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Author Archives: Michael Romain

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Pete’s Fresh Market and the ‘Matthew’ principle

by Michael Romain March 2, 2021March 2, 2021

I read the news that a second Pete’s Fresh Market is coming, this time to Madison Street in Oak Park, and began humming Billie Holiday’s “God Bless the Child.”  “Them that’s got shall have, them that’s not shall lose” and the “strong gets more” and the “weak ones fade” while “empty pockets don’t ever make […]

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Oak Park’s opioid overdose rates above average

by Michael Romain March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
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Parents mobilize in support of well-respected Beye teacher

by Michael Romain March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
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D97 candidate focuses on communication

by Michael Romain March 2, 2021March 2, 2021
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Oak Park teacher finalist for Golden Apple Award

by Michael Romain March 2, 2021March 3, 2021
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Grappling with race, OPRF Chamber forges allies

by Michael Romain February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
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D200 candidate wants to share expertise with board

by Michael Romain February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
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D97 candidate says his background gives him leverage

by Michael Romain February 24, 2021February 24, 2021
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Reality animates ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

by Michael Romain February 23, 2021February 23, 2021
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D97 superintendent to resign

by Michael Romain February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

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