Simone Boutet, a sitting Oak Park village trustee, has dropped out of the village presidential race for a second time. In a statement posted on Facebook Jan. 16, Boutet announced her decision to step down again by quoting William Shakespeare's Hamlet – "to thine own self be true."

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Joan and Jim Collins are unique in their long history in the village, their work in the architectural field, their E.E. Roberts house and the imprint they will leave behind when they leave Oak Park.

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The coalition supporting Black village board candidates, Represent Oak Park has rescheduled the virtual campaign launch for trustee contenders Juanta Griffin, Anthony Clark and Chibuike Enyia that was set to happen this Thursday night.

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When Emanuel "Chris" Welch was a student at Proviso West High School in the late 1980s his classmates liked him and were impressed by him. He was known as a good athlete, a smooth talker, and was class president all four years in high school. Classmates expected him to go far.  

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Oak Park trustee candidate Chibuike Enyia will officially be on the ballot for the April 6 municipal election. However, it remains to be seen if the ballot will include Anthony Clark, also running for trustee. 

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The Oak Park-River Forest-Forest Park area is lucky to have such an abundance of excellent purveyors of the pie, including Jimmy's Place, Gaetano's and, of course, Bertolli's.

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Lawrence (Larry) R. Hosty, 74, died peacefully on Christmas Day, 2020.

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Daniel Philip Lavery, 88, of Oak Park, died on Jan. 1, 2021.

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Dennis Michael Sheehan (or "Denny Mike" as his family knew him), 79, of Oak Park, died on Jan. 4, 2021.

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Although some problems should have been anticipated, no one would have believed that this demonic dictator of a president was planning a coup. 

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