School Camp

May 13, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

Kids have it good. The Park District of Oak Park offers summer camps for kids of every age and with just about every interest. But, what about adults? We could...

Paul Sassone: Reports of the death of books are greatly exaggerated

May 12, 2019 at 9:40 p.m.

I've always thought of reading as an activity for all seasons. But, for a lot of people, reading has become paired with summer – relaxing on the beach, a frosty...

A Wayne police officer writes a speeding ticket during a traffic stop along Smith Road in the small western suburb. Out-of-town drivers who were stopped for speeding were nearly three times as likely to get a ticket as residents, a Tribune analysis found.

Paul Sassone: These days, every street is a speed trap

May 13, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

Something nagged at me as I was reading an interesting story in Oak Leaves recently about suburban speed traps. It finally occurred to me: Are there any real speed traps...

Seven-year-old Johnathan Loseh of Sleepy Hollow reads a book to Noble, a German shepherd therapy dog. The Dundee Township Library in East Dundee sponsored a program that allowed children to read to Noble the dog for 15 minutes. Noble is a white German shepherd which is used for therapy in different situations ranging from interacting with Alzheimer's patients to children who read books to the dog.

Paul Sassone: When kids read to dogs, everyone wins

May 12, 2019 at 9:39 p.m.

Just animals. The more we learn about animals, the more we realize they are not "just" animals. Animals may not be able to read. But, it turns out, reading can...

Paul Sassone: Oak Park officials should go back to the drawing board with Madison Street proposal

May 13, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

Who can argue against making Madison Street more attractive to shoppers and new businesses? The devil, of course, is in how to do it. One method which is getting a...

Paul Sassone: My dad returns to me on Father’s Day

May 12, 2019 at 9:37 p.m.

Our parents are with us even when they are gone. They maybe are a little more with us on Mother's Day and Father's Day. It seems reasonable that Father's Day...

Paul Sassone: Oak Park, River Forest officials should adopt Trump standards in hiring

May 13, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

No doubt about it, superintendent of Oak Park and River Forest High School is an important job. The school board is now searching to fill the post after Steven Isoye...

Paul Sassone: What happened to the leisurely drive?

May 12, 2019 at 9:36 p.m.

The beauty of it made me linger. Here and over there on this sunny, warm day scattered along the roadside – redbud and crabapple, magnolias and other astonishingly lovely flowering...

Oak Park and River Forest High School is expected to discuss later this month whether it should join i-ECO, a collaboration of Oak Park taxing bodies seeking environmental and sustainable initiatives.

Paul Sassone: What’s the real meaning of ‘sustainability’?

May 13, 2019 at 2:55 p.m.

It isn't a popular view these days, but sometimes you just have to assume our elected officials are doing what's best, even if we don't quite understand. Take, for instance...

A cat named Rubio walks in front of the podium during a news conference on Tuesday, May 17, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. New York would be the first state to ban the declawing under a legislative proposal that has divided veterinarians.

Paul Sassone: Declawing cats a cruel and unusual way to love your pets

May 12, 2019 at 9:35 p.m.

Everyone who shares a home with a cat has wondered whether it would be a good idea to have his cat declawed. It sounds so benign, declaw. Just remove the...

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