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Residents spoke up at the village meeting to oppose new trash pickup programs that may change how stickers are used for waste collection.
Twelve Wheaton-area students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Four Downers Grove students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Seven Lisle-area students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Six Glenbard West students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Twenty-six Neuqua Valley High School students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Twenty-three Naperville North students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
Thirteen Naperville Central students were recently named as semifinalists in the 71st National Merit Scholarship Program.
A public hearing for the proposal was continued as planning and zoning council members seek more info about the project.
The village hopes to encourage developments that will revitalize 73 acres along East Ogden Avenue.
Village commissioners voted unanimously to approve a 35-home subdivision at the intersection of Cumnor Road and 39th Street.
A mum sale will be held Oct. 18 on Water Street in Naperville, with proceeds benefiting the West Chicago-based We Grow Dreams.
The program was founded in 2002 to give nonviolent offenders an alternative to prison time.
Funds from the event will benefit the neonatal intensive care unit at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital.
The events celebrate the "The Life of a Showgirl" release with a premiere of the “The Fate of Ophelia” video and behind-the-scenes footage.
A Naperville resident told ABC the roofers were "taken away indiscriminately" by masked ICE agents while doing work on his home.
A 26 year-old-man was charged with aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated assault.
The incident took place Thursday afternoon in the 5700 block of Forest View.
The lane closures will be in effect beginning in late September and continuing into the end of November.
"President Trump, Vice President Vance, and other Republican leaders are spreading dangerous hate and partisan finger-pointing," Foster said
