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City looking to reboot electronics recycling program

May 16, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Naperville's electronics drop-off program is down, but it might not be entirely out. City staff said this week that they are working on finding a hauler to replace New Life...

The Naperville City Council unanimously approved a 0.5 percent local sales tax Tuesday.

City Council OKs sales tax, garbage fee hike

May 16, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Naperville officials Tuesday night enacted the city's first local sales tax and approved a major hike in garbage collection fees, but not before receiving a great deal of advice. City...

In 2012, Naperville began replacing old electric meters, left, with smart meters, right, that transmit data wirelessly.

Naperville settles lawsuit with smart meter foe

May 16, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Naperville City Council members this week settled a federal lawsuit filed last winter by a staunch opponent of the city's smart meter installation program. The 12-page agreement calls for paying...

Don Shanower, North Central professor and father of 9/11 victim, dies

May 16, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

Donald "Doc" Shanower, a retired North Central College professor and the father of a Naperville resident who was a victim of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, has died...

New tax, trash fees on council’s plate Tuesday

May 16, 2019 at 5:05 a.m.

A final vote is coming Tuesday on Naperville's proposed city sales tax, and a sharp increase planned for residents' garbage collection fees. City Council members are scheduled to make official...

Naperville mayor’s golf outing not up to par as a charity

May 16, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

For years, the Naperville Mayor's Golf Outing has raised money for local charities via an annual day of events at the White Eagle Golf Club. But the Internal Revenue Service...

Curtailed in June, Naperville's collection of unwanted electronics will be suspended altogether next week, due to a glut of items building up at the dropoff center on the city's Public Works campus on Fort Hill Drive.

City switching off electronics dropoff program

May 16, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

That old TV awaiting a trip to Naperville's collection center had better find a ride soon. Citing "volume control issues and the potential impact on core public works services," the...

City poised to update downtown streetscape

May 16, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

Downtown Naperville's streetscape is due for a face lift. While the Promenade retail developments constructed on the north end are still fairly new, portions of the commercial core have been...

Panel eyes music, lights for Fredenhagen fountain

May 16, 2019 at 5:04 a.m.

An evening attraction could be headed for Fredenhagen Park in downtown Naperville. The Riverwalk Commission has begun taking a look at adapting the fountain in the center of the paved...

Members of the Shanower family participate in a wreath laying ceremony during a past Sept. 11 memorial service in Naperville. Cmdr. Dan Shanower, who grew up in Naperville, was killed in the attack on the Pentagon.

Horror, heartbreak and humanity on a sunny fall morning

June 16, 2018 at 3:43 p.m.

You remember that day. It's a recollection that retains excruciating clarity 14 years later – the sunny Tuesday morning when, we would later say, everything changed. Nobody saw them coming,...

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