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Christine DuBoulay Ellis, ballet dancer, teacher and advocate, dies

November 26, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Christine DuBoulay Ellis danced and taught ballet while also promoting the art's benefits during a career that put her in touch with dance's brightest stars and best-known companies. Her career...

Elmhurst Park Bord members listen closely to results of a survey of voter sentiment on a possible $105 million bond issue.

Elmhurst Park Board consultant shares results of referendum survey: ‘too much’

November 26, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

Elmhurst Park Board members heard Monday that only about a third of likely voters surveyed support a $105 million bond referendum to pay for projects that include an indoor sports...

A holiday open house replaced the City Centre Plaza traditional tree-lighting this year.

Late Thanksgiving brings early Christmas to Elmhurst City Centre

November 25, 2019 at 11:13 a.m.

Crowds of families filled Elmhurst's City Centre Plaza Saturday for the Hometown Holiday Kickoff, a new event that replaced the traditional tree lighting with an open house featuring Santa, the...

David Driesbach, noted printmaker who taught at Northern Illinois University, dies

November 24, 2019 at 3:41 p.m.

David Driesbach was a master printmaker whose work from original copper plate etchings and engravings often combined realistic, if whimsical, figures and surreal elements that left viewers free to conjure...

Joseph Hasil, Czech border guard who helped freedom-seekers before coming to America and settling in Berwyn, dies

November 22, 2019 at 1:45 p.m.

Joseph Hasil, born in 1924 in the Bohemia region of what was then Czechoslovakia, was a German conscript in Dresden during World War II and later part of an underground...

Elmhurst aldermen on the city's Finance Committee, including Tina Park (from left), Michael Bram, Kevin York and Noel Talluto, recommend a 7% increase in the city's property tax levy.

Elmhurst Council tentatively approves 7% property tax hike

November 19, 2019 at 3:58 p.m.

Elmhurst City Council members Monday tentatively approved a 7% increase in the city's overall 2019 property tax levy, a bump expected to add about $69 to the annual tax bill...

Two-year old Luke Baxtrom (in railroad cap), his mother, Nora, and friends watch a tiny commuter train speed past.

Railroad enthusiasts set up extensive layout at Elmhurst History Museum

November 18, 2019 at 2:33 p.m.

As part of its new railroad-themed exhibit, On the Right Track, the Elmhurst History Museum hosted a model train show Saturday in cooperation with Chicagoland T-Trak, an informal group of...

John McGuire, worked with EPA and oversaw introduction of cable TV in Chicago, dies

November 13, 2019 at 3:32 p.m.

Attorney John McGuire's early involvement with independent political reform efforts in Illinois led him to posts in the administrations of Illinois Gov. Dan Walker and Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne. With...

Joseph Wright, environmental lawyer and competitive sailor, dies at 81

November 10, 2019 at 2:39 p.m.

Joseph Wright Jr. was an environmental lawyer and a competitive sailor who competed in 28 Chicago to Mackinac races. "He had an extraordinarily incisive mind and he could express deep...

Dr. James Newman, psychiatrist at Cook County Hospital who pushed for broader mental health services, dies

November 6, 2019 at 2:14 p.m.

Dr. James Newman, a psychiatrist who spent most of his career at the old Cook County Hospital, believed mental health services ought to be widely available through community organizations and...

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