Provide medical treatment, surgery, services to displaced refugees By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent When we see images of children injured in the war in Syria or displaced to refugee camps in neighboring countries, it’s too easy to feel a moment of sympathy and then, go on to the […]

Friday, May 12 began as usual for students and staff of Elmhurst District 205 schools, until District 205 Foundation Board members began paying surprise visits to extraordinary teachers who were awarded the Thiems Educational Grants they had applied for last semester. Throughout the day, several teams of Foundation Directors visited […]

Seeks votes from community to remain on top another year For the sixth year in a row, Elmhurst Hospital has been nominated to participate in Soliant Health’s Top 20 Most Beautiful Hospitals Contest. The Most Beautiful Hospitals are determined by an online public vote, which runs through June 23. To […]

State Rep. Deb Conroy, D-Villa Park, has been appointed to serve on the statewide Mental Health Opportunities for Youth Diversion Task Force. “As the Chair of the House Mental Health Committee, I am committed to ensuring that mental healthcare in Illinois is treated with the same level of urgency and […]

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the Village of Bensenville held a swearing in ceremony for new Trustee, Nicholas Panicola Jr. Nicholas joins Village President Frank DeSimone, Village Clerk Nancy Quinn, Trustees Rosa Carmona, Ann Franz, Agnieszka “Annie” Jaworska, Mclane Lomax and Armando Perez. The appointing of Nicholas Panicola Jr. relates […]

Programs air on COMCAST Channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 Programs may also be found at ElmhurstTV.com ELMHURST NOW! #33 Host: Ken Bartels Guests: Jean Carlquist & Anne Olson, 100+ Women Who Care Julie Miller Sheehan & Patrick Sheehan, Hops For Humanity Sundays @ 6 p.m. & Wednesdays @ […]

The Elmhurst Memorial Hospital (EMH) Foundation has awarded $22,000 in Teen Volunteer Health Profession Scholarships to 12 area high school students who volunteer at Elmhurst Hospital and plan to pursue careers in a health-related field. Recipients, their high schools and areas of study are: Samiyya Ahmed, York, Physician Amanda Bardhoshi, […]

One doesn’t typically think of going to the salon to find about the potential for skin cancer, but it’s an idea that is catching on, and one to which a Lombard salon has subscribed. 18/8 Fine Men’s Salon, located at The Shops on Butterfield, adjacent to the Yorktown Shopping Center, […]

Life-long Beatles fan reflects on college days, famous folks, her busy life today By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent It’s hard to imagine anyone living in Chicago who is not familiar with disc jockey Terri Hemmert of WXRT radio, if not from her radio show, then from her many […]

Congratulations went out to Montini Catholic’s Bronco Mathletes for their ninth place victory at the ICTM (The Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics) State Math Competition (Division 2A) at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. A total of 48 schools competed in Division 2A this year. Individual Medal Winner: Jake […]