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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.

From Metro East Sun

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

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months 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.

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CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: East Avenue at 47th Street Closed

By Press release submission | Oct 10, 2019

The IHB Railroad has advised that they will be closing East Avenue at 47th Street today in order to perform emergency track maintenance to repair a broken rail.

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Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan: 'You stop it, you are a white male! Your skin is light enough.'

By West Cook News | Oct 9, 2019

Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan berated fellow trustees for speaking on racial equity and oppression during Monday's board meeting.

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Municipalities that retained Sandoval for side work having trouble finding payment records

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 8, 2019

Municipalities in the legislative district represented by state Sen. Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago) have paid him on the side for translation and public relations works, but trying to get them to release details of just what he did for them and how much he was paid has been futile.

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WESTERN SUBURBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Volunteer Orientation For New Volunteers

By Press release submission | Oct 4, 2019

Want to volunteer with us? Attend our next volunteer orientation for new volunteers!

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CITY OF COUNTRYSIDE: City Suspends its Electric Aggregation Program

By Press release submission | Oct 4, 2019

The City has decided to temporarily suspend the program and to seek viable alternatives such as competitive renewable energy programs.

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CITY OF NORTHLAKE: Old Office Depot Building In Northlake Commons

By Press release submission | Oct 4, 2019

On Monday, October 7th, the general area around the old Office Depot building in Northlake Commons will be closed from approximately 6:00-8:30 AM, weather permitting.

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Lyons GOP announces candidate meet-and-greet tonight at LaGrange Village Hall

By Glenn Minnis | Oct 3, 2019

The Lyons Township Republican Organization is encouraging residents to take back their community after the town’s City Hall was the scene of a federal raid late last month.

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Friday’s FBI raids in Sandoval’s district just the beginning of 'sh*t-storm,' source says

By W.J. Kennedy | Oct 1, 2019

A contractor who works with many of the municipalities in Martin Sandoval’s (D-Chicago) state senate district predicts that additional raids by federal agents are in the offing after Friday’s raids on the suburban villages of Lyons, McCook and Summit.

From North Cook News

Cook County Clerk Yarbrough under fire for hiring practices and other alleged misdeeds

By Dion M. Harris | 2 months ago

Nine months after taking office, Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough appeared in court last week to answer allegations of clout-hiring and patronage in the office.

From Chicago City Wire

Taxes will continue to rise until there is pension reform, says WFLD Fox president and GM

By Glenn Minnis | 2 months ago

WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted voters are primed for revolt given anything short of pension reform.

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WESTERN SUBURBAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Independence-4-Seniors Offer A Full Range Of Home Care Services

By Press release submission | Sep 25, 2019

Do you know a senior that could use support aging at home?

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CITY OF BERWYN: 6th Ward Coffee And Convo

By Press release submission | Sep 25, 2019

Alderman Alicia Ruiz invites you to the 6th Ward Coffee and Convo.