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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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DuPage County ranked among healthiest in Illinois

The DuPage County Health Department is pleased to announce that DuPage County has once again been recognized as one of the healthiest counties in Illinois. The county rankings, developed by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, are based on quality of life factors such as longevity and overall health status, including […]