By Chris Fox Lombardian-Villa Park Review Staff Reporter Politically speaking, Villa Park’s Chuck Pickerill could be described as an outsider. The 62-year-old business owner has never run for office, but that’s changing this year, as he has entered the race for Villa Park Village President. Pickerill will run against two […]

Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts (ECPA) has launched a volunteer recruitment campaign to engage additional people to join the effort in bringing a state-of-the art performing arts facility to Elmhurst and the surrounding community. “As we enter into the next phase of our plan, we need more volunteers, said Laura […]

Two-term trustee runs in three-way race to succeed Bullwinkel By Chris Fox Lombardian-Villa Park Review Staff Reporter Villa Park Village Trustee Robert Taglia has served on the village board for the last eight years. He’s running to remain on the board as village president. Taglia is one of three candidates […]

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent After an agonizing nail-biter for the petitioner and her supporters, the Elmhurst City Council after much debate finally approved the conditional use permit for the proposed Elmhurst Premier Childcare facility at 187-195 No. York, just south of City Hall. At the previous week’s […]

For Judy Socha, giving back through participating in blood drives is a way of life. She has been involved in blood banking for 45 years and has no intention of slowing down. Socha’s son passed away at a young age after battling leukemia, and she saw firsthand the critical need […]

The City of Elmhurst will host two Open House events on Thursday, March 9 and on Monday, March 13 from 5-7 p.m. both evenings. They will take place at City Hall, where the public can receive information regarding proposed downtown zoning changes. In June of 2016, the City of Elmhurst […]

By Illinois News Network Gov. Bruce Rauner took a big step toward preparing for a labor strike, launching a website seeking potential replacement workers if AFSCME decides to strike. The site, statejobs.illinois.gov, allows visitors to submit basic personal and contact information and includes a dropdown menu of specific jobs that […]

Multipurpose Trail will bring visitors through McCormick Woods, connect to other trails A new 1-mile trail for hikers, bikers and horseback riders is being built through McCormick Woods on the north side of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s St. James Farm Forest in Warrenville. The trail will connect […]

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State Rep. Deb Conroy, D-Villa Park, will host a “Civics 101” community discussion about the legislative process 10 a.m. To 11:30 a.m., Saturday, March 11, at Funky Java, 30 S. Villa Ave. Complimentary donuts from Kuppie’s will be served. “When I go door-to-door, I meet people of all ages who […]