Friday, February 28, 2025
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT It was an overcast, blustery day on the morning of Friday, April 5, but that didn’t keep about 65 people from turning out at Fire Station #2 on south York to attend the ground-breaking for a sculpture being created to commemorate the first […]
Evelyn L. Boosey, age 105, passed away peacefully Saturday March 30th, 2024, in Barrington. Evelyn was born February 5th, 1919, in Chicago IL and was raised in Chicago. She was introduced in 1940 and married John Boosey January 31st, 1942, and lived happily together for 63 years. During […]
Jerome J. Cermak, formerly a longtime resident of Elmhurst, passed away on April 5, 2019. Interment was at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Mr. Cermak is survived by his wife, Violet (nee Zigman); sons, Daniel (Patricia), Kenneth (Kathy) and Jeffrey; and five grandchildren. He was preceded in […]
Joseph (Joe) Phillip Guardalabene, aged 84, of Mesa Arizona, long-time former resident of Elmhurst and Villa Park, Illinois, died peacefully on March 22 in Scottsdale, Arizona after a short illness. Youngest son of Italian immigrant, Agostino Guardalabene, and Rosalia Muriello, Joe grew up working in his family’s cheese factory, […]
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT At the meeting of the Elmhurst City Council on Monday, April 1, the Community Grant Program was approved, providing funds to several local organizations that “enhance the City as an engaging and fulfilling place to live, visit and conduct business,” according to the […]
By Dee Longfellow FOR THE ELMHURST INDEPENDENT • During announcements, 2nd Ward Alderman Jacob Hill said he wanted to thank the mayor, the police chief, etc., for all their support for the new business that just opened in the second ward – Inhale Elmhurst – a dispensary! April Fool! Good […]
According to a report from DuPage East Scanner, a hit-and-run incident took place on Thursday, March 28 at about 7 p.m., when a third-party called police saying a red sports car and a black SUV had been involved in an accident and that the red car left northbound on York […]
The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to protect the privacy of victims. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court […]
The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the arrest of five suspects for felony retail theft offenses during three unrelated incidents on the evening of Friday, March 15. On that night, at about 7:30 p.m., an Elmhurst police officer spotted a suspect vehicle that returned to Kohl’s, 303 S. Route 83, […]
The Elmhurst Heritage Foundation has introduced a dedicated endowment fund, established this year to honor the Elmhurst History Museum’s first professional executive director, Dr. Virginia R. Stewart. Created by her husband, Alan, the fund is specifically earmarked to provide support for museum programs, specifically honoraria for speakers, historical reenactors, and […]