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Guest Essay: Celebrating Seniors Week: Do unto others and let’s do it again
Changing the way people think about aging is like pushing on a string. For as long as I can remember we have embraced outdated notions of what a “senior” is, accepted stereotypes and general notions about what old age will bring rather than just writing …
Letter to the Editor
Need for financial transaction tax “No Austerity!” is the theme of the march and rally planned by the National Nurses United. This union planned a protest rally against the G-8 before the G8 meeting was suddenly moved from Chicago to the more pleasant Camp David locale. …
Comic books and social justice
On the opening weekend of the latest comic book epic, “The Avengers,” I read more than a few reviews referencing the writers’ own nostalgia for the comic books of their youth. I can relate, but to me, the transcendence to mega-movie blockbuster status of the …
Village pours another $225,000 down the drain
My basement flooded last year. It was terribly inconvenient and very expensive. The Village of Oak Park should give me money so that I will be one of the lucky 64 Oak Park families that can install a flood abatement system thus ensuring that my …
WSSRA thanks its many volunteers
The week of April 15 through April 21 is National Volunteer Week. Sponsored by the Points of Light Institute and the Hands on Network, National Volunteer Week celebrates the positive impact volunteer actions have on communities. This year’s theme is “Celebrating People in Action.” Volunteers …
Join pilgrimage for Dream Act on April 29
When you see the word “Dreamer,” what do you think of? Do you think of a person who daydreams a lot? Or, do you think of the dreamers in the Bible, like St. Joseph and the Magi, who received messages from God in their dreams? …
Join pilgrimage for Dream Act on April 29
When you see the word “Dreamer,” what do you think of? Do you think of a person who daydreams a lot? Or, do you think of the dreamers in the Bible, like St. Joseph and the Magi, who received messages from God in their dreams? …
Thanks for your support in judicial race
Congratulations to Lisa Marino, the new Circuit Court judge from the 11th subcircuit, Urso vacancy. I know you all join me in wishing the best for her and for our justice system. With your help I won 36 of the 38 Oak Park precincts, but …
Save OPRFHS teachers!
Twenty-one nontenured Oak Park-River Forest High School teachers are being dismissed because High School District 200 has determined that the number of teachers employed by the board must be reduced. It is worth noting, before making assumptions about a large group of adolescents, that Oak …
OPRFHS pools: An opportunity to be state-of-the-art again
“All public works projects come to an end. You endure the construction headaches and when the work is done, you have a beautiful new environment.” That was something Village Trustee John Hedges said to me many years ago when he was the executive director for …
Taxes like sun rise at Hemingway’s house
A beloved American literary icon’s home is up for sale. Ernest Hemingway’s boyhood home in Oak Park, Illinois is on the market for $525,000. The lucky or not so lucky buyer will be attached to a $19,027 property tax bill, unless they file a successful …
Support Marino for judge
Support Marino for judge I ran for election for judge in the 11th subcircuit in 2010. One of the great things about running for office is meeting wonderful people, including some of your opponents. One of those was Lisa Marino. Lisa is now running for …
Supports Welch for state rep
I am a longtime resident of this community and I want you to know that I am working with other community members to help put the right voice in Springfield for the 7th District — the voice that puts the people first and promotes the …
Letters to the Editor
Vote for Meyerson for high standards As a retired lawyer/business owner and as a citizen-activist, I know the paramount value of well-informed and dispassionate judging. I believe that Pamela McLean Meyerson, as judge, will meet or exceed my high standards and I recommend a vote for …
Do not use gala funds for survey project
We were part of the 125th Anniversary committee, and recently read that the monies we raised were going to be used to fund a surveying project in River Forest. We object. We do not want to see the money we raised directed toward a surveying …
