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Oak Park, Ill., is located in Cook County just west of the Chicago border. In 1837, Joseph Kettlestrings, a native of England, bought 172 acres of land in the area. The town became known as Oak Park in 1871 after first being called Oak Ridge, and the "Village of Oak Park" came into being in 1902. Its population in the 2003 census was 50,824. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright built his home in Oak Park in 1889, and many of his buildings still exist throughout the suburb. Oak Park is also the birthplace of writer Ernest Hemingway. Read more about Oak Park, IL
Oak Park, Ill., is located in Cook County just west of the Chicago border. In 1837, Joseph Kettlestrings, a native of England, bought 172 acres of land in the area. The town became known as Oak Park in 1871 after first being called Oak Ridge, and the "Village of Oak Park" came into being in 1902. Its population in the 2003 census was 50,824. Famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright built his home in Oak Park in 1889, and many of his buildings still exist throughout the suburb. Oak Park is also the birthplace of writer Ernest Hemingway. Read more about Oak Park, IL
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A Feast of Carols - Oak Park Concert Chorale
Staff reporterOn December 18, 2011 at 4: 00pm, join the Oak Park Concert Chorale, Paul Lindblad Director, for A Feast of Carols to welcome the holiday season. Virgil Thomson's Scenes from the Holy Infancy will be the centerpiece of this festive concert which will also...Tags: Virgil Thomson, Chicago
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WGN Radio names Bill White program director
WGN Radio today announced that veteran radio programming executive Bill White has been hired as program director, effective February 14. White was most recently Operations Director of WBT-AM/FM and WLNK-FM in Charlotte, North Carolina, overseeing...Tags: Kansas City Royals, Entertainment, Public Employees, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago
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Oak Park Concert Chorale Celebrates Spring!
April 17--Oak Park Concert Chorale presents it's 2010 Spring Concert Series Cantate! The centerpiece of the concert will be the Motet for the Time of Easter by composer Richard Hillert. Following the concert, guests will be invited to attend a dessert and...Tags: Easter
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IDOT Releases $11 Billion Dollar Road Plan
(WGN-AM) - A bare-bones Illinois highway improvement program would grow by billions of dollars under the capital spending blueprint that emerged from the state Senate. With or without long-awaited new funding for transportation projects, the Illinois...Tags: Science and Technology, Illinois, Road Transportation, Transportation, Chicago Tribune
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New principal named in wake of testing problems
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsOak Park School District 97 appointed Sam LeDeaux as the new principal of Horace Mann Elementary, where the current principal is stepping down following allegations …... -
Boys track and field | State meet at a glance
Boys track and field state meet Where: O'Brien Stadium, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Ill. When: Thursday-Saturday. Prelims: 1A, 11 a.m. Thursday; 2A, 9 a.m. Friday; 3A, 12:45 p.m. Friday. Finals: 10 a.m. Saturday. 1A athletes to watch:...Tags: Beecher, Crete, Plano, Westmont, Track and Field
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Crunch time
The 20 or so Percy Julian Middle School students seated in a half-moon around the governor Tuesday couldn't fully understand the financial crisis facing Illinois. At one point, an eighth-grader asked, "What's a pension?" He'll find out soon enough....
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Area boys track athletes looking for big finishes at state
TribLocal - Wheaton » NewsSince 1990, only five TribLocal area teams have won Illinois High School Association boys track and field state titles. Joliet West won the Class AA …... -
Madigan sues Illinois State High School Association over barring disabled athletes from state competitions
TribLocal - Oak Park & River Forest » NewsThe Illinois High School Association is violating the rights of disabled students by not allowing them to compete in state athletic events, according to a …... -
Senate confirms Oak Park lawyer as new Chicago-based federal judge
Special to the TribuneThe U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Tharp, 51, becomes the fifth federal...Tags: Judges, Dick Durbin, U.S. Marine Corps, Mike Lee, Business Enterprises
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Village seeks state funds for bike path linking train station and convention center
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsTinley Park is again seeking state funds to build a bike path linking its Oak Park Avenue train station to the newly-renovated Tinley Park Convention …... -
Pappas puts condo on the market
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas on Tuesday listed her three-bedroom Chicago condo unit on Michigan Avenue for $2.9 million.
Pappas, 62, paid $825,000 in 1998 for the 3,320-square-foot unit. Last month, she transferred ownership of the unit into a...Tags: David Axelrod, Michigan Avenue, River Forest, Frank Lloyd Wright, Beverly
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