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GLEN ELLYN – Glen Ellyn Community Consolidated School District 89 bands will present a winter concert Dec. 17.

WESTERN SPRINGS – The village projected a $180,000 decrease in sales tax for next fiscal year after Safeway announced it would close all Chicago area Dominick’s grocery stores Dec. 28. 

WEST CHICAGO – The Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) of Community High School in West Chicago will host its annual variety show with the theme "Take Your Seat and Tweet" Dec. 12.

Fines for feeding coyotes may be increased

BERWYN – The Michelin Guide has revealed those restaurants that made the Bib Gourmands list for 2013, and Berwyn's Autre Monde Cafe and Spirits, 6727 Roosevelt Road, has earned a place on it.

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BERWYN – A School, Business & Community Holiday Fair will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Freedom Middle School, 3016 S. Ridgeland Ave., Berwyn.

CICERO – Dr. Keith D. McLaughlin, vice president of Institutional Advancement at Morton College, was selected by a national review panel as one of only 31 community college leaders to attend the Executive Leadership Institute sponsored by the League for Innovation in the Community College.

COUNTRYSIDE – The city plans to reinstate a discount transportation program for seniors that was suspended in 2010 during the recession. 

WESTERN SPRINGS – Yumz Gourmet Frozen Yogurt is holding a toy drive to make sure less fortunate families have gifts this holiday season.

LA GRANGE PARK – The La Grange Park Library will open a new Genealogy Corner on Saturday where visitors can research their ancestors. 

HINSDALE – Dr. Charles Bush-Joseph of Hinsdale, a surgeon and sports medicine physician with Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, recently received the “Special Recognition Award” from the Illinois Athletic Trainers Association (IATA) during the annual State Meeting and Clinical Symposium in Springfield, Ill.

HINSDALE – Hinsdale Assistant Fire Chief Tim McElroy challenged his firefighters last month with a goal of reaching $5,000 in donations as part of last month's "Movember" event, which helps battle prostate and testicular cancer and men's mental illness.

West Chicago families attend the annual Frosty Fest Saturday December 7, 2013.

City’s relationship with the First Infantry Division grows after being named official member