That’s ONE MILLION hits, as of about 2 p.m. today.
But dang, the counter jumped from 999,998 to 1,000,001 while I was refreshing so I missed a screen shot of the Big Number.
And, yes, we have a winner, who will be announced on Monday.
Entries Tagged as 'Features'
1,000,000!
December 4th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Features, From the Editor
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Another newbie
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Features, Local media, Local politics
There’s a new blog in town called The Ups in Downers Grove, which is edited by regular DGreport commenter Ryan DeProsperis.
“I find this to be my break from things,” said DeProsperis, who is a finance guy by day. “I enjoy politics, in a smaller municipal fashion, on the side. It’s my work away from work, [...]
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Veterans Day
November 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Features, From the Editor
As the wife of, daughter of, niece of and cousin of men who served in the military, I appreciate having a day set aside each year to recognize their service and the even greater sacrifices made by so many others.
In six years of writing my Sun column, I’ve taken the opportunity to highlight the holiday [...]
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At Her Majesty’s request
September 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · District 99, Features
When Queen Elizabeth sends an aristocratic emissary into the North High band room on a Wednesday afternoon, even teenagers will take notice.
Lord Roger Bramble, the deputy lieutenant of London, surprised marching band members today with an invitation from the queen to perform at the 2011 New Year’s Day Parade in London. He was accompanied by [...]
Tags: London New Year's parade·marching band·North High School
Tasty
September 16th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Community Events, Economic Development, Features
Editor’s note: I’ve added the list of participating restaurants below. Sorry for the omission.
My goal is to skip cooking tomorrow night and instead attend the Second Annual Taste of Downers Grove event tomorrow night, which friends raved about last year. It’s scheduled for 4 to 8 p.m. at the corner of I-355 and Butterfield Road.
The [...]
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9/11
September 11th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Features, In the News, National Politics
I’m going to open this thread for anyone who wishes to comment, as I see Chad has already done on a previous thread.
My kids have grown up in the frightening new world that was ushered in on Sept. 11, 2001. I was serving my kindergartner breakfast when my brother phoned and told me there had [...]
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Guess we’ll stay put
September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off · Features, In the News, Park District, People, Places and Things
Downers Grove was named the nation’s fifth best place for a healthy retirement by CNNMoney.com and the editors of Money magazine.
The village is one of 20 towns where “residents live a long life, there are lots of doctors and hospitals nearby, and you can pursue an active lifestyle,” according to Money.
The article opens with [...]
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For the kids
September 10th, 2009 · 7 Comments · Features, Neighbohoods
When their son Noah was diagnosed with Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis in March, the VanHoutan family of Downers Grove finally had an answer to the health problems that had been plaguing their once healthy, happy little boy.
An extremely rare disease of the central nervous system with only a couple hundred cases world-wide, LINCL (also [...]
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Hit parade
September 9th, 2009 · Comments Off · Features, From the Editor
Every once in a while I amuse myself by scrolling through the visitor paths to this site. Most of them are as opaque as my commenters’ identities, but every once in a while I’ll stumble upon something interesting.
Like, for example, the French monsieur or madame who ended up at the DGreport seeking God-knows-what tidbit of [...]
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Buying a beater
July 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · Features, Local Business
So son #1 graduated from U of I (in 4 years thank you son) and got himself a job (thank god). But he can’t use public transportation to get him to where he needs to go when he needs to get there. So it’s up to us to get him into his first money pit; [...]
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