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West Suburban Medical Center temporarily closing obstetric, neonatal units: IDPH

Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park

West Suburban Medical Center temporarily closing obstetric, neonatal units: IDPH

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West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park is temporarily closing its obstetric and neonatal units, the Illinois Department of Public Health said.Read Article

TaskForce leads Pride Parade, a historic moment for West Side LGBTQ+ community

Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park

TaskForce leads Pride Parade, a historic moment for West Side LGBTQ+ community

TaskForce Prevention and Community Services led Chicago’s Pride Parade on June 29 as the first Out Front Leader, marking a historic moment for LGBTQ+ organizations from the West Side. The 54th running of the Pride Parade served as the grand finale for Pride Month’s celebration, with 15,000 people in floats marching through the North Halsted neighborhood. The theme for this year’s parade was “United in Pride.” Organizers said it’s a call to actio…See the Story

Pair of public hearings to discuss bike plan

Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park

Pair of public hearings to discuss bike plan

Oak Park’s village government announced plans to hold two public hearings to get community feedback on its proposed bike plan. The listening sessions will give members of the public the opportunity to weigh-in on the village’s plan for becoming more bike friendly through a series of infrastructure projects including new bike lanes, increased e-bike access and new neighborhood greenway signage. The public hearings will take place on Monday, July…Read Article

Celebrating America on the 4th

When Francis Scott Key penned the words to what became our national anthem, he ended it with a question. Some think the question is, “O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave?” It certainly does wave, and hang, from flagpoles and stadium rafters across this vast land. But that wasn’t his question. What he asked then, and challenges the rest of us to ask every year hence, is: Does the flag still wave over “the land of the free and the home …Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Car thefts and aggravated assault investigated in Oak Park

Oak Park police investigated several incidents related to stolen cars in the village last week. On June 29, an Oak Park resident reported that their 2014 Subaru Impreza was stolen. The vehicle had been parked overnight in the 1100 block of South Taylor Avenue, according to police. An apple computer and baseball and bowling equipment were inside the vehicle when it was stolen. The total value of the stolen items was estimated at $11,300. Oak Par…Theft · Oak Park Read Article

Yes, to the bike plan

Oak Park has been working for far too long to craft a master plan to grow the safe use of bikes in the village. Now there is a plan and it is teed up for a village board vote in the weeks ahead. We are talking years in development. We are talking about a serious plan that alters how we view our public streets, sees them as more than exclusive pathways for cars, focuses hard on safety and making biking a true option for kids and elders and not ju…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Park District to finalize Field Center construction plan

The Park District of Oak Park is finalizing plans for the construction of a new building at Field Park and that the work will start next month, staff said this week. Last week, Oak Park’s park district board approved a contract for a Lake County based construction firm to build the new building at Field Park, located near Horace Mann Elementary School at 929 Berkshire St. in northwest Oak Park, park district staff told Wednesday Journal. The …Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Do your job, River Forest Village Board

Since the people of River Forest have spoken and voted for term limits of elected officials, one would think the village board would move to ratify the vote. Or perhaps going on three months isn’t enough time? After all, it would probably take all of five minutes to do so. Ironic that, coming up on Independence Day when the colonies made it very clear to Great Britain that they would no longer chafe under the boot heels of a foreign power and cr…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Davis the latest to depart Oak Park’s development team

Cam Davis | Provided Another member of the economic development team at Oak Park’s village hall has departed. Cam Davis, a seven-year veteran of the turmoil ridden department, announced his retirement in the spring and was feted at a retirement party on June 26. In remarks at the event hosted by Anfora Wine Merchants, 128 S. Marion St., Davis described his seven years at Oak Park’s village hall. He said the first five years when he worked for C…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Mary Smith, beloved community member and trailblazer, passes - Austin Weekly News

For decades, Mary Smith, the first woman to own and operate three funeral homes in Illinois, comforted the community through their losses.Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

Oak Park Natural Gas Ban Faces Legal Challenge as Energy Costs Soar

On Monday’s Chicago’s Morning Answer, Amy Jacobson and guest co-host John Anthony welcomed Lisa Druss, spokesperson for the Clean Energy Choice Coalition and CEO of Strategia Consulting, to discuss her group’s lawsuit against the Village of Oak Park over its ban on natural gas in new construction. The ordinance, modeled after a now-overturned ban in Berkeley, California, prohibits natural gas hookups in new residential and commercial buildings,…Oak Park, Illinois · Oak Park Read Article

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