The Village has put up a primer on coyote behavior that will be of interest to local pet-owners and walkers looking to avoid a confrontation with the wild critters, which in recent years have proliferated in the Western suburbs.
The information was posted last week on the recommendation of the Environmental Concerns Commission, which reviewed the [...]
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Mating season
March 3rd, 2010 · 3 Comments · Environmental Concerns, Fire and police, People, Places and Things, Village Council, Village Hall
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Jackson named fire chief
January 28th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Fire and police, Public Safety, Village Hall
Jim Jackson was named chief of the Downers Grove Fire Department today, after serving as acting chief following the August 2009 retirement of Chief Phil Ruscetti.
Jackson was one of five finalists chosen to interview for the position following a competitive search. “Jim Jackson’s outstanding leadership qualities, organizational knowledge and demonstrated commitment to efficiency and innovation [...]
League slates “State Of” talks
January 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off · Fire and police, Public Safety
FYI.
These talks, presented by the League of Women Voters, are golden opportunities to hear and learn direct from department heads about where they are and what challenges and opportunities they see coming that will effect us all.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 – State of the Downers Grove Fire Department – Speaker: either the new [...]
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Good deeds to do, part two
January 7th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Fire and police, In the News, Neighbohoods, Public Safety, Village Council
The shocking aftermath of the Jan. 2 fire in the 4700 block of Main Street is plain to see: A burned-out shell of a house with boarded up windows, blackened siding and a gaping roof.
What isn’t so obvious is the huge outpouring of support that already is being extended to homeowner Beth Southworth and her [...]
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Information, please
November 19th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Community Events, Fire and police, Heritage Fest, Public Safety, Public Works, Taxes, Village Hall
Village Hall deserves credit for making this year’s budget process a little less painful — at least for residents seeking information about village operations and the various cost-savings proposals.
Members of the budget team, which includes personnel from the village manager’s office and finance office, have been posting a series of “budget responses’ on the village [...]
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Putting a face to it
November 19th, 2009 · 23 Comments · Fire and police, Public Safety, Village Council, Village Hall
It’s undoubtedly been a very long autumn for the village employees who stand to lose their jobs as a result of 2010 budget cuts.
For weeks the council has deliberated how to shore up the gaping $4.5 million budget shortfall, leaving employees on edge as they await the final vote in December. On the block: 10 [...]
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Budget: police and fire comparisons
November 5th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Fire and police, budget
Barnett touched on payroll, Sandack touched on payroll, and when the topic came to payroll, council is deciding DARE and two police positions (or their equivalent in dollars somewhere else) are to be cut. Both Neustadt and Durkin weighed in against cutting two Police Protection positions, and the Police local also weighed in against it. [...]
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Be on the lookout
October 29th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Fire and police, Neighbohoods
The village activated its e-mail and telephone notification systems yesterday to inform residents of a rash of residential burglaries and to ask for their assistance in catching the culprits.
Six similar residential burglaries have occurred south of Ogden and north of 55th Street between Main Street and Roslyn Road.
Police Chief Robert Porter’s message warned residents that [...]
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Acting fire chief named
August 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Fire and police, Village Hall, Village Manager
Deputy Chief Jim Jackson will become acting chief of the Downers Grove Fire Department Friday, August 28, upon the retirement of Chief Phil Ruscetti. The appointment was announced Monday by Village Manager Dave Fieldman.
More from the Village Web site:
Jackson was appointed deputy chief in November 2001 and his overall career in the Downers Grove Fire [...]
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Unsustainable
October 23rd, 2009 · 19 Comments · Commentary, Education, Fire and police, In the News, National Politics, Taxes, Village Council, budget, state politics
There have been many articles about the budgetary crisis gripping various states and cities, including our own town.
Reading up for a column on the subject, I came across this factoid from SUNY’s Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government: state tax collections plunged an inflation-adjusted average of 9.2 percent in FY 2009.
As the village council wrestles [...]
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