Oak Park News

Oak Park resident Bill Cassin died Tuesday. He was 86 years old. Cassin was a veteran of World War II, a private in the Army's 8th Armored Infantry Battalion.

The Oak Park Public Library, main building is at 834 Lake St., 383-8200; Maze Branch is at 845 S. Gunderson, 386-4751; Dole Branch is at 255 Augusta, 386-9032. Registration is required unless otherwise noted; www.oppl.org . All events free and open to public.

Why would you assume I'd call for a government intervention? I had in mind no such thing.

Kai Simone-Issawants everybody to "Come Play." That's the title of the multitalented composer, lyricist, storyteller and singer's new children's CD and her plan for the release parties, 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Wonder Works children's museum, 6445 W. North Ave., Oak Park.

Eight private gardens in Oak Park and River Forest will be on display. Garden guides must be picked up at the Oak Park Conservatory at 615 Garfield Street on the day of the walk.

Everybody is "feeling the pinch" and "tightening their belts" nowadays. If you are old enough to remember when those expressions were popular, then you may be retired and on a fixed income.

A man was charged early Thursday for allegedly murdering an Oak Park man during a June 4 argument on the South Side.

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Oak Park will likely receive a $20,000 reduction in the cost of a downtown demolition project that is expected to finish two and a half months late.

A longtime staple in the community, the Oak Park-River Forest Rotary Club celebrates its 90th anniversary this year.

Marian Menges went about 70 years between proms. But after a relatively routine prom experience as a high school student in Indiana, Menges, 85, was the belle of the ball June 12 when the Oak Park Arms celebrated its 30th annual Seniors' Senior Prom.

It has been 49 years since Ernest Hemingway lived in Cuba but scholars still flock to the island annually to discuss the American writer who penned such classics as "The Old Man and the Sea." Hemingway experts from the United States, Italy and Cuba gathered here Thursday to discuss the author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954.

Jun 18, 2009 5:26 pm US/Central Reporting Mike Puccinelli OAK PARK, Ill. Imagine coming home to find extensive damage: floors ripped up and huge holes in your walls and ceiling.

Oak Park police handed out 24 warnings in two hours during a pedestrian crosswalk sting June 11.

Did you know that you can take a walk on the wild side of Oak Park -- architecturally speaking -- with the walking tours offered by the Oak Park Convention and Visitors Bureau? Ok, I confess, the tour won't really show you the wild side of the village, I just wanted to use that line.

Oak Park's increased condominium inspection fee, which is levied annually for services performed every other year, has some people wondering what they're paying for.

Oak Park police are searching for a man who allegedly tried to abduct a 16-year-old girl as she walked down the street.

Jill Bakke was tidying the yard of her Oak Park home when she came across something valuable.

A key at a time, Wolgang Loentz checked the action of the piano at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Oak Park.

The nervous middle aged man wasn't quite sure his financial papers would actually be shredded by the big machine in Oak Park Metropolitan Bank's parking lot Saturday, June 6. Despite assurances by shredder operator Marc Hawk, who invited him to watch the process through a TV screen at the control panel the man was still skeptical.