Gertrude A. Matthews (nee Foley), 99, of River Forest, died on Feb. 14, 2014.
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Jim Gill headlines Collaboration’s annual symposium in Oak Park
Parents, teachers and caregivers were singing, clapping and dancing with Jill Gill, keynote speaker/singer at Saturday’s 11th annual symposium sponsored by Oak Park’s Collaboration for Early Childhood Care and Education.
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
Give our mail carriers a break
I agree with Kathy Capone that our Oak Park “mail carriers have been heroic” during our recent long spell of record-breaking snow and arctic weather [Viewpoints, Feb.19].
Posted inOpinion
Right tone. Wrong tone.
When the Oak Park village board gathered last Tuesday to receive and discuss the report from HOPE Fair Housing Center that spelled out multiple instances of discrimination in rental housing, it did a lot of things well.
Posted inObituaries
Casualties
The following U.S. soldiers lost their lives in Operation Enduring Freedom, Feb. 7-15.
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
In favor of concealed-carry signs
Count me in favor of concealed-carry signage laws. Every person carrying a concealed weapon should be required to wear a large sign announcing that fact, so I can stay well clear of said person.
Posted inOpinion
You know you’re a gun-limiter if
Are you against gun violence? Do you actively work toward reducing gun violence? Or do you merely work to take away everyone else’s guns? In that case, you may be a gun-limiter, in favor of a gun-limited society, a society with gun-limited rights for all!
Posted inOpinion
Do over
For well over a year, the River Forest District 90 elementary schools have been pushing for major changes to the exterior spaces at Roosevelt Middle School, 7560 Oak St. In planning to notably reduce the parking spaces on a site shared with the adjacent library and park, the schools have inevitably drawn sincere objections.
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River Forest board considers Madison, North Ave. TIFs
A study assessing whether Madison Street and North Avenue qualify to be TIF districts should be starting sometime next month.
Posted inObituaries
David Linde, 48, bankruptcy attorney
David E. Linde, 48, a 13-year-resident of Oak Park, died on Feb. 19, 2014 at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood of complications from Cystic Fibrosis. Born on April 13, 1965 in Chicago, he was raised in Evergreen Park and graduated from Evergreen Park High School, Carroll College, and John Marshall Law School. He was a practicing bankruptcy attorney.