It’s not easy to do pomp and protocol in the caverns of Oak Park’s public works garage on South Boulevard. But it happened Monday evening as Oak Park village government leaders gathered face-to-face for the first time in more than a year to conduct the transfer of power from a mayor to a new village […]
Author Archives: Dan Haley
Dan was one of the three founders of Wednesday Journal in 1980. He’s still here as its four flags – Wednesday Journal, Austin Weekly News, Forest Park Review and Riverside-Brookfield Landmark – make the switch to the nonprofit model of Growing Community Media. He sees independent community journalism as the glue that makes a neighborhood vital.