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On Sept. 19, a bus full of tourists and residents took part in a different kind of architectural tour. Emmy-award winning historian Sherman “Dilla” Thomas narrated a two-hour tour through Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.
The event was a fundraiser for The Neighborhood Bridge, a not-for-profit founded in 2023 to help West Side residents reach their full potential by ...
One might think making a candle is all about fun and creating something that smells nice. At Sea Love in Oak Park, it’s so much more – it’s a ritual, it’s a story, and it’s family.
Co-owners and spouses Tatiane Varjao and Miguel Salinas opened their store on Marion Street less than a year ago. It is a specialty hands-on candle and perfume crafting experience and t...
A portion of street parking in downtown Oak Park was turned into a children’s play area on Friday to celebrate the world-wide Park(ing) Day.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., anyone could stop by 1100 Westgate St., for snacks, games, coloring and conversations with the village’s Parking and Mobility Services team. The Oak Park event is just one city in a larger effort to tem...
It’s the beginning of the end for Aimee Conrad.
The Willard School first grade teacher is in the first weeks of her final year teaching before retirement, after beginning her career in 1994.
Conrad could spend a lot of time reflecting on 30-plus years in her role, but for now, there is still work to be done, so she’s focused on goal-setting – not just f...
Village of Oak Park water and sewer rates are increasing to help raise revenues that are falling behind expenditures, but the village board and staff are working on a new approach to pricing water use.
The village board voted 6-1 at its meeting on Sept. 15, to move forward with an alternative rate structure for the next five years that creates two-tiers for water ...