Building season is upon us, and along with the warm weather and construction equipment comes the return of rats.

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Real estate blog Commercial Café has named Oak Park the eighth best commuter town in suburban Chicago, largely because of its proximity to downtown Chicago.

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The Oak Park Police Department has promoted four officers within the department, naming a new deputy chief and three new commanders, according to a press release.

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Frederick P. Heiss, 78, of River Forest, died on May 16, 2019.

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Herbert W. Zobel, 90, died on June 2, 2019 in his River Forest home with his family at his side. 

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Village parking officials seem to have listened to a programmer rather than critically assessing how their new system would work.

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In May of 1919, a group of visionary women founded the Economy Shop, putting out a call for donations of merchandise that could be sold to support the five local charities that existed then. 

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If you were me, not then but now, Would you recycle, stop eating cow,

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My personal opinion on the Oak Park Diversity Statement aside, I'm disappointed in the weak argument being set forth by Susan Buchanan, a new village trustee, in her recent op-ed piece, "Just pass the update." (For the record, I did not vote for her.) 

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After reading your Viewpoint regarding the Oak Park and River Forest High School reprinting of the Tabula yearbook [Our Views, Viewpoints, May 29], I was disturbed by the full mention of both board member's names and also describing them as "both white males."

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