During swearing-in ceremonies on March 21 and March 24 respectively, Mayor Steve Morley welcomed firefighters Jace Weaver and Anthony Dames and police officers Raffaele DePinto, John Schmidt and Andrew Schroeder to the City of Elmhurst. Morley thanked them for their pledge to protect the community. With the fulfillment of these […]
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Elmhurst Police Reports
The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named. Battery Feb. 20-March 25 A victim in the […]
Community Capsules
What’s happening at Villa Park Village Hall… By Paul DelGuidice For The Villa Park Independent The Villa Park Board of Trustees meeting held at Village Hall on Monday, March 27 began with Village President Deborah Bullwinkel reading a Proclamation naming the week of April 9 – 15 as National Library […]
Bill Shanklin to receive Jaycees’ DSA
Bill Shanklin to receive Jaycees’ DSA The Elmhurst Jaycees has announced that the recipient of the 65th annual Elmhurst Jaycees Distinguished Service Award (“DSA”) is William “Bill” Shanklin. First given in 1950, this annual award is the Jaycees’ way of recognizing a citizen for his/her long-term dedication to making Elmhurst […]
Semi-trailer gets stuck on railroad tracks
A semi-trailer hit bottom at the Haven/Arlington railroad crossing on the morning of Friday, March 31. The trailer, loaded with 17,000 pounds of household goods, completely blocked all three tracks of the Union Pacific Railroad’s “Chicago West Line.” Metra service was disrupted and an inbound train was held at the […]
Local tax attorney warns of loss of tax refunds
Local tax attorney Patrick T. Sheehan warns that if you have not yet filed your federal Form 1040 tax return for 2013 with the IRS, any refund listed on that tax return will soon be barred by the refund statute of limitations. “Generally speaking, a taxpayer has three years from […]
DuPage County Stormwater Management operating flood control facilities
DuPage County Stormwater Management is currently operating Spring Creek Reservoir (Bloomingdale) and the Armstrong Park Reservoirs (Carol Stream), as well as several smaller, gravity-operated flood control facilities, following rainfall Thursday. Beginning early Thursday, DuPage County received up to two inches of rainfall countywide with the National Weather Service forecasting an […]
Elmhurst College names new vice president
Elmhurst College announced last week that Phillip S. Riordan would soon join the college as vice president for student affairs. Riordan currently is the vice president for student affairs at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. For more than three decades, Riordan has worked in the field of higher education […]
Lawmakers hashing out details on state-granted tax breaks
Illinois News Network Lawmakers are torn on whether to entice businesses to grow in Illinois with state-approved job creation credits. The Illinois Economic Development for a Growing Economy tax credit, or EDGE credit, is a tool that the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity uses to incentivize businesses to […]
Fenton girls soccer team bolstered by talented performers
Bison return three all-conference players from a year ago. By Mike Miazga Correspondent Both experience and talent are on the side of the Fenton girls soccer team this spring. Veteran coach Victor Ruiz has a number of key performers back from a Bison team that won six games and tied […]
