by Barry Dredze Trustees approved an amendment to the Village Manager contract and the annual Village budget, as residents and incoming Trustees expressed outrage at the timing of the contract amendment’s addition to the agenda for the regular Village Board meeting on Thursday, April 21. Incoming [...]
Archive for April, 2011
April 24th, 2011 - 10:21 pm § in Local News, Local Schools
Educare Breaks Ground in District 33
by Barry Dredze About 100 local civic dignitaries, principal players in the philanthropic community, teachers, students and families attended the groundbreaking for the Educare of West DuPage early childhood education center near Pioneer School and Pioneer Park in West Chicago. The new $10 million, [...]
April 24th, 2011 - 10:07 pm § in Local Events
Kite Fest Brings Windy Wheaton Sky to Life
by Patricia Flynn “Go fly a kite” took on a literal twist on Sunday, April 17 at Graf Park in Wheaton, as hundreds of kite enthusiasts and spectators looked to the skies, at the 3rd annual Go Fly a Kite Festival. Nature obliged by supplying gusty winds, much to the delight and frustration of the[...]
April 24th, 2011 - 9:50 pm § in Local News, Local Schools
Schools Shed Light on Earth Day
by Barry Dredze Cold rain and the threat of thunderstorms could not dampen the festivities of the Earth Day celebration at Winfield Central School on Tuesday, April 19. Along with 174 other nations around the planet, students, teachers, parents and friends of Winfield Central and Primary Schools foc[...]