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On July 21 the River Forest Township Board met in closed session to interview the three finalists for the position of River Forest Township Supervisor, a position that will become vacant next month when current River Forest Township Supervisor John Becvar officially resigns.
The supervisor is the highest office in township government. The township supervisor serv...
For the sixth year, Forest Theatre Company is hosting an outdoor production of a Shakespeare play. But for the first time, the performance will take place at the Moore-Dugal House in Oak Park, instead of at the Altenheim in Forest Park.
Starting Aug. 7, the company will put on three free weekend productions of “All’s Well That Ends Well” on the front lawn of the F...
Oak Park village staff, the Citizens Police Oversight Committee, Pivot Consulting Group and the Oak Park Police Department will work together to draft and review new policy within 60 days restricting the use of pretextual traffic stops after a unanimous vote by the village board on July 21.
Trustee Derek Eder, seconded by Trustee Chibuike Enyia, motioned to consid...
Tensions rose in Oak Park’s village hall council chambers as questions and comments were called out by attendees in the audience mainly towards Trustee Cory Wesley at the July 21 meeting. Ultimately, the village board voted 5-1 against an advisory referendum on proposed changes to single-family zoning.
Trustee James Taglia, seconded by Wesley, motioned to discuss ...
River Forest police arrested and charged a person with four felony offenses after responding to a reported home invasion early on July 20 according to a press release.
The preliminary investigation revealed one of the residents of a home on the 100 block of Gale Avenue confronted the person as they were allegedly trying to forcefully enter through the patio door. ...