Category: Chicago – Garfield Ridge

Garfield Ridge resident Mike Hernandez and his family – wife Kim and daughters Mia and Makayla – stand at Archer and Nordica, near a Midway Chamber of Commerce banner honoring Mike for his military service. An Air Force veteran, he served from 1997-2005. Banners saluting nearly three dozen local veterans hang from light poles, mostly […]

. By Patti Tyznik Your correspondent in Clearing and Garfield Ridge (708) 496-0265 • ptyznik@gmail.com By the time this article goes to print, it will almost be September. September! The stores are already putting out Halloween decorations as if summer has packed its bags, headed south and left without saying goodbye. Summer never stood a chance, […]

. . By Tim Hadac Editor Clear-Ridge Reporter & NewsHound . People fall off bicycles every day. What doesn’t happen every day is someone stopping what they’re doing to make sure you’re OK. What almost never happens is, after you’ve fallen, that same someone walking you two blocks to your house, just to make sure […]

. Eileen Whelan wins citywide garden contest By Tim Hadac In a neighborhood once called “the garden spot of Chicago” by a U.S. congressman, it’s not easy being the best of the best. But Eileen Whelan is. In fact, the Garfield Ridge resident is the best home gardener in the entire city, at least this […]

. Owned and operated by Garfield Ridge native By Tim Hadac If boys and girls in Clearing and Garfield Ridge look a bit more stylish as they head back to school this month, Cristihan Barcenas had something to do with it. The owner of Union Fades Barbershop, Barcenas led his team of barbers at the […]