CONSTRUCTION LITTER MAY BE COSTLIER
Contractors who leave construction debris on residential or village property could face a well-placed kick in the wallet. Building codes allow for a $25 fine per day for each offense....
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WORK ON LIBRARY ADDITION SET TO BEGIN IN AUGUST
Village library patrons will have more breathing room in the future, thanks in part to a $250,000 expansion grant awarded recently. The grant, one of 26 such awards given to...
ARTS CENTER PLANS STILL CONSIDERED
The village will continue exploring plans to erect a performing arts center in Downers Grove. After reviewing research by the Civic/Performing Arts Center Review Team-made up of residents and village...
TRAFFIC STUDY DASHES RESIDENTS’ HOPES FOR STOP SIGNS
Residents say the intersection of 61st Street and Bentley Avenue is dangerous. Village officials don't necessarily disagree. Yet despite pleas and petitions by many residents, the village can't put a...
PANEL URGES DORM RULING
A move to clarify the village's zoning ordinance could help Downers Grove sidestep a lawsuit. The Downers Grove Zoning Commission recommended last week that the Village Council approve an ordinance...
STREET MAY BECOME ONE WAY TO EASE SCHOOL TRAFFIC
The village might make Linden Avenue a one-way street during school days to ease traffic problems, officials said. Because only one school bus now serves Holy Trinity School, at Richmond...
MAN, 24, KILLED AS HE CARRIES BICYCLE ACROSS RAILROAD TRACKS
A 24-year-old resident was killed late Wednesday after he was struck by a commuter train near the DuPage River. Police said John K. Balcaitis, of the 1400 block of Sunnybrook...
REWARD IS OFFERED TO CONVICT VANDALS
A reward will be offered for the arrest and conviction of vandals who destroyed a village memorial last month, officials said. Vandals defaced a plaque dedicated to longtime village employee...
SPEED LIMIT IS CUT WHERE TEEN DIED
The village will lower the speed limit to 25 m.p.h. from 30 m.p.h. in an area where a 14-year-old bicyclist was killed earlier this year, but it will not erect...
CASS AVENUE SPEED LIMIT RAISED
Traveling through Westmont's downtown area just got quicker. Trustees have agreed to raise the speed limit along Cass Avenue in the village's downtown area-on Cass between Naperville Road and 55th...