Oak Park considers Garfield Street improvements
After a year doing business on Garfield Street, Oak Park insurance agent Jose Chavez is used to the blank look most customers give him when he tells them where his...
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Enrollment spike has D105 looking at options
Unexpected enrollment increases have prompted La Grange School District 105 officials to consider moving some classes to a church next school year. Enrollment has increased by 20 percent over the...
Oak Park backs bicycle helmet law for minors
Oak Park is pursuing a bicycle helmet law for minors. The Oak Park Village Board voted Monday to move forward with a new law to require children under 17 to...
Task force working on plan for La Grange’s future
After a quarter-century of growth fueled by public investment, the Village of La Grange is asking citizens to help devise a new development plan for the future. La Grange 2020,...
Some Oak Park residents back Ike expansion
Members of the Oak Park Village Board, which has publicly opposed expansion of the Eisenhower Expressway, heard new expressions of caution from residents this week. "Oak Park has been standing...
More than 30 injured in CTA Blue Line collision
Taylor Pettiford was running late for school when she arrived at the Harlem stop on the Blue Line and heard what she thought was her train approaching. Her preoccupation with...
La Grange officials challenge plans for intersection
A detail of an Illinois Department of Transportation project planned for a prominent La Grange intersection drew some strongly worded concerns from village trustees. "It's insulting – they're telling us...
La Grange considers relaxing sign rules
The La Grange Community Development Department has drafted new guidelines for commercial signs that would give more flexibility to businesses, including the second-floor residents of a former Borders Books store...
Stone Avenue train station to be renovated
Plans to renovate La Grange's Stone Avenue Train Station is moving forward after struggles to find a contractor delayed it. The La Grange Village Board voted Monday to accept a...
Oak Park considers relaxing sign requirements
Oak Park planning officials are looking at nearly 400 business signs in the village to see if the signs should stay or go. Planners are reviewing out-of-compliance signs to determine...