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Perfect Pastries: Who Bakes the Best?
This week, Patch sought out the best pastries in the Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn and Palos area for our ongoing series “Chowdown Showdown.”

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This week, Patch sought out the best pastries in the Evergreen Park, Oak Lawn and Palos area for our ongoing series “Chowdown Showdown.”

Shepard High School is seeking community members to take part in a relay that will raise money for cancer research.
Boy scouts were hard at work cleaning up around the Palos area.
District 128 teachers and parents believe it's never to early to instill a love of science in children. Add you own pictures from Science Night.
Help us decide who makes the best pastries in the Palos area.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in Cook County in about a century.
Palos Heights police reports, April 10-15.
Palos Heights' longest serving alderman stepped down Tuesday night after an over two decade long career.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in the area in quite some time.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in Cook County in about a century.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in Cook County in about a century.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in Cook County in about a century.
A family of bald eagles is now calling Palos home, officials believe the eaglets are the first to hatch in Cook County in about a century.
The man largely responsible for establishing the first fire department in Palos Park has died.
A look at upcoming events and deadlines in the Palos area.
Players from Palos Baseball Organization and Palos Power Softball celebrated the start of a new season. Add your own photos to the gallery.
An Oak Lawn woman backed into a Palos Heights police car after a bar brawl in Chicago Ridge. That was just the start.
Police believe a Palos Heights dentist was murdered by her husband, who then shot himself in their Palos Park home. Patients recall the dentist many of them knew for years.
An Oak Lawn woman backed into a Palos Heights police car after a bar brawl in Chicago Ridge. That was just the start.