From roller skates to rollerblades, skating has long been a favorite pastime for America ’s youth. Not only does it provide good exercise, but it also provides a means of transportation other than bicycling for those who—for lack of license or funds—cannot drive a car. And while in-line skating appears to be a rather harmless [...]

With $5 gas apparently on the horizon, we’re all looking for ways to cut down our consumption. So, for budgetary as well as eco-conscious concerns, many are filling up their bike tires and hitting the road. In the densely populated city of Chicago, with pedestrians tripping over one another on the sidewalks and cabbies riding [...]

Today Chicago area citizens have to be asking themselves, “Is our drinking water safe?”
In today’s Chicago Tribune it was reported that “Chicago officials have never tested the city and suburban water supply for pharmaceuticals and other unregulated chemicals.”  For that reason, the Tribune conducted its own testing, and the results are cause for concern and [...]