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Save our post offices, Tinky says

August 20, 2011
By Rickie P. Brown Sr. | August 20, 2011

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The petitions of two of the three incumbent alderman - 28th Ward Ald. Jason Ervin and 37th Ward Ald. Emma Mitts - have not been challenged. But each of the challengers in both of those wards are having to defend the signatures they collected to secure a spot on the Feb. 26th ballot.
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U.S. Postal Service seeks input on proposed closures
A series of town hall meetings for customers to provide feedback are being held in Chicago through Oct. 26.
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Dozens of young people in Austin protest police in schools
About 50 people gathered at La Follette Park Friday before marching to Chicago Board of Education member Dwayne Truss' residence. They were protesting the contract between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Police Department, and calling on Truss to vote against the contract at CPS' Aug. 26th meeting.
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