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Oak Park home invasion may have been wrong target
| Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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An Oak Park man was walking into his apartment the night of Sept. 4 when he had a gun pressed to his head, and three men demanded to be let into his apartment on the 700 block of Carpenter Avenue in Oak Park. |
Last call as Oak Park tightens audits on local liquor tax
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Tuesday, September 07, 2010
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For years, the Village of Oak Park has been laid-back in collecting local liquor taxes, says one veteran restaurant owner, basically trusting that business owners are being on the up-and-up. But Village Hall is changing its ways, and later this year will start auditing restaurants and retailers to make sure that they're being honest and paying their fair share. |
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| Me Llana |  | Edgar Rice Burroughs’ great-granddaughter, Llana Jane Burroughs, traveled from Tarzana, Calif., for a gathering of Burroughs’ fans and received a tour of the exhibit at the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest from board president Kelli Kline.
Click here to read more and see a slideshow with more photos. |
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News
| | D200 superintendent meets community | Thursday, September 02, 2010
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Since starting on July 1, District 200 Supt. Steven Isoye has spent the majority of his time getting to know his school. On Tuesday, though Isoye had his first public forum with the community, hosted by Oak Park and River Forest High School, 201 N. Scoville Ave. | | | Roosevelt Road groundbreaking this Friday | Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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Roosevelt Road is about to get a $9.5 million facelift courtesy of federal, state and local dollars. A groundbreaking ceremony to mark the kick-off is set for this Friday. | | | Oak Park and River Forest private schools see slight uptick in enrollment | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The Great Recession appeared to have taken a bite out of enrollment at local private elementary schools - with job losses and shrinking pocketbooks forcing some parents to take their kids public. | | | D97 eyes therapeutic day school for Oak Park special needs kids | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Should Oak Park create a therapeutic day school within District 97 to allow it to keep more students from outside placements? The district's special ed director says yes, and the school board is open to the concept. | | | Oak Park duo bike 930 miles to New Orleans. Why? Why not? | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Patrick Sugrue could have easily hopped a plane from Oak Park to New Orleans. He could have boarded a bus or hitched a ride. But instead, on an impulse, the 21-year-old Oak Parker decided to bike the roughly 930 miles to make it to his junior year of college. | | | Elected officials break silence on Oak Park TIF lawsuit | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
First reported 8/31/2010 12:44 p.m.
Oak Park's Village Hall and the two local school districts have been embroiled in a lawsuit since February, in a dispute over $3.3 million that the high school believes it is owed by the village government. | |
| | | | Sports
| | Friars lose Hart, fall to Notre Dame | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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Sam Ainsworth showed his worth and Fenwick followed his lead against Notre Dame at Soldier Field on Sunday night. Listed as a 6-foot-4 junior tight end/linebacker, Ainsworth actually replaced injured quarterback Pat Hart (shoulder) and tossed two touchdown passes to rally the Friars from a 13-0 halftime deficit to a 13-13 tie. | | | Briner and Co. take to the court | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
With the high caliber of conference competition this season and several difficult tournaments, by the end of the 2010 schedule the OPRF volleyball team will either be flying high or welcoming a break in the action. | | | Huskies stymied in season opener | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
The OPRF football team seems to have taken a cue from the Chicago Bears. The Huskies, who were highly touted in the preseason for their big and experienced offensive line much like the Bears, were unable to gain ground against Glenbard North on Friday night. | | | OPRF ready to racket things up | Tuesday, August 31, 2010
There may only be three sectional qualifiers back for the OPRF girls tennis team this season, but those three are sure to have plenty of company in the postseason. | | | |
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