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February 19, 2025 Vol. 45, No. 33
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Oak Park Ave. streetscape punted to 2026
Student residents protest at West Suburban Medical Center last May.
After receiving only one bid, nearly $5 million over budget, the village will revise its plans to improve Oak Park Avenue
West Sub-verted
By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN Staff Reporter
it would no longer be a sponsoring institution for the Family Medicine Residency Program. ACGME is a nonprofit that monitors graduate medical education programs
While construction was slated to begin next month, Oak Park’s planned infrastructure improvements to Oak Park Avenue in the Hemingway District will be put on hold for at least another year. The village did not receive any on-budget bids for the large-scale project which is set to redesign the streetscape and overhaul the water and sewer systems underneath Oak Park Avenue between Ontario Street and Randolph Street. The only construction bid the village received was for $22.7 million, well beyond the $18 million the village budgeted for the project. Construction on the project had been scheduled
See WEST SUB on page 8
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JESSICA MORDACQ
Accreditation revoked, West Sub’s medical students look elsewhere to continue education
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By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter
On Jan. 21, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education withdrew accreditation from West Suburban Medical Center, declaring
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