Veggies, flowers in abundance this harvest season

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. By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place •  (773) 504-9327 Have you been harvesting your tomatoes or enjoying the gift of home-grown tomatoes from a neighbor or friend? The hot and dry beginning of summer and the intermittent rains made for an abundance of a variety of veggies and flowers…

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. By Kathy Headley Your correspondent in Chicago Lawn and Marquette Manor 6610 S. Francisco • (773) 776-7778 For the last several years, I have been periodically keeping you up to date on the progress of the gas company project that tore apart the grass, sidewalks and street. They did a very nice job replacing…

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Batting cleanup, Ryan Aderman

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. By Tim Hadac Editor Clear-Ridge Reporter & NewsHound . Baseball is in Ryan Aderman’s blood. Especially Little League ball. He even talked baseball with me last week, on his 33rd birthday. The Garfield Ridge native (St. Dan’s and later St. Laurence) was just a little boy when he donned his first baseball uniform—a Clear-Ridge…

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Police Reports

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. Crime reports courtesy of swchicagopost.com. Police report information is provided by law enforcement agencies. Charges are not evidence of guilt. They are a record of police actions taken, and people charged with a crime are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.   Shot to death in Hearst Area A 25-year-old…

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Cops warn of robbers

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. From staff reports Police have issued a community alert in the wake of three armed robberies earlier this month. Each occurred on the street and involved bandits walking up to victims and demanding valuables. Crime scenes include: • 4800 block of South Kostner at 5:35 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 5. • 6100 block of South…

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Seek crew that robbed bus passenger

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, From staff reports Police are seeking the public’s help in finding several people who beat and robbed a woman riding a CTA bus in the 6200 block of South Western at 9:07 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 24. The victim was on her way to work when she was accosted by a man and three women…

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‘We want to know why’

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. Frustration mounting over Hancock principal’s ouster By Tim Hadac Frustration over the apparent ouster of Hancock College Prep High School Principal Vanessa Puentes appeared to grow this week, in the wake of a marathon Local School Council meeting that failed to yield answers many teachers, parents, students an Clearing community members sought. “We want…

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Bursting with color and pride

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Select dancers from Ballet Folklórico Estrella del Mar recently had the honor to perform with The Mexican Folkloric Dance Company of Chicago on the Jay Pritzker Pavilion stage. They, in turn, joined the Puerto Rican Arts Alliance and Cuerdas Clásicas at the event Somos Un Solo Pueblo, México y Puerto Rico. Showing a burst of…

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. By Rich Miller Among other things, sitting Illinois judges are prohibited by Illinois Supreme Court Rule 4.1 from making “speeches on behalf of a political organization,” or “solicit funds” for a political organization or candidate, except when they’re up for election or retention. So, you might ask, what the heck was Illinois Supreme Court…

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The Bears weren’t always the only game in town

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. By Mary Stanek Your correspondent in Archer Heights and West Elsdon 3808 W. 57th Place •  (773) 284-7394 If there is one thing my father taught me that I will always appreciate, is to know where I was born and raised: on the South Side, which explains why I am a White Sox fan…

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