Score one for the moms. Along with other Lester School PTA members and school and district administrators, they convinced the Transportation and Parking Commission that Lincoln Avenue should be designated a one-way street during school hours. Commission members voted unanimously Oct. 8 to recommend that the council designate the street as an eastbound one-way between [...]
Mayor Ron Sandack, state senators Dan Cronin and Kirk Dillard, state representatives Patti Bellock and Sandra Pihos, Illinois secretary of transportation Milt Sees and various other officials, village commissioners and county board members gathered this morning to break ground on the long-awaited Belmont Avenue underpass. The estimated $53 million project finally reached fruition this past [...]
Downers Grove Local 3234 of the International Association of Fire Fighters has taken a stand against the jump company concept proposed by Fire Chief Phil Ruscetti. The concept is seen as a cost-saving alternative to filling three current vacancies. A statement published on the local’s web site disputes the efficiency of jump companies and notes [...]
Downers Grove firefighters reportedly are not unanimous in their support for Chief Phil Ruscetti’s proposal to hold off on filling three vacancies–a cost-saving move that would bring the force down to 72. At the Oct. 11 village council budget workshop meeting, Ruscetti recommended the use of a jump company and mutual aid from neighboring communities [...]
Give those moms at Lester Elementary School points for political savvy. PTA president Denise McCann asked the village council Tuesday for its help in resolving the school’s repeated concerns about safety on Lincoln Avenue, which runs along the north side of the school. The village earlier addressed similar concerns about Indianapolis Street on the school’s [...]
Updated: 3:20 p.m. The village announced today it will spray for adult mosquitoes on July 30, weather permitting. Vector Disease Control will use the EPA-approved Permanone spray, which emulates the natural insecticide found in chrysanthemums. It will begin spraying at 9 p.m. using an ultra-low-volume fogging machine on a truck. Residents are advised to keep [...]
The village council heard a presentation on red light cameras by the Downers Grove Police Department at Tuesday’s workshop meeting and agreed to continue discussion at the council level rather than sending the issue to a committee for further vetting. A major concern focused on giving the public an adequate chance to weigh in on [...]
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