The Westmont Police Department has charged two employees of local establishments for selling alcohol to minors during a compliance check of liquor licensed businesses.

Police said a they responded to a report of a fight in progress at about 10 p.m. Oct. 28 in the 6700 block of South Lake shore Drive.

While children are taught at an early age not to share information with strangers they encounter in public, many do not heed that message when they are online.

Even though it is only November, volunteers in Westmont are already working to plan next summer’s Taste of Westmont festival.

The village of Westmont and Docu-Shred, a Westmont business, will host a free paper shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Nov. 14, in front of the Westmont Village Hall, 31 W. Quincy St.

The Westmont Public Library is looking to begin a new strategic planning process and will hold a meeting this week to begin looking at what will be included in the plan.

Uncle Jon’s Music in Westmont is looking for donations for the Holy Trinity Church pantry food drive, and is offering a free guitar restringing for anyone who donates at least one food item.

Community High School District 99 will host a special meeting Monday, Nov. 2, to review district and superintendent goals.

The Hinsdale Township High School District 86 Board of Education president is attempting to seek a seat on the DuPage County Board.
 

Children’s author and illustrator Kevin O’Malley, will lend his story-telling and artistic abilities to a special program at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, at the Westmont Public Library.

The Westmont Police Department is recommending that Halloween trick-or-treating be limited between the hours of  2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31.

The DuPage County Sheriff’s Department will test suspicious or questionable Halloween treats beginning at noon Saturday, Oct. 31, as part of a special initiative to make the holiday safer for trick-or-treaters, the department  announced.

Check out police and fire reports for Downers Grove, Westmont and Woodridge.

Despite the almost constant rain, organizers of the Westmont annual Pumpkin Harvest Festival said they still had a good response from the public for the event.

It is obvious by the number of people who came to Community Unit School District 201’s Board of Education meeting that former Westmont Junior High Principal Keith A. Becker changed the lives of students, teachers and people who worked with him.