I’m with Zorn. The Postal Service should not only cut Saturday delivery, but one or two more days a week as well. (See the poll in the right sidebar to vote your preference.)
With America’s reading and writing habits going electronic, most of the daily mail is both unsolicited and unwanted. I easily toss 75 percent [...]
Entries Tagged as 'In the News'
Mail call
March 5th, 2010 · 21 Comments · In the News
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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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Diamond Bank to acquire DGN
November 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments · Downtown Management Corp., Economic Development, In the News, Local Business
The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago-based Diamond Bank will acquire Downers Grove National Bank in a cash transaction. No word on the purchase price.
Founded in 1955, the privately held Downers Grove bank has assets of $266.9 million, according to the Tribune.
Open sesame
October 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Boards and Commissions, District 58, District 99, Education, FOIA, In the News
An article in yesterday’s Chicago Tribune addressed the difficulties even elected board members face in trying to obtain information from local government. Among the several cases cited were those of D99 board member Deborah Boyle, DuPage Water Commissioner Liz Chaplin of Downers Grove, and D58 board member Scott O’Connell.
The reporter, Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, had previously [...]
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Greenwood suspended
October 2nd, 2009 · 16 Comments · In the News, Local politics, Uncategorized
Editor’s note: This story first appeared Thursday night. It drew an immediate complaint from a reader who felt Greenwood should be spared the public reporting of his suspension because of his ill health and his current status as a private citizen. The reader also noted that there was never any reason to suggest Greenwood did [...]
Tags: D99·Downers Grove Community Advocates·Local politics·SB99
Sickening
September 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Environmental Concerns, In the News, Public health
DuPage County Health officials have so far found no link between several Downers Grove and Lisle residents who became sick after eating at area restaurants last weekend.
“There is no confirmed source and no causal relationship among the cases,” said David Hass, a health department spokesman.
Such outbreaks are extremely common and have many possible causes including [...]
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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Why DG rules
June 30th, 2009 · Comments Off · In the News
Apparently, DG is the center of the universe for announced GOP gubenatorial candidates. See map after the break…
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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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