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Garfield Ridge Civic League President Blasts Water Dept. Over Lead Poisoning
By Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostThe head of the Garfield Ridge Civic League has blasted City Hall, saying that its explanation of how its own actions appear to have caused elevated...
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‘National Night Out’ Crime Fighting Events Set for Local Parks, Streets
By Joan HadacEditor and PublisherSouthwest Chicago PostMore than a thousand Southwest Siders are expected to take a public stand against crime at the area’s annual National Night Out Against Crime...
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City investigates salmonella outbreak at grocery store on 63rd Street in...
The Chicago Department of Public Health is investigating an outbreak of Salmonella, a bacterium that is a common cause of food poisoning.Since the beginning of July, at least four people became ill...
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Garfield Ridge Neighborhood Watch Invites All to Meeting at Archer/Neva
By Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostFor the second time in three months, the Garfield Ridge Neighborhood Watch will hold a public meeting at a place some consider a trouble spot.All those...
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Garfield Ridge Cop Hailed as a Hero
Treated mentally ill woman with effective empathyBy Joan HadacEditor and PublisherSouthwest Chicago PostAs policemen often are when they are praised, Officer Chuck Trendle was a bit aw-shucks modest as...
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Neighbors Slam Walgreens Over Crime
Claim parking lot is scene of drug dealsBy Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostNeighbors in the west end of Garfield Ridge took to the streeton Monday to vent their frustrations about crime...
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‘My dad is definitely with us’
Police, family, neighbors uniteto salute Officer Benjamin PerezBy Joan HadacEditor and PublisherSouthwest Chicago PostSeventeen years after her dad died, Katarina Perez shared a few thoughts about his...
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It's Isa's way
Street dedicated in memory of Garfield Ridge teenBy Joan HadacEditor and PublisherSouthwest Chicago PostThe 5200 block of South Rutherford will always be a placeIsa's sign is unveiled by her her...
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Mayor Lightfoot Visits Garfield Ridge
By Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostIt's not often at all that Mayor Lori Lightfoot visits the Southwest Side--let alone Garfield Ridge.But she did exactly that on Thursday, September 26,...
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'Big Guy' Needs a Little Boost
Popular sports figure battling health challenges, medical billsBy Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostThe Big Guy is looking for a little help from his friends.Tim Maher, one of the best...
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Stunod's is Bringing Delicious Pizza, Italian Comfort Food to 63rd Street
‘This is a pizza neighborhood’By Tim HadacManaging EditorSouthwest Chicago PostWhile their new pizzeria in Clearing is their first brick-and-mortar venture, the two brothers in charge seem to have the...
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Pumpkin Jamboree Parade Coming
Congressman Dan Lipinski's annual Pumpkin Jamboree Parade is coming this month.Click the image for details.Want to get a glimpse of what the parade is like?Check out the Southwest Chicago Post coverage...
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Dungeons & Dragons Display at the Zidarich Home is Frightfully Good
Looking for a frightfully good Halloween display this year? Look no further than the front lawn of the Zidarich home in Chrysler Village, just south of 63rd and Latrobe.A Beholder is the centerpiece of...
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Kids Line Archer to See Pumpkin Parade
The annual Pumpkin Parade along Archer Avenue stepped off at 11:00 a.m. today.Cloudy and cool--and until the end, the rain basically held off. Not bad weather for an October parade.Hundreds of boys and...
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Police Warn of Business Break-Ins
A cluster of burglaries of businesses in the Archer Heights area in October has prompted CPD to issue a warning."In these incidents offender(s) force entry through the front of a business and remove...
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Dentists Helping Veterans This Month
Throughout the month of November, many Illinois State Dental Society dentists have reserved appointment times in their offices to salute Illinois veterans.Under the Illinois Dentists Salute initiative,...
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