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GOTTLIEB MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: 2019 list of "Chicago's Top Cancer Doctors"

Congratulations to the 27 Loyola Medicine physicians who have been named to Chicago magazine's 2019 list of "Chicago's Top Cancer Doctors."

By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2019

Local Government

CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: Nicor Meter Modernization Program

Nicor recently notified the City about their Meter Modernization Program.

By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2019

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ADVENTIST LA GRANGE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Extending the Healing Ministry of Jesus

By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2019

A team of 38 AMITA Health associates and doctors have come to El Salvador to treat those in need.

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Bite Nite 2020

By Press release submission | Nov 7, 2019

Please join us on FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 5:30-9:30pm @ The Nineteenth Century Club, for 6th Annual Bite Nite!

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Oak Park activist speaks out against trustee's actions following controversial board meeting

By Glenn Minnis | Nov 1, 2019

Oak Park resident Steve Krasinsky is blasting Village Trustee Dan Moroney for letting his ongoing feud with fellow board member Susan Buchanan compromise the safety of the entire community.

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Oak Park resident denounces trustee for escalating village board meeting's diversity debate through media

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 30, 2019

Oak Park resident Alec Harris is rallying to the defense of village board member Susan Buchanan after she dismissively ordered colleagues to “shut up” during an intense debate over the village’s diversity statement.

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CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: Illinois Opens State’s 1st Net Zero Government Building

By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2019

Contractor Magazine published an article about the Countryside Municipal Complex.

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CITY OF BERWYN: Participates in DEA National RX Takeback

By Press release submission | Oct 29, 2019

The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day addresses a crucial public safety and public health issue

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Dissension grows among Oak Park Village Board members in aftermath of Buchanan's Oct. 7 outburst

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 27, 2019

Oak Park Trustee Christine Ferno is pointing an accusatory finger at one of her colleagues as his running feud with fellow board member Susan Buchanan picks up steam.

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CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: Moving Date – Municipal Complex

By Press release submission | Oct 22, 2019

Our moving date to the Municipal Complex is Tuesday, October 22nd.

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WESTERN SUBURBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Sweat Crawl

By Press release submission | Oct 22, 2019

Come get your sweat on at The Dailey Method, Luxxe|Honor and The Local Workout!

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CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: Young Community Changemaker

By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2019

Community Memorial Foundation is now accepting applications for YC2, a leadership development program designed to educate an empower local youth to become our community’s next generation of philanthropists.

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CITY OF BERWYN: Proclaims October 18th, 2019 “Jeff Janda Day” and Commemorates It With Honorary Street Naming at Proksa Park

By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2019

On October 8th, 2019 at the Berwyn City Council meeting, a proclamation was passed by Mayor Robert J. Lovero and the council members to proclaim Friday, October 18th, 2019 as Jeffrey S. Janda Day, for his dedication to the beautification of our parks.

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Annual Bite night!

By Press release submission | Oct 20, 2019

Do you own a restaurant?Do you want more people in your restaurant?

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Time to move away from your "white bread" suburb, Oak Park housing activist group says

By LGIS News Service | Oct 19, 2019

A taxpayer-backed Oak Park non-profit that aims to convince black and hispanic renters to move to the town is trying a new tactic: panning rival suburbs as undesirable for having too many white residents.

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Oak Park’s Buchanan no stranger to the limelight, or to white privilege

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 17, 2019

Susan Buchanan’s shouting down her white male colleagues on the Oak Park board during a discussion about amending the village’s diversity statement fits with her radical past but is at odds with her own upbringing of white privilege.

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Is Oak Park’s mayor white or oppressed?

By John Severance | Oct 15, 2019

The Muslim Civic Coalition, the largest statewide partnership of influencers and organizations in the Chicago area and Illinois, weighed in on a recent Oak Park board meeting that dissolved into a shouting match involving racial equity and oppression.

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Sen. Plummer deems Planned Parenthood's Downstate mega-clinic 'a complete disaster'

By Glenn Minnis | 1 month ago

Illinois state Sen. Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is convinced that Planned Parenthood’s secret construction of a so-called mega abortion clinic in southern Illinois is a 'disaster' for the pro-life movement as well as state taxpayers.

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Cicero has extensive records of Sandoval’s work for the town, but public restricted from viewing them all

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 11, 2019

After a week’s delay, the Town of Cicero told West Cook News that it has 476 pages of records of payments and other records of work that state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) has done for the community. But Cicero’s Freedom of Information (FOIA) Officer said that “certain responsive records were withheld in their entirety and certain language was redacted as it is privileged information pertaining to attorney client communications.”

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GOTTLIEB MEMORIAL HOSPITAL: Loyola Medicine Offers New Prostate Cancer Biopsy That Reduces Risk, Improves Accuracy

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

Loyola Medicine is among the first centers to offer a new minimally invasive prostate biopsy that minimizes the risk of infection and may increase the cancer detection rate.