ELMHURST – DuPage County Board member Pete DiCianni will be the lone Republican candidate on 2016’s primary ballot for the U.S. Congress 8th District seat. The Illinois Board of Elections has officially ruled three GOP challengers as ineligible to appear on the GOP ballot due to lack of qualifying signatures. […]

By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent On Tuesday, January 26, The Independent was invited to the newly-built Elmhurst Yorkfield Food Pantry (EYFP) at 1083 So. York to greet one of the delivery trucks, which arrived about 9 a.m. that morning. Several volunteers were on-hand to unload the truck, followed […]

By Mike Miazga Correspondent Timothy Christian School has embarked on numerous campus upgrade projects in recent times, including those pertaining to its athletic spaces. Improvements such as the construction of a well-received weight training room, as well as renovations to all Timothy outdoor sports facilities (soccer/track stadium and baseball and […]

Businesses from four chambers to display their goods, services Addison – Serious business people will want to pack up their business cards, leaflets, and flyers and head on down to the Medinah Shrine Center at 550 Shrine Drive in Addison on Friday, February 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., […]

Elmhurst — Emily Bastedo has been named the Chief of Staff to Illinois First Lady Diana Rauner. She brings a unique background to the role with experience as an attorney at the corporate and state level, as well as a local school board official in the Chicago suburbs. Bastedo’s thorough […]

Matt Nilles got his start at YMCA outdoor rink By Dee Longfellow For The Elmhurst Independent On a list that includes names like Chris Chelios, Nikos Tselios and Dennis Vaske, Elmhurst residents will likely notice a familiar one. Elmhurst native Matt Nilles, now a resident of Champaign, is part of […]

This is an aerial view of the Plass Building where the appliance store operated for many years in downtown Elmhurst. It’s another example of the progress taking place in these prosperous times for building and development as the City witnesses a spurt in growth to its City Centre area. It […]

Decorative storefronts, varied building heights, traffic, bicycles discussed By Dan McLeister
For The Elmhurst Independent At a packed-house public presentation in the City Council chambers at City Hall on January 7, city officials presented the new Downtown Draft Plan created by the consulting firm of Housel Levigne. According to Mike Kopp, […]

Bensenville– The Village of Bensenville welcomed a new Jewel-Osco Fresh Market near the corner of Grand Avenue and York Road on January 12. The Village President, Board of Trustees as well as hundreds of residents and guest joined in celebrating the grand opening and ribbon cutting of this new flagship […]

Many parents still concerned about communication By Dee Longfellow For the Elmhurst Independent In a release sent from District 205 on the morning after its January 12th Board meeting, the administration released three statements about topics discussed that evening: 1) the transfer of special needs students from Field School to […]