In June 2026, ACT acquired the Walser House, protecting an important piece of Austin’s architectural history. Preserving the ...

A scenario possible per Craig Failor, Oak Park Development Services director at the Shape Oak Park meeting, Monday Sept. 14: Mr. Failor stated, no limits would be placed on the number of buildings ...

I FaceTimed my brother who lives in Cambridge, England. This smiling face appeared. He was so happy. “Wow, you did it!” He was talking about the Blue Wave. “Did you see Abdul El-Sayed?” Then he quoted ...

They’re defined at times by not belonging. They weren’t part of any plan. Their colors, shapes or botanical family lines aren’t the issue: It just wasn’t anybody’s idea that they would grow where they ...

Dear Village Board members, I understand the goal of allowing more “missing middle” housing, including duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes. However, I am concerned that the proposed changes could ...

The following is an excerpt of a sermon recently delivered by Natasha Walker, executive director of the Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois at Unity Temple in Oak Park: If we are going ...

After Democrats have lit all the fireworks and cleaned up the confetti, they would be wise to learn a lesson that Republicans apparently failed to learn the last two years: Don’t read the election ...

The Oak Park Village Board thinks the value of your single-family home is a problem. They approve removing any mention of protecting property value from zoning and variance decisions. You may think ...

Many have said the midterm elections turned America Blue last week. I disagree. America has been Blue for a long time; we just don’t always vote like it. Blue America elected Barack Obama in a ...

Recently there was a furor on social media. Some folks were offended that our red brick streets had been defaced with paint. Was it graffiti artists? A Sherwin-Williams truck spill? Nope, it was the ...

This is episode 13 in our series on the history of Oak Park housing as it relates to diversity and equity. From the early ’80s through the start of the new millennium the major pillars of the Oak Park ...