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

Naperville Council postpones consideration of $117,500 settlement in smart meter lawsuit

May 22, 2019 at 2:09 a.m.

Naperville City Council members Tuesday night postponed consideration of paying $117,500 to settle a federal lawsuit filed last winter by a staunch opponent of the city's smart meter installation program....

A drone flies before lowering a package of prescription medication.(David Crigger/The Bristol Herald-Courier via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT

Naperville responders will put drone training to use soon

May 16, 2019 at 4:59 a.m.

Naperville's drone is on track to provide backup for the city's first responders. One of the small flying machines – unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras and operated by remote control...

Shelter animals, such as this dog pictured last year at the Naperville Area Humane Society, are featured on a new mobile app created by a local software developer.

Mobile app made in Naperville promotes shelter pets

May 16, 2019 at 4:58 a.m.

A Naperville man has launched a new digital resource for families interested in adopting sheltered and rescued pets. Described in marketing materials as "an app which helps people find the...

Some of the ash trees along the Riverwalk near the playground couldn't be saved from the damage done by the emerald ash borer and had to be cut down.

Riverwalk ash trees being girded against emerald ash borer

May 16, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

Naperville's parkways aren't the only places in the city where ash trees are telling a success story. Chuck Papanos, an operations manager for the Naperville Park District, told Riverwalk Commission...

Site work continues on the downtown Naperville Water Street District property being redeveloped into a hotel/retail complex.

Few clogs on Water Street development progress

May 16, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

Progress is well under way on the largest commercial development to come to downtown Naperville in several years. The $93 million Water Street District hotel/retail project, going in on 2.4...

Residents now paying $2 monthly for garbage and recycling collection could see the bill grow more than sixfold if Naperville begins charging them the full cost paid for the service.

Staff eye sales tax, garbage fee hikes to address budget gaps

June 15, 2018 at 2:16 p.m.

It's a matter of moving from expansion to stewardship. Naperville's first city sales tax and a sharp hike in residents' bills for garbage collection are among the ideas on the...

Six houses in the 100 block of South Loomis Street will begin coming down this week to make way for the $60 million science center being built by North Central College.

North Central set to raze houses for science center

May 16, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

A row of six old houses in Naperville's east side Historic District will start to disappear next week, signaling the official groundbreaking for the largest academic building in the 154-year...

Good Samaritan identified in Ribfest rollover

May 16, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

The previously unknown identity of a man involved in a rescue during Ribfest has been established. When Naperville Police Department patrol Officer Brian Kappelman and his all-terrain vehicle tumbled into...

The Dick Tracy statue on Naperville's River Walk.

Plan sees Dick Tracy sculpture moved to higher ground permanently

May 16, 2019 at 4:57 a.m.

Officials agree: Dick Tracy's digs on the Riverwalk don't fit very well anymore. "His feet were wet again," said Geoff Roehll, a member of the Riverwalk Commission, reporting Wednesday on...

Suicide cries out for explanation of the inexplicable

June 16, 2018 at 5:03 p.m.

"I know a little bit about a lot of things, But I don't know enough about you..." Peggy Lee A dear friend once told me that, because of my chosen...

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