Elm Leaves

Elmwood Park beauty salon owner offers style and substance

Tue, 21 May 2013 09:24:57 -0500

ELMWOOD PARK — A person just coming in to get their hair done at Charo’s Hair Design and Spa probably will get more than they bargained for.

Metra train strikes, kills pedestrian in Prospect Heights

Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:59 -0500

A Metra train struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday, May 21, in Prospect Heights.

Elmwood Park bakery business on rise, with mother’s help

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:29:16 -0500

ELMWOOD PARK — For Rodica Popa on Mother’s Day, it’s better to keep it simple. She has put in 12-hour days, six days a week and on Sunday, she’d prefer to rest and spend time with her husband, Alex, 50, and three children, Sephora, 24, Becky, 26 and Matthew, 16 just hanging out.

Elmwood Park business fair brings in a crowd

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:27:28 -0500

ELMWOOD PARK — Al Biancalana, owner of Elmcrest Banquets was able to drum up some potential business at Saturday’s business fair.

Elmwood Park students, volunteers beautify underpass in Jerome Huppert Woods

Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:21 -0500

ELMWOOD PARK — Spray-painted graffiti and gang symbols used to be what hikers and bicyclists would see at the underpass in Jerome Huppert Woods. Until now, that is.

St. Celestine youth ministry fundraiser May 17 at school

Thu, 16 May 2013 09:12:00 -0500

ELMWOOD PARK — Teaching young people leadership skills — and showing them how to serve others — is a great way to serve the community. That’s what Kim McMillan, young ministry coordinator at St. Celestine Church believes, and it’s a key motivator behind a fundraiser she is helping to organize this Friday, May 17 at the church school’s annex. The event, which runs from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., grew out of a desire by members of the young ministry for a work-service week. Many of the kids involved in youth ministry couldn’t afford the trip, and didn’t want to …

Growing up Wright: A life in the Boynton House

Tue, 14 May 2013 13:10:01 -0500

Living in a city renowned for its Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structures, Oak Parkers might wonder what it’s like to live in one of the famed architect’s homes. Wonder no longer!