• Charlotte Eriksen, Patch Staff Verified Patch Staff Badge

  • Oak Park-River Forest, IL

Email: charlotte@patch.com

Phone: 630-589-7732

Hometown: Birmingham, MI

Birthday: September 24

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Twitter: www.twitter.com/Oakparkpatch

Bio:

I graduated with a masters degree in journalism from DePaul University. I fell for the journalism field when I covered the World Boxing Championships in 2007, which indirectly led to an invitation to work for the U.S. Olympic Committee at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. I was also the editor of the center spread section of The DePaulia, DePaul's student-run newspaper for one year, and Editor in Chief for one year. I've earned awards in features design, in-depth reporting and news reporting for my work on The DePaulia and was honored for student achievement in DePaul's graduate program.

I love the outdoors. I love hiking whenever possible and have run three half marathons. I love golf and waterskiing, and played soccer for a state champion team in high school and DePaul's club team for three years. I enjoy being around and/or watching all sports—and am a huge fan of the Detroit Red Wings.

I'm artsy. I love the Beatles, Elvis and Saturday Night Live, circa Mike Myers.

Your Beliefs

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Politics

I grew up in a family of conservatives and feel I lean toward conservative economic beliefs and liberal social beliefs. I've never contributed to any political campaign.

Religion

Presbyterian

Local Hot-Button Issues

New businesses and development

Where do you stand on each of these issues?

Bring it

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Oak Parker to Give Keynote Address at MLK Jr. Breakfast

NeAngela Marshall, a 2004 graduate of North Central College, will share her message, "Use Your Words!" based on the College's theme for MLK Week, "The Power of Words" at a Jan. 20 memorial breakfast.

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Oak Park Police Prepare for Concealed Carry Changes

Police train on how to enforce concealed carry legislation, plan to reach out to businesses to help them understand how to handle potentially difficult situations.

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No Days Added to End of School Year for OPRFHS

Oak Park and River Forest High School has sufficient instructional days built into calendar and will not need to add days onto the end of the year to make up for two emergency days.

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