Officials say gateway park grant is gone for good
Planners of the new southern gateway into the campus of North Central College aren't counting on restoration of the grant funds they had expected to pay for it. A letter...
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Rock and rollover: Scouts turn Ribfest responders when officer takes a tumble
Naperville Police Department patrol Officer Brian Kappelman was on rounds. It was fairly routine stuff for the 28-year department veteran, who's worked Ribfest before. It's not always on an all-terrain...
Ribfest ’15 deemed an overall success
The Exchange Club's 28th annual downtown Naperville Fourth of July blowout went pretty well, those connected with the event agreed this week. "I think it was a good festival. Obviously...
State holding up funds for North Central gateway park
The transformation of a once-blighted parcel of downtown Naperville land overlooking the Riverwalk into an appealing point of entry for North Central College apparently is going to have to wait....
Thousands of volunteers crucial to Ribfest success
The echoes of big-name musical acts will soon fade away from downtown Naperville, as will the aroma of sizzling pork. The importance of unpaid helpers in making the event hum,...
A holiday that, for better or worse, ends with a bang
It ought to be a bang-up weekend. Like a lot of people, I look forward to the Fourth of July and all the merriment and festivities it brings. For those...
Council backs greater control over speakers among rule changes
The newly positioned people who set the rules for Naperville's residents and business owners spent some time this week scrutinizing their own rules. They wound up largely in agreement on...
Mariano’s working toward Naperville officials’ OK
The former Dominick's store in southeast Naperville will probably be a mere memory when its successor is ready to open to shoppers sometime next year – but no one knows...
Ribfest planners anticipate a variety of tastes
Those who are convinced that no visit to a summer festival is complete without at least one funnel cake are unlikely to leave Ribfest hungry. Despite its fare-specific name, the...
Sidewalks to be added in downtown neighborhoods
When classroom work resumes in late summer, neighborhoods near two elementary campuses on Naperville's near southeast side will have work going on as well. Numerous streets in the area will...