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She admitted that the last time the place was so crowded was 21 years ago when Snackville Junction reopened at 9144 S. Kedzie Ave. in Evergreen Park - after 39 years in Morgan Park.

Spring 2008.

It was an answer that more than 60 Mount Greenwood residents were looking for Monday night when they packed the Chicago Public Library's Mount Greenwood Branch to air their questions and concerns with the developer of the northwest corner of 111th Street and Kedzie Avenue.

"It has its own issues. For its own sake it needs to be resolved. We can

It may have been her disarming charm and pop culture sensibility that kept more than 1,000 people in their seats at the Shannon Center at Saint Xavier University Tuesday night to hear former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright speak about her views on current world affairs, but what they really arrived for were the blunt opinions of the sharp Wellesley grad who would become a feisty adviser to lifelong Democrats, including presidential hopefuls Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis.

"The worst unintended consequence of Iraq is that Iran has been strengthened.

"I

Perch, perch and more perch

The wildly popular St. Christina fish fry, which serves hundreds of Mount Greenwood families each week during Lent, is in its 13th year. On Friday - the last before Holy Week - the fish fry completed another Lenten season. Dozens of volunteers, from cooks to servers, have spent the last six Fridays serving up perch, spaghetti and grilled cheese in an annual Catholic Lenten tradition.

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