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W E D N E S D A Y
November 26, 2025 Vol. 46, No. 22
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Armstrong family honors 3 generations of OPRF ties By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
See NAMING RIGHTS on page 5
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Oak Park board reviews designs for new ‘municipal campus’ project
OPRF’s Little Theater takes on new moniker in naming-rights pact
Beginning about a year from now the Little Theater at Oak Park and River Forest High School will be known, for the next 10 years, as the Armstrong Family Little Theater in recognition of a $100,000 donation from Doug and Betsy Armstrong. The donation, made through the Imagine Foundation, is one of five naming rights donations the Imagine Foundation has received as part of its fundraising campaign to support the Project 2 construction project at OPRF that is revamping the southeast corner of the building. Imagine also plans to raise money for future parts of the Imagine plan of revamping the OPRF campus. Doug Armstrong, who graduated from OPRF in 1980 the same year as Imagine
Special section
Special meeting will update plans for the new police station and the renovations to village hall By BRENDAN HEFFERNAN Staff Reporter
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Doug and Betsy Armstrong in the spotlight
The wait is over as Oak Park village leaders finally gathered to discuss designs and cost figures for the village’s long planned police station and Village Hall construction projects Thursday night. The special meeting held on Thursday, Nov. See PROJECTS on page 14