Meet Who’s Using Their Local Voices on Patch

Politics, education, advanced surgery, favorite corned beef sandwiches and how to properly push a shopping cart.

These are just a few of the topics that can be found on Orland Park Patch’s Local Voices section. Want to share your own opinions, skills or updates from your organization? It’s easy to get started.

The Local Voices contributors are people in your community who want to share their news, opinions and expertise. Meet them and read their posts by clicking on their names (listed in alphabetical order):

Ann is a “a self-proclaimed Momarazzi to our area youth athletes, photographing youth sports for over eight years and sharing those photographs with parents and the media for over five years.” Check out her football pictures.

Since Arthur retired, he has written over 100 op ed pieces for the Orlando Sentinel. That’s after working as “managing editor of The Honolulu Advertiser, editor of the Hilo Hawaii Tribune-Herald, editor in chief of the National Catholic News Service in DC and Rome, editor of the New World, even a rewrite man on Hearst's Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph.”

Orland School District 135’s community relations coordinator has been posting the student and faculty efforts within the various schools. She will be moving on to Hinsdale soon, but her work will remain.

Dean has been a volunteer and committee member of Community Consolidated School District 146 since 1993, and has been on the school board since 2003. He brings his views on education, government and what happens when the two intersect.

This longtime Orland Park scribe has lived a life immersed in books and literature, and finally decided to start penning her own words. With flair, she describes the joy of snow, the irritancy of uncoordinated shoppers and the growing pains of family life.

This Orland Park resident is an experienced community organizer, a data specialist and a former adjunct professor. He has a great deal to say on all things politics in town, in the region and across the country.

Gina can often be seen riding her bike all over town, and has worked for the League of Illinois Bicyclists since 2006. With 10 years journalism under her belt, Gina writes about news and events relating to bicycling.

This group offers news from downstate and how it will affect our area from the Illinois Senate Republicans.

This former Orland School District 135 board president has a fair share to say about local and national politics, as well as other doings around town. He has written about local elections, school boards, developments and national topics.

This 15-year resident’s blog focuses on efforts to put automated external defibrillators into schools, parks, gyms and other public areas, after she lost relative Colleen O’Sullivan to a heart attack. An Orland District School District 135 board member, she writes about health issues and legislation.

The official Patch announcement record for the Catholic school. Keep up on various school events and news here.

Keep up to date on the various events, classes, announcements and efforts from the area community college here on Patch.

Get the latest on the different Cyclones teams and how they are faring in their games here on Patch.

Grabowski is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 3rd Congressional District. Look for campaign announcements and news here between now and November.

This longtime Orland Park resident is a freelance writer who specializes in “the outdoors, archery, fishing, hunting, travel, conservation issues and the environment.” Rob has just started writing on Patch, and offered takes on corned beef and the Orland Grassland.

After opening their new facility, Silver Cross Hospital is now posting their latest news, updates and tales of medical care on Patch, starting with the new da Vinci surgery robot.

Representing St. Michael School, SMS Marketing will be posting about interesting efforts and events involving the Orland Park Catholic school.

This group of progressive Americans are “working for social and economic justice in the south suburbs by making our voices heard” in part with their postings on Patch.

Todd eats, sleeps, breathes Orland Park, having graduated from Carl Sandburg High School and now serving as president of the Orland Park Lions Club. He works in advertising, marketing and real estate, and asks people in his Local Voice section how they would like to see Orland Park develop. He also writes about the many efforts of the local Lions Club. 

This eclectic non-profit is now posting a slew of information on Patch about upcoming charitable drives and fundraisers, as well as new services in the making.

Orland Park news, upcoming events and ongoing efforts from the village government offices.

One of the more innovative blogs on Patch, Wildcat Wisdom is a video series, shot, edited and produced by Century Junior High students. Learn about important aspects of school life, such as bus safety and others.

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