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Volunteers sweep DuPage streets for homeless count
As temperatures dipped into the teens and the single-digit wind howled, Bob Adams rolled up on a silver van parked on the far, quiet corner of a Wheaton parking lot. He took note of the condensation on the windows. A few taps later, a man sleeping in...
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Elmhurst ponders Illinois Prairie Path underpass
The city of Elmhurst has outlined a list of capital projects it might do over the next five years, including construction of an underpass at York Road and the Illinois Prairie Path. City Manager Jim Grabowski recently introduced the idea of building...Tags: Science and Technology, Safety of Citizens, Politics, Government, St. Charles (Kane, Illinois)
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We Caught You Doing Something Cool: Wheels Set in Motion for June 11-15 Bike to Work Week
TribLocal - ElmhurstAccording to the Network of Employers for Traffic Safety, it is estimated that 41 percent of all work commutes are shorter than five miles yet …... -
Improvements planned for Illinois Prairie Path crossing
TribLocal - ElmhurstThe DuPage County Department of Transportation will complete improvements to the Canadian National Railroad pedestrian crossing at the Illinois Prairie Path adjacent to Pioneer Park …... -
Wayne: Certainly not a one-horse town
Other Chicago suburbs gentrified or decayed their way through the 20th Century, while multiplying their populations. Meanwhile, Wayne persisted, the tortoise to their hare.
"We are frozen in time by intention," said Wayne's village president, Eileen...Tags: Mrs. O'Leary, Bo Diddley, Human Interest, Starbucks Corp., Illinois Department of Transportation
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Glen Ellyn: Convenience, college and all that jazz
Special to the TribuneThose unfamiliar with Glen Ellyn sometimes confuse this historic village with the many other western suburbs encircling it. In so doing, they're failing to notice its many distinctive traits, say residents. Simply put, what other nearby village offers...Tags: Metra, Entertainment, Sales, Music, Arts and Culture
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Elmhurst takes no shortcuts on road to livability
Special to the TribuneYou must be a townie, says author Tracy Kidder in "Home Town," if "you don't shed identities. You accumulate them." So Pete DiCianni admits he is the product of the "seven-kids, one-bathroom bungalow" on Highland Avenue, the father who campaigns...Tags: Autism, YMCA, Libraries, Arts and Culture, High School Sports
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Rich in architectural history, Oak Park shaping its future while preserving past
Tribune reporterYou don't have to look far to find architectural gems in Oak Park. With its patchwork of stucco, frame and brick homes punctuated by Victorian and Prairie Style structures, the community is an architect's dream. "Oak Park is an outdoor museum of...Tags: Frank Lloyd Wright, Metra, Old Navy, Conservation, Jack Carpenter
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