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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With the wind at his back, singer Joe Viba sails into 2021 with his first solo album and is part of a musical-theater release that got widely noticed.

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Live Café owner Reesheda Graham-Washington held a press conference the morning of Jan. 7 about the racist attack on her Oak Park Avenue business a day earlier. 

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In the unforgiving year just past, we might all have lost our path if not for the helpers and the heroes.

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Disappointed his family missed out on seeing the Morton Arboretum's annual Illuminations holiday light display, 10-year-old Jack Carroll took it upon himself to map out all the Christmas decorations in Oak Park. 

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As soon as anyone who asks what motivated me to write a novel finds out I was an English major, that simple fact seems to be explanation enough.

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When 914 Ashland Ave. was listed for sale in 2017, it was one of the priciest listings in River Forest, asking $3.2 million.

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The world will collectively let out a sigh of relief when the clock strikes midnight, Dec. 31, 2020.

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No doubt about it, 2020 proved to be a challenging year for our restaurants, but creative carryout solutions, resourceful chefs and devoted customers proved it was possible to keep things downright delicious in our little food-focused alcove. 

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While 2020 turned everything upside down due to the emergence of COVID-19, the arts community showed incredible resilience. 

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