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An Oak Park Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday erupted in anger and high tensions after members of a group supporting a permanent ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war pressed the board to take a voice vote on the issue during a time they could not do so.
Two pool records were set Friday that will never be broken.
This fall, the community celebrates a century and a half of its public high school, making OPRF older than Chicago’s “L” system, 13 of the 50 United States, and, surprisingly, the villages of Oak Park and River Forest.
Oak Park’s Ascension and St. Giles parishes sent almost 200 teens and adults to Appalachia last month as part of the Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a national youth service organization that provides home repairs using volunteer labor. Both parishes have sponsored ASP trips for more than 20 years. “The ASP is a relationship ministry that does some construction on the side,” said Paul Kraft, who has led 13 Ascension trips. Chris Goetz, who organized St. Giles’ program, stepped up to lead the trip last year when it was in jeopardy of being discontinued. The St. Giles team worked in ...
A thunderstorm on July 2 caused flooding and sparked a fire that irreparably damaged three transformers that provide electricity to Oak Park and River Forest High School.