Movies in the Park The Villa Park Public Library and the Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department present Movies in the Park on Mondays, Aug. 6 and Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. All are invited to bring a lawn chair and a picnic basket to enjoy a movie outdoors on […]
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Lombard/Villa Park obituaries–August 2
NANCY A. FITZGIBBON Nancy A. Fitzgibbon 60 formerly of Lombard, passed away on July 25, 2018. Funeral services are today, Aug. 2, with 9:30 a.m. prayers at Steuerle Funeral Home to 10 a.m. Mass at St. Pius X Church, Lombard. Interment is at Assumption Cemetery. For info: 630-832-4161. LORRAINE M. […]
Awards presented to campers
CHRIS FOX PHOTO Award-winning campers The young campers in the Villa Park Parks and Recreation Department’s Junior and Adventure Summer Camp received awards last week. Friday’s camp session featured the Campers’ Choice Awards and talent show. The camp counselors created the awards and called the children onto the stage to […]
New home for Tri-Town YMCA
STEVE SPODEN PHOTO New home for Tri-Town YMCA Thanks to Lombard’s Calvary Episcopal Church and its rector, the Rev. Maureen O’Connor, Tri-Town YMCA has a new home. The Y staff moved during the week of June 25 into its new home in the church, located across the street from the […]
Lombardian classifieds–August 2
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Saint Genesius Productions presents ‘Titanic–the Musical’
CHRIS FOX PHOTO Summer musical at Willowbrook Villa Park’s Saint Genesius Productions presented “Titanic—the Musical” at Willowbrook High School last week. The cast and crew consisted of about 100 area students in grade school, high school and college. The students and an orchestra that included high school and professional musicians […]
A special garden
CHRIS FOX PHOTO The Garden Club of Villa Park held its annual garden walk on July 15. The walk included the gardens of nine area homes. In addition to Villa Park, the homes on this year’s walk were located in Lombard, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn, Oak Brook, and Bloomingdale. The Lombard […]
Civil War reenactment in Lombard
STEVE SPODEN PHOTO History to come alive this weekend Cannon fire will echo across Lombard again this weekend as Union and Confederate soldiers meet in battle during the Lombard Historical Society’s eighth annual Civil War Reenactment in Lombard’s Four Seasons Park on Saturday, July 28, and Sunday, July 29, from […]
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Governor signs Cullerton-sponsored laws to protect veterans Gov. Bruce Rauner recently signed two new state laws sponsored by state Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) to protect veterans at state homes from deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks. “Gov. Bruce Rauner’s mismanagement and failed leadership killed 13 veterans, now he is trying to […]