News
By staff reports
Fri Jul 03, 2009, 07:00 AM CDT
SCARCE, the countywide environmental education group, is hosting three open houses in Glen Ellyn in July.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jul 02, 2009, 03:54 PM CDT
After three decades of work, Wheaton resident George DiGuido’s first book is hitting the shelves. DiGuido described his novel as poetic and romantic. That is not to say, however, that he played loosely with historical accuracy. “I take my history too seriously,” he said.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jul 01, 2009, 02:03 PM CDT
See Glen Ellyn develop through the years — first as a stagecoach town, then as a resort destination and finally as a full-fledged Chicago suburb.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Tue Jun 30, 2009, 03:16 PM CDT
With the village’s new sales tax going into effect this week and the start of next year’s budget process less than five months away, village leaders say the window for gaining “long-range” vision on finances is closing.
By John Bachmann, jbachmann@mysuburbanlife.com
Fri Jun 26, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
Residents who live or own a business in Lemont must get a vehicle sticker and have it displayed on their vehicle by July 1.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 25, 2009, 11:19 AM CDT
Fleets of cardboard will set sail across Lake Ellyn this weekend in the village’s yearly competition to build and race — and in many cases sink — allegedly seaworthy vessels. The 17th annual Great Cardboard Boat Regatta kicks off at noon Saturday, June 27 at the Lake Ellyn Boat House, 645 Lenox Road.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 24, 2009, 02:08 PM CDT
A downed power line sparked an underground gas line near Roosevelt Road on June 23, setting of an hours-long flame so hot it melted the surrounding concrete.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 24, 2009, 11:07 AM CDT
Power is back on in about 300 Glen Ellyn structures as of this morning after an underground gasline fire Tuesday afternoon.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 24, 2009, 09:22 AM CDT
A preschool’s move to Park Boulevard is progressing after a judge shot down residents seeking a temporary restraining order.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 24, 2009, 09:20 AM CDT
Since late March, Glen Ellyn native Katie Visco has been making her way across the country on foot — on running shoes, more specifically. This week the aspiring Trans-American runner is arriving in the western suburbs.
By staff reports
Mon Jun 22, 2009, 04:09 PM CDT
A car crash in West Chicago closed down two lanes of traffic on eastbound Route 64 (North Avenue) for part of the afternoon Monday and seriously injured one person, according to police.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 22, 2009, 10:40 AM CDT
A Wheaton man who last week poured his heart out over an abandoned newborn found near his home was stabbed to death Friday night.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 12:34 PM CDT
Superintendent Mike Meissen of Glenbard High School District 87 will update the community on the district’s progress for the 2008-09 school year at his year-end report Monday, June 22.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
For the Rev. Tom White, retirement is only a state of mind. White, the former pastor at Wheaton’s St. Daniel the Prophet Catholic church, is still an active priest, 50 years after his ordination and four years after his retirement.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 18, 2009, 07:00 AM CDT
Despite poor economic and the worse weather conditions, organizers say Saturday’s Reid’s Ride for Research was a success this year.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 04:09 PM CDT
A look at three issues raised by the Village Board as it considers revising Glen Ellyn's ethics policy:
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 17, 2009, 03:59 PM CDT
Since 2001 parents in Illinois have had the option to leave newborns with emergency and health officials — safely and discreetly. But in the eight years since the so-called “safe haven” law was passed, more babies in the state have been abandoned than turned in, including in one instance in Wheaton last week.
By Adam Rosen, arosen@mysuburbanlife.com, and Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Mon Jun 15, 2009, 11:28 AM CDT
A 24-year-old Wheaton woman was charged with endangering the health or life of a child after police say they found her newborn baby boy abandoned in a yard on Friday morning.
By Adam Rosen, arosen@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 11, 2009, 04:01 PM CDT
A Lombard man was sentenced to 10 years in prison for stealing purses from two elderly Glen Ellyn women.
By Don Grigas, dgrigas@mysuburbanlife.com
Thu Jun 11, 2009, 01:04 PM CDT
One of the first things Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley did Thursday, June 11, was to e-mail long-time friend Kirk Dillard to congratulate him on his plans to run for governor in 2010.
By Brian Hudson, bhudson@mysuburbanlife.com
Wed Jun 10, 2009, 01:46 PM CDT
For the past month the Village Board has been in ongoing talks about whether to extend Village Manager Steve Jones’ expired contract.