LAW PUTS STORM-WATER ONUS ON PROPERTY OWNER
Property owners will have to maintain the storm-water detention areas on their land or end up in court, officials said this week. But they will not have to remove any...
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TOWNHOUSE PLAN IS GIVEN TENTATIVE OK
Village Council members unanimously agreed Monday night to allow a 166-townhouse development to be built at Highland Avenue and 31st Street despite months of pleas from environmentalists to prohibit the...
METRA WOULD PAY FOR SIDEWALKS
Village commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to accept $108,240 from Metra for sidewalk construction in conjunction with the proposed construction of a Walnut Avenue train station. Officials said the sidewalks would...
CHAMBER LEADER TO RESIGN HIS JOB
The president of the Downers Grove Chamber of Commerce and Industry will step down this year after 16 years, officials said late Thursday afternoon. Larry Long, who has headed the...
NUISANCE LAW RESTRICTS PRESENCE OF DUMPSTERS
Village residents who take on big home-renovation projects will have to clean up the debris quickly. Village Council members unanimously agreed to amend a nuisance ordinance making it illegal to...
ACTING ECONOMIC DIRECTOR IS CHOSEN FOR THE TOP JOB
A longtime village employee has been appointed to Downers Grove's top economic development spot. Ellen Dean has been named the new economic development director for the village, replacing former director...
PLEA FOR CROSSING GUARD IS ANSWERED
A crossing guard will likely be stationed near Pierce Downer Elementary School in an effort to keep pupils safe from speeding motorists and high school traffic congestion, Downers Grove officials...
VILLAGE TO DEFINE HARASSMENT
Trustees said Thursday night that they will consider spelling out activities that constitute sexual harassment in an ordinance to alleviate any confusion over the issue. Although the village already has...
TRAFFIC STUDY IS URGED FOR PERMANENT ANSWERS
Village officials should undertake a traffic study to find ways to ease residents' motoring woes, trustees have suggested. The study was proposed by Trustee Edwin Burke after officials declined to...
INTERSECTION SET FOR IMPROVEMENTS
The village will spend no more than $27,500 to improve one of its busiest intersections, commissioners said Monday night. Under an agreement with the DuPage County Highway Department, Downers Grove...