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The Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy announced its annual awards which this year includes a few local homes and preservationists. There are two categories of awards. Wright Spirit Awards have been given annually since 1991 and recognize those who m

Trick-or-treaters will get an extra 30 minutes this Halloween after a unanimous vote by the Oak Park village board. At the board meeting on Sept. 29, a brief discussion was had and quickly agreed upon to make this year's recommended hours for trick-or-tre

The Village of Oak Park released a new financial feasibility study on multi-unit developments under the proposed single-family zoning changes that found the scenarios to be unlikely, have significant financial gaps, and predicted high prices for rent. How

I am a kid who lives in River Forest. I've lived here my whole life and really care about what happens in my community. I like taking the el and going into the city on adventures. I understand that trains of all kinds can help move people around and they

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Out my hotel window looms the purple mountain majesty of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs, dominating the horizon. I imagine Katharine Lee Bates standing atop, alone, gazing down on the fruitful plains below, the culmination of her train trip in the summer

I am a 40-year resident and homeowner of a southeast (within eyesight of Columbus Park) Oak Park single-family home. Within the last few months, there was a shooting incident in the alley behind the 700 block of South Humphrey and a crowd of teenagers and

My husband and I are in our mid-70s. We were lucky enough to buy our first house in 1976 when we were 25 and 26. Before that, we started out in a windowless "illegal" basement apartment on the Southwest Side of Chicago, and later upgraded to an apartment

The River Forest Civic Center has played an important role in village life for more than three decades, providing a home for our beloved River Forest Community Center and other valued services. At its Monday, Sept. 28 meeting, the village board joined the