Downers Grove’s Village Council has noted the need for traffic calming throughout the village but has come up with no funding solution yet.

The Village of Downers Grove is hosting its annual “Wonderful Weekend” downtown with the tree lighting ceremony, shopping specials and a parade.

The Village of Westmont will hold an informational training session next month for landlords and tenants that would like to learn more about the multi-family dwelling license ordinance approved this summer.

Officials in Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A are asking parents to help them get an estimate as to how many students plan to take part in the H1N1 vaccination program tentatively scheduled during the school day Jan. 14.

About 130 students and parents from Field Elementary School in Elmhurst teamed up with the DuPage Senior Citizen’s Council to help local seniors with their yardwork as the autumn leaves fall.

Two weeks ago the Hinsdale Village Board received a dim financial report outlining what officials had suspected for more than a year — not enough revenue coming in to cover expenses, as well as a whopping $90 million cost estimate to rebuild and maintain the town’s aging infrastructure.

Lemont-Bromberek Combined School District 113A officials have to make haste in order to get a possible referendum on the February ballot.

Lemont residents who want some insight into how their tax bill shapes out can take a crash course this month, headed up by all of the village’s governing bodies.

Should names of residents be stricken from the minutes of public meetings to protect their anonymity?

Digging out of what Hinsdale Village President Tom Cauley termed a “dire financial mess” will require a variety of measures that could include tax and fee increases, significantly reduced expenditures and even privatizing the village’s water and sewer.

The Village of Hinsdale plans to apply for Open Space Land Acquisition and Development funding in 2010 for the first time in its history, but the project and funding level likely will not be decided until at least January.
 

Hinsdale’s 44th annual Christmas Walk and StoryBook Village blends traditional holiday charm with a new concept this year — story books created by area students.