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By Staff reports
Wed Nov 25, 2009, 10:14 AM CST
Check out police and fire reports for La Grange, Brookfield, Riverside and Westchester.
By Staff reports
Tue Nov 24, 2009, 11:25 AM CST
Visitors to Brookfield Zoo can begin their holiday celebrations at the zoo’s 28th annual Holiday Magic event, which runs from 4-9 p.m. Dec. 5-6, 12-13, 19-20, and from Dec. 26-31.
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 Staff reports
Mon Nov 23, 2009, 04:45 PM CST
Brookfield Zoo, 8400 W. 31st Street, will be giving a lecture on wombats at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 8 in the Discovery Center.
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, 01:16 PM CST
After many meetings, presentations from village departments, and input from residents, a lean 2010 Brookfield budget is on its way to approval.
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, 12:56 PM CST
Businesses on Grand Boulevard will be having special sales, music, games and treats during a holiday walk, from 1 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5.
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 Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Nov 23, 2009, 10:00 AM CST
At Roger Merenkov’s brass and lighting restoration business, glass lampshades line the shelves in his office and antique telephones and music boxes take up most of the space on the floor.
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 Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Nov 20, 2009, 12:30 PM CST
Several Brookfield restaurants had approached the Village Board about the creation of a new class 12 liquor license allowing patrons to bring their own beer and wine into the restaurant when they dined.
By Staff reports
Thu Nov 19, 2009, 10:59 AM CST
The Brookfield Recreation Department will be showing “Mary Poppins” at 6 p.m. Nov. 20 in the Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave.
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
Check out police and fire reports for Brookfield, Riverside, La Grange and Westchester.
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 Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:54 PM CST
Brookfield firefighters and a police officer received an honor no two in the same suburban hometown have achieved.
By Staff reports
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:51 PM CST
The Village of Brookfield is adopting the U.S. Army’s 447th Military Police Company as a way to honor one of their own.
By Laura Bollin, lbollin@mysuburbanlife.com
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 12:45 PM CST
The Village of Brookfield has found a way for children to take part in the 2010 census: creating the town’s slogan.
By Staff reports
Tue Nov 17, 2009, 11:01 AM CST
Brookfield Zoo is hosting a Thanksgiving day feast for the animals at noon on Thursday, Nov. 26.