The Misidentified
      
        
      
      
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      More Payments for Town Festivals, Lalo Mora, Cadetes de Linares and Tropical del Bravo Approved by Board
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Big Mich Antojería: Cultivating a Special and Delicious Environment for Cicero
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      What’s on the Town of Cicero’s 2022 Budget? 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Get Your Seeds! Cicero Public Library opens ‘Seed Library’
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Blanca Vargas Sworn In, More than $100,000 Approved for Festivals at March 22 Board Meeting
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Community Voice: Look Outside Your Window
      
        
      
      
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      Aging In the Shadows: A Crisis of Older Undocumented Immigrants Awaits Illinois
      
        
      
      
        Community, ImmigrationCicero Independienteolder, elders, aging, older population, immigrants, undocumented immigrants, Cicero, Chicago, Injustice Watch, Illinois, Latinx community
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      One Cicero Teacher’s Account of How the Pandemic Amplified Existing Issues & What Can Be Done
      
        
      
      
        Education, Youth, COVID-19, FeaturedJorge Martinezpandemic, COVID-19, e-learning, remote learning, in-person learning, Cicero, Berwyn, mental health, youth, teacher's union
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      March 8 Town Board Meeting Recap 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Losing Sleep: How the Pandemic Has Impacted Students
      
        
      
      
        Education, Youth, COVID-19, FeaturedJorge Martinezpandemic, COVID-19, e-learning, remote learning, in-person learning, Cicero, Berwyn, mental health, youth
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Expulsions are Up at Morton: ‘I just don't want to be treated this differently’ 
      
        
      
      
        Education, Youth, FeaturedEfrain SorianoMorton Alternative, Morton East, Morton High School, Cicero, District 201, expulsions, Education, fellowship
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Disrupting Suppression in Cicero and Berwyn: ‘Now's the time to pull up, now's the time to get involved’
      
        
      
      
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      Morton District 201 Will No Longer Require Face Masks
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Morton Students are Back in School, Not All of Them Are Okay with It
      
        
      
      
        COVID-19, EducationEfrain SorianoDistrict 201, Morton High School, Morton East, Morton West, Morton Freshman Center, COVID-19, Reddit, Cicero, Berwyn
       
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Community Voice: Incorporate Black Voices in School Curriculum Throughout the Year
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      January 25, Town Board Meeting Recap
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      Town of Cicero Did Not Move Forward with Requiring Vaccination for Employees 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
      January 11, Town Board Meeting Recap: ‘That idiot Dr. Fauci’ 
      
        
      
      
      
    
  
    
      
        
      
       Cicero Trustee Larry Banks Dies of COVID-19