A vacant city lot could soon become a park and garden space after the City Council approved a plan June 23 to transform the former site of the Berwyn Police Station.

The third Cruise Nite of the season will be held in Berwyn’s Depot District from 6 to 9 p.m. July 7.

Grand Avenue Big Band, a Chicago-area ensemble, will kick-off this summer’s free Concert in the Park series Sunday, June 28, with hits from the 40s.

Registration is due July 9 for residents wishing to participate in this year’s Planting Pride in Berwyn contest.

With less than a week to go before massive cuts to services for children, the elderly and the disabled are supposed to go into effect, one local social service provider is sending out prayers for lawmakers to fix the state’s budget shortfall.

Preliminary survey results seem to have confirmed what many Berwynites already knew — Berwyn has a burgeoning arts scene and is anxious for more.

Berwyn City Council meetings could soon be ushered into the technological age if a laptop proposal by Alderman Michele Skryd, 5th Ward, meets council approval.

New Alderman Nora Laureto, 8th Ward, has only been on the council for a month, but she already has plans to address blight and approve senior services.

The Berwyn Fire Department will hold its monthly CPR class from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 27.

The Berwyn Public Library is inviting seniors, ages 55 or older, to join a Senior Social Club, hosted every second and fourth Wednesday of the month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A Berwyn police lieutenant with more than 30 years on the force has taken over as the city’s first deputy police chief.

With tens of thousands of Illinois workers set to receive a boost in their hourly wages next month, some local business owners, already decimated by the economic recession, are evaluating their options.

With about five months to go before the city’s new parking structure is scheduled for completion, the Berwyn City Council approved preliminary parking rates at its June 9 meeting.

The Berwyn Fire Department has called in the help of the Office of the State Fire Marshall to help investigate an early Friday, June 12, blaze that displaced 10 members of two families, destroyed three homes, and wreaked havoc on a nearby property.

The second annual Depot District Clean Sweep Garage Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 20, after the original sale was rained out last weekend.