the village free press Vol. III No. 13
Workers protest in Broadview, PAGE 3
Maywood parents get ‘smart’ about dangerous crossings Parents are planning to launch a pilot program at Irving to make getting to, from school safer for students By MICHAEL ROMAIN
MARCH 27, 2019
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Body of missing g Maywood man found,, PAGE 3
MAKING HISTORY: Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey, Maywood Mayor Edwenna Perkins and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson look at a painting commissioned to commemorate their pioneering mayoralties as state Senator Kimberly A. Lightford looks on. SHANEL ROMAIN
Editor
A group of parents in Proviso Township have taken the safety of their children in their own hands — they’re seeking to launch a project next school year that will make it safer for students in MaywoodMelrose Park-Broadview District 89 to get to and from school. Marche Williams, a parent of two young boys in D89, said that the idea came about after he and a group of other D89 parents started to meet about some of the district’s most pressing challenges. See SMART ROUTES on page 5
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Honoring living ‘History Makers’
Village Free Press commissioned local artist to portray community leaders making history now By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
During a reception held March 23 at Rock of Ages Baptist Church’s T.H. Wade Foundation Center, 1405 Madison St. in Maywood, the Village Free Press formally recognized the 10 individuals designated
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Black History Makers and Living Legacies in a special Black History section of the print paper that we published last month. The event was catered, and the room decorated, by Bellwood-based Symone’s Catering. Each designee received an illustration of their likeness created by
local artist Shanel Romain. Near the end of the day’s event, the mayors of Bellwood, Broadview and Maywood were honored with a painting unveiling. Feel free to experience the occasion in the photos on pages 2 and 3.
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