News:

• ‘Green’ Library Grabs New Readers
  Celebrates First Year With Award
   

• Free Tax Help
  Throughout Area
   

• Sears Will Return
  After Construction, But Downsizes
   

• Money Well Spent?
  Second in a Series on How State Legislators Distribute
  Funds, known as Member Items, to Local Groups
   

Opinion:
    

• Editorial
  Remembering Quachaun
   

• There is No Schools Feature in this Issue
   

Features: 

• Inquiring Photographer
  We asked readers if they thought Barack Obama, the junior Democratic senator from Illinois, had a chance to become the first African-American presidential nominee, or president.
   

• Bedford Park Home to Kayak Polo Enthusiast