Catch Up: Costco, Target and the Will County Budget

Too busy last week to stay up to date on all the news happening in and around Bolingbrook? Not to worry. Patch has your back.

In case you missed them, here were some of the top headlines from the last few days:

• The long-anticipated Costco  to a massive crowd Thursday.
• The booming success of the I-355 corridor, which already boasts four of the largest retail stores on the planet, . Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar said construction of the village's second Target store will begin sometime next year.

•  visited Crossroads of Faith United Methodist Church to spread the word about the state's organ and tissue donation program.
• The 17-year-old involved in the fatal car crash that killed a Bolingbrook woman Saturday is  at the Will County jail. He is scheduled to be back in court Dec. 6.
• The Will County Board  morning, but the debate will continue and legal action could result from the lack of funding for contractual raises for union workers.
• Mike Lopez, director of the Valley View School District's facility operations, , co-chaired by U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert (R-13th). The committee met Monday in the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago to explore opportunities for improving energy consumption.
• The village board gave. The final phase will turn Lily Cache into a three-lane road — one lane each way, with a turn lane in the middle — that will have a parking lane for village residents living off the section of the road.
• The village board also . The purchase will give every police car a camera.
• Ashbury's is set to  by 22 percent after the Bolingbrook Park District's board of trustees voted to allow the restaurant to purchase new furniture.
• The Fountaindale Public Library's board .
• A Bolingbrook native was heralded by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy as .
• Bolingbrook Patch released its season previews for Bolingbrook High School's  and  basketball teams. 
• Then, just hours later, girls basketball player  —the University of Connecticut.