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Oak Park and River Forest saturated in '100-year storm'
|  | | Wretched refuse: Water damaged couches, tables, chairs, carpet and plenty of other items are piled up on the curb along Jackson St. in River Forest following Saturday's heavy rain. |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Village officials declared Oak Park a disaster area Monday, following a weekend storm that dropped more than 8 inches of rain on the community. Gov. Pat Quinn followed suit later in the day, declaring 12 counties as state disaster areas. In River Forest, the sudden flooding from this storm touched a chord that this summer's previous storms hadn't come close to. The fallen trees, the winds and the branches of past storms simply didn't match the pure devastation of having inches - and in some cases, feet - of water in residents' homes. |
River Forest middle schoolers educating others about their diseases
| Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Harrison Green and Ethan Weiss have been buddies since the second grade at Willard School in River Forest. Now attending Roosevelt Middle School, the two just finished an overnight summer camp last week, the first overnight stay at camp for either. |
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| Almost done |  | After being out of commission for more than a year, Scoville Park's World War I memorial should be open for reflection again in a few weeks.
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News
| | Oak Park and River Forest bike theft map 7/19 - 7/26 | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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One notable arrest this week was Victor Gonzalez of Chicago, 42, was arrested on the 1100 block of South Blvd. in Oak Park the afternoon of July 23 and charged with felony theft of a bicycle and criminal damage to property. | | | All-day kindergarten registration for Oak Park | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Open kindergarten registration for District 97 students takes place Wednesday, July 28, and Thursday, July 29 in the board room at district headquarters, 970 Madison. Wednesday's session is from 1 to 8 p.m., and Thursday's from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. | | | Oak Park outsourcing street sweeping, payroll | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Village trustees recently agreed to outsource two more facets of village hall duties. The board approved a contract last week with Chicago-based Elgin Sweeping Services for the company to sweep 105 miles of streets here. | | | Opposition forming to proposed Madison apartments in Oak Park | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
First reported 7/23/2010 2:29 p.m.
Some neighbors are starting to rally against a 51-unit apartment building for low-income renters that's being pitched for Madison Street in Oak Park. | | | D90 brings back union to finish job | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
River Forest Public Schools cancelled its contract with a union contractor a week and a half ago because of a construction strike - a strike that was promptly resolved just days after the board's action. | | | Hemingway-JFK connection explored in lecture | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Thomas Putnam, who gave the 27th annual Ernest Hemingway Birthday Lecture at the Oak Park Arts Center last Wednesday evening, is the director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. According to the program, the JFK Library is "responsible for collecting, preserving and exhibiting the documents, audiovisual material and memorabilia of Kennedy and his administration." | |
| | | | Sports
| | Summer a ball, glove and bat | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Summer baseball at the high school level came to a close for OPRF last week as the Huskies were unable to slip past Nazareth for the fourth time in the last few months. OPRF finished its run in the 2010 Phil Lawler Summer Classic with a 12-2 loss to the No. 1 seeded Roadrunners. | | | Lifting up the coach | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
From the editor
It wasn't the big win or the big play that had Chris Ledbetter feeling proud of his players last month. | | | Briner headed to Boston | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Sports Extras
Oak Park-River Forest High School student-athlete Jillian Briner announced last week that she has made a verbal commitment to accept a full scholarship to play volleyball for Northeastern University in Boston after her upcoming senior year. | | | PONY Baseball regional tournament | Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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The Oak Park Eagles played Channahon in the PONY Baseball regional baseball tournament at Ridgeland Common Park, Thursday, July 22, 2010. | | | |
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