NORMAN DUDDRIDGE JR. Mr. Norman John Duddridge Jr., 70, passed away peacefully at home in Kirksey, Kentucky, surrounded by family on Sunday, December 6, 2020. Stormin’ Norm was a loving husband and father, friend to everyone he met, and master blues guitarist. He was a musician’s musician, living and breathing […]
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Thank you, Mom, until we meet again
Like you, I welcome 2021 and hope for better days ahead since COVID-19 brought challenges and hardships for many of us during 2020. But as eager as I am to put 2020 in the rear-view mirror, New Year’s Day 2021 was sprinkled with sadness. Every New Year’s Day morning, my […]
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Commission presents its Holiday Decorating Awards
CHRIS FOX PHOTO The Villa Park Community Pride Commission recently handed out its 2020 Holiday Decorating Awards. The commission presented this year’s awards in three categories—traditional, colorful and freestyle. The winner in the freestyle category was the Cloutier home on the first block of East Elm Street. Susana (left) and […]
Plan B Foundation holds Christmas Assistance Program
SUBMITTED PHOTO The Lombard-based Plan B Foundation, which helps individuals who have been incarcerated get and keep full-time jobs, recently held its Christmas Assistance Program during which it had people adopt families that have been victims of gun violence and buy Christmas gifts for them. On Saturday, Dec. 19, the […]
Lombard/Villa Park obituaries—December 31
CYNTHIA M. BANE Cynthia M. Bane, “Cyndi”, 77, of Westmont, Illinois, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Illinois, on December 24, 2020, surrounded by loving family members. She had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer in April of this year and faced this foe bravely and with […]
Zambia hosts first-ever Elmhurst Cup; Event honors community for soccer gear donation
The first Elmhurst Cup soccer tournament was hosted by Rural Sports Foundation Zambia in Petauke, Eastern Province of Zambia, on Saturday, Dec. 5. The event was held to acknowledge and thank the soccer community in Elmhurst for hosting drives to collect soccer gear to donate to Zambia’s program. To date, […]
Montini Catholic actors reflect on experience after performing in ‘1984’
Montini Catholic High School drama students recently wrapped up their first performance in the school’s newly renovated auditorium. This year’s production, an adaptation of George Orwell’s ”1984,” (written in 1949), held Thursday through Sunday, Dec. 3 – 6, was an inspiring one in many ways. The small “1984” cast and […]
Package of $900B in federal relief expands PPP eligibility; Details include rental assistance, loan forgiveness, tax credit extensions
On Monday, Dec. 21, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate passed the Omnibus Appropriations and Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act (House Resolution 133) by an overwhelming majority in both Congressional chambers, appropriating another $900 billion in financial assistance to small businesses—including chambers of commerce, trade associations […]
Lombard man facing terrorism charge found with child pornography
By Dee Longfellow For The Addison Independent In August, the Independent reported on an incident that took place near the Village of Lombard Municipal campus which led to Lombard resident Amanda Wolf, 23, facing charges of Attempt Terrorism and Possession of Incendiary Device. Wolf was charged with allegedly assisting a […]
