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Water colorist chosen for downtown Oak Park art commission

Sallie Wolf understands the charm that draws people to downtown Oak Park. For more than three decades, the longtime Oak Parker has enjoyed the colorful shops, vibrant groups of people, eclectic restaurants, and the neighborhood-like atmosphere just miles from the city.
Homers in the gloamin' lead to loss for OPRF softball

It was the late-inning long balls that decided Wednesday evening's softball game between OPRF and Riverside-Brookfield.
River Forest resident opens Lake Street chocolate shop

Donna Slepicka is on a mission to make the lives of River Foresters a little bit sweeter, and, so far, it seems like her new shop is doing just that. Slepicka opened the village's newest business, River Forest Chocolates, on March 31 and she said customers are keeping her busy.
Housewalk to feature 'most intact Victorian' in Oak Park

Participants at this year's annual Historical Society of Oak Park-River Forest's housewalk will get it all. On April 21, the historical society's Glimpses of Oak Park: Then and Now housewalk, will offer a peak into seven historic Oak Park homes, highlighting the dwellings as they are and as they were when they were first built.
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Oak Park students have a Solarbration

About 500 students from Washington Irving Elementary School form the shape of the sun on the school's playground as part of what they were calling a "Solarbration."
Photos: River Forest students remember the Holocaust

Student at West Suburban Temple Har Zion's Koven Religious School in River Forest, planted 600 yellow flags on the synagogue's lawn on Sunday in memory of the six million Jews who died during the Holocaust.
Photos: Trees bloom early in Oak Park

Spring arrived with a flourish here earlier than most expected, as evidenced by the pear trees in full bloom along South Oak Park Avenue last Thursday.
Photos: Baseball season starts early in Oak Park

For the first time in years, the Oak Park fields are playable in mid-March due to the unseasonably warm weather.
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