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By Staff reports
Wed Nov 25, 2009, 10:14 AM CST
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By Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Tue Nov 24, 2009, 11:08 AM CST
Members of the U.S. Army’s 447th Airborne Military Company can expect care packages to come their way this holiday season, courtesy of residents from Brookfield.
By Joe Sinopoli, jsinopoli@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Nov 23, 2009, 01:44 PM CST
When Sergio Lopez of Joliet moves into his new Hillside home around Memorial Day next year, it will serve as proof that good people do good things for good people.
By Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Nov 23, 2009, 01:06 PM CST
Riverside Brookfield High School Township District 208’s Board of Education wants parents and community members to share their ideas on what kind of leader the new principal should be.
By Staff reports
Mon Nov 23, 2009, 12:50 PM CST
Riverside Brookfield High School Interim Superintendent Dave Bonnette will hold his third Friday Forum at 9 a.m. Dec. 4 at the high school, 160 Ridgewood Road, Riverside.
By Joe Sinopoli, jsinopoli@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Nov 20, 2009, 04:24 PM CST
Frank and Vera Catura were entertaining a guest in their backyard on 10th Avenue, and without a sound, he ran off to meet a lady friend down the street.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 19, 2009, 10:42 AM CST
Residents have called the boarded up historic Arcade Building an eyesore, but the village, local artists and Riverside Brookfield High School students are teaming up to beautify the building again.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 19, 2009, 10:34 AM CST
Teachers and faculty at Riverside Brookfield High School take on the students' ultimate Frisbee team Nov. 10.
By Staff reports
Wed Nov 18, 2009, 10:04 AM CST
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By Joe Sinopoli, jsinopoli@mysuburbanlife.com
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:58 PM CST
Lyons Township High School is one of 64 schools in the state to receive the Bright A+ award based on academic performance, putting it in the top 5 percent in the state.
By Staff reports
Fri Nov 13, 2009, 04:56 PM CST
Be sure to get your books now because the Brookfield Public Library is slated to close Nov. 23 for renovations, which could last two months.
By Joe Sinopoli, jsinopoli@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Nov 12, 2009, 05:39 PM CST
A 21-year-old man is in police custody after leading police on a short chase through a cemetery where he drove over gravestones, knocking over one of them.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 12, 2009, 12:39 PM CST
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By Staff reports
Wed Nov 11, 2009, 04:21 PM CST
La Grange Highlands Middle School, 1850 W. Plainfield Road, honors veterans at an afternoon ceremony.
By Staff reports
Mon Nov 09, 2009, 02:58 PM CST
Four female students have been suspended for fighting at Riverside Brookfield High School.
By Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Nov 09, 2009, 02:49 PM CST
Before the Metra came to town, Brookfielders got around on a streetcar line. Here are five things you probably didn’t know about the Brookfield streetcar system.
By Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Nov 09, 2009, 02:44 PM CST
For the first time, the Brookfield Police Department is engaging in what officers hope will be a holiday tradition — shopping with children who have been affected by the tough economy.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 05, 2009, 04:13 PM CST
Two men were charged in connection with two Brookfield residential burglaries that occurred Oct. 26.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 05, 2009, 12:30 PM CST
Two Berwyn men were charged in connection with two Brookfield residential burglaries that occurred Oct. 26.
By staff reports
Thu Nov 05, 2009, 11:18 AM CST
Stone Park Police have charged 30-year-old Nicholas Carrino of Westchester with the murder of a Niles man who was found shot in the chest following an altercation Wednesday morning, Nov. 4.
By Staff reports
Wed Nov 04, 2009, 04:41 PM CST
Brookfield Zoo officials denied Suburban Life’s Freedom of Information Act request for the release of Affie the elephant’s necropsy report in a letter Oct. 29.