Oak Park Farmers Market opens this Saturday on North Boulevard
The Oak Park farmers market begins its 20 Saturdays this summer with 8 am to 4 pm operations between East Avenue and the Commonwealth Edison property. Vendors will sell fresh produce directly from trucks, with spaces at 70 dollars for the season or 4 dollars daily, and foods like fruits vegetables eggs nuts and maple syrups will be offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Giametta
Oak Park
North Boulevard
East Avenue
Commonwealth Edison
Carla Lind
Farmers’ Market Task Force
Director of Public Health
Teacher strike looms as Oak Park 97 teachers vote
District 97 teachers threaten a fall strike if a contract settlement is not reached. Board president J Philip O Hara says teachers will attend the first day of school on September 7 but may not report the second day without a contract. A teacher boycott halts most junior high summer curriculum planning, with limited participation in the memo backed program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.A. Hiland
J. Philip O'Hara
Oak Park Teachers Association
Jerry McEnany
O'Hara
O’hara
Mileva Ruvarac
Ruvarac
Robert Baldauf
River Forest approves parking at Community Center site
River Forest board adds two hour parking on the east side of Jackson Avenue creating fourteen spaces for the Community Center at 414 Jackson Ave. The center is undergoing renovations with new partitions and restrooms while 300 villagers registered to use the facility this summer. A separate change on Central Avenue adds two hour parking one block west of Bonnie Brae. A 401 signature petition seeks interim traffic relief on Chicago Avenue and is sent to the Traffic and Safety Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Forest Board
Jackson Ave
Jackson Avenue
River Forest Community Center
Jim Leon
Central Avenue
Bonnie Brae
River Forest
Chicago Avenue
S H Green Stamp Center Opens in Hillside
A third independent S H Green Stamp Redemption Center will open at 5901 Butterfield Road Hillside with hours 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Sperry and Hutchinson opened two other centers in Elmwood Park and Chicago this year. Hillside roof expands S H operations to 15 states with 60 local staff and 35 regional staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S&h
Hillside
Bob Edwards
Chicago
Butterfield Road
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
Green Stamp Division
Harlem
Grand
Elmwood Park
111Th and
Western
Illinois
U.S
Hillside Warehouse
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Miss Ruvarac
Commission
Lawrence Haddad
William St
William Street
Baldauf
Green Stamp Center
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Dakotas
Detroit
S&H’s
Fixal
Schick Sales and Service Center
Westgate Oak Park
Melrose Park
Braun’s
Sears P Puitt
Sears
Cermak
Berwyn, Ill
OPRF
H.S
Gala
c/o Avenue Bank
Oak Park Ave
Oak Park, Ill
Oak Park Village
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