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Train, plank road, liquor, high school shaped local area, historian says
Niles and Morton Grove started out as crossroads towns, places where taverns served…
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A Niles Library employee Saul Pina unloads crates from a North Suburban Library System van, which delivers materials to and from other libraries in the system. Each of the 10 library systems in the state has a similar system; and state funding cuts threaten this pickup and delivery service. State budget cuts threaten services at local libraries
The state’s budget crisis is threatening services at Niles, Park Ridge, Morton Grove…
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DG officials raise water rates
A water rate increase will hit Downers Grove customers in July. Rates will go from $3.04…
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Police identify pond accident victim
Police have identified the man who died after he drove his car into a Downers Grove pond…
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In 2009 one of two Kids Flea Market event was held at Hummer Park in Downers Grove in August. This year there will only be one kids market, May 15. Some kids hoping to make money, others looking for bargains
If those board games and building blocks have lost their luster and sit, neglected, in the…
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Dist. 99 seeking applicants for vacated seat
The choice for a new school board member in Downers Grove Community High School District…
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Driver dead after car goes into Downers Grove pond
A man died Tuesday morning after the car he was driving plunged into a pond in Downers…
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Poor visibility for motorists at the intersection of Maple and Burlington avenues is leading to traffic reconfiguration at the intersection. Photo by Robert Bykowski Work on railway crossing approved
A project aimed at improving safety conditions at the Maple Avenue railway crossing in…
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Downers Grove officials approves fee hikes
If you want permission to remove trees in Downers Grove, it will now cost you $75 for a…
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Three year old Pitbull mix Shannon. Photo by Robert Bykowski West Suburban Humane Society to present plant sale fundraiser this weekend
The petal pushers are at it again.
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