• Images: Photo Contest Finalists

  Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of the bunch and select 12 finlaists. Here are the finalists for the week of May13th.
  Last Updated May 15, 2013 1:29 PM

• Flood won’t stop Centennial Beach from opening on time

  Posted May 17, 2013 4:25 PM

  Naperville's Centennial Beach will open right on time this spring, despite last month's severe flooding that caused the DuPage River to overflow into the property along the downtown Riverwalk. The day after the flood, Naperville Park District Executive Director Ray McGury said he was confident the beach and pool would be ready by 11 a.m. May 25. Recreation Director Brad Wilson confirmed Friday the park is ready to go.

• DuPage adjunct professors get contract extension, raises

  Updated May 17, 2013 12:19 AM

  Adjunct professors at the College of DuPage are set to receive salary increases as part of a two-year contract extension approved Thursday by the college’s board of trustees. College officials offered the contract extension to adjuncts as a package along with a plan to create a new “lecturer” position that would allow some adjuncts to receive health care benefits under the new federal health care law.

• Hackathon aims to solve traffic problems around region

  Updated May 16, 2013 2:09 PM

  Typically, when you hear the term "hackathon," you picture computer geeks sitting in a large room, rifling through untold number of passwords or other avenues to break into secret websites or files during a competition. That's not exactly the case with the first Logistics Hackathon, an all-day technology-driven work session, on Saturday at the Merchandise Mart.

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