Beyond Hunger’s executive director and chief executive officer, Michele Zurakowski, will retire in June 2025.

It’s a Small World Monday, Nov. 25, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.,Nineteenth Century Charitable Association Discover the world of ...

There’s lots more than one thing going on at One Lake Brewing, located at 1 Lake St. in Oak Park. Barrel aged stout, euchre ...

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On Thanksgiving morning Nov. 28, the St. Giles Family Mass Community Turkey Trot will transform the streets of Oak Park into a celebration of community and the giving of thanks. The St. Giles Family ...

Housing is an extraordinary need but also basic human right.  Due to unforeseen circumstances, Mr. McKee had to abruptly ...

West Suburban Medical Center officials say they’ll replace the fence in spring, but locals are skeptical it will happen.

Nonprofits which work across the border between Oak Park and Austin face unique challenges and growing opportunities. After decades in which Austin Boulevard has served as a hard boundary between ...

Beyond Hunger, an Oak Park-based nonprofit tackling food insecurity, partners with both Housing Forward and Sarah’s Inn as well as other local nonprofits. In addition, it teams up with for-profit ...

On Friday, Sept. 13, both groups hosted a ribbon cutting for Brookfield’s first community refrigerator. From 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day, anyone will be able to access the fridge at the Share Food ...

While there was a 9% increase in violence in Austin in 2023, the half mile surrounding the Austin campus of BUILD — or Broader Urban Involvement & Leadership Development, a gang intervention, violence ...

It’s not Wednesday unless I read the paper,” says long-time reader Jeannette, who connected to her community by reading the ...