Lynn Van Matre

The Naperville Humane Society is still adding features to its new Web site, but visitors to www.chicagobiznet.com/nhshumane apparently like what they have seen so far. Dawn Michael, director of development...

Culture buffs will be able to sample the attractions at four village museums May 17 for free in observance of International Museum Day. The Elmhurst Art Museum, the Elmhurst Historical...

With more than 100 households participating, last year's Village-Wide Garage Sale could be called a resounding success. But according to organizers, in some ways the two-weekend event was too successful...

Residents are being asked to support elephants' rights. Illinois Animal Action, Inc., a Warrenville-based animal rights organization, recently sent a mailing to 1,000 businesses, churches and health-care professionals, urging them...

DuPage County kids know how to treat a critter right. Emily Anne Hendricks, 8, of Wheaton shows respect for living creatures by putting wayward worms out of harm's way. Zachary...

Cruelty to animals often is linked to other forms of antisocial or violent behavior, according to mental health professionals. That's not news to humane society workers such as Diana Aldridge,...

Historical, environmental and agricultural preservationists will be honored at the 10th annual Garfield Farm Museum awards dinner, to be held Thursday at Dunham Woods Riding Club in Wayne. The environmental...

Six hundred clients of the People's Resource Center just got a head start on spring cleaning. On Tuesday, low-income families who visited the grass-roots community agency's food pantry got a...

Everybody agreed that Mother Nature could have been more cooperative in the weather department. But participants in the inaugural Kane-DuPage Envirothon remained undaunted as they slogged from tent to tent...

For 28 Chicago-area residents, a recent Brookfield Zoo trip to Kenya offered a never-to-be-forgotten opportunity to see exotic animals in the wild, meet Africa's people and shop for handmade goods...