W E D N E S D A Y
September 27, 2023 Vol. 44, No. 13
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Mike Lindblad, OPRF, 92 and still cool
of Oak Park and River Forest
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Pete’s Market pushes back opening date yet again Village board losing patience over lack of progress on Madison Street By STACEY SHERIDAN Senior Reporter
Historic Homecoming Alumni from multiple decades crossed the stadium field to honor OPRF High School’s 150th anniversary PHOTOS BY TODD A. BANNOR, PAGE 3
Not much has changed recently regarding the construction of Oak Park’s second Pete’s Fresh Market location — other than the Madison Street grocery store’s promised opening date. Pete’s was supposed to open next June under an extension the village board approved back in January. That already pushed-pack date of June 30 will likely be even further pushed back due to difficulties with utility companies, according to Eugene Grzynkowicz, Pete’s general contractor and project manager. The expected open date is now expected to be two and a half months after June 30. “We are still at the mercy of ComEd,” Grzynkowicz told the village board at its Sept. 18 meeting.
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