Jake Griffin
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Police reach out to local skaters through picnicAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - Usually the only hot dogs at Naperville's Centennial Beach Skate Park are the skaters doing stunts. But Saturday, Naperville police and KidsMatter staffers will serve ho...
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Library card's a ticket to save in NapervilleAug 29, 2007 11:00 pm - It's that time of year again when a Naperville library card can get someone more than a book. Throughout September, more than 80 local businesses are offering discounts ...
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Another Naperville independent store leavingAug 28, 2007 11:00 pm - After 11 years in downtown Naperville, Debbie Hennen is hanging up her hangers. The owner of Deborah Jean Apparel at 232 S. Washington St. has announced plans to close h...
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Park board hires firm to find new directorAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville's park district board didn't hire a new executive director Thursday, but they hired a search firm to ultimately find someone for the top post. The PAR Group w...
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Naperville police clock speeder at 99 mph in 30 zoneAug 23, 2007 11:00 pm - An afternoon joyride has turned a 22-year-old Naperville man into his hometown police department's poster child for speed enforcement. Naperville police are fairly conse...
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Naperville businesses might pay fee for parkingAug 22, 2007 11:00 pm - No citywide sales tax increase will be used to help pay for downtown Naperville parking decks. That was made abundantly clear by a unanimous vote of the city council lat...
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Naper excavation privy to a few interesting findsAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Naperville leaders have sometimes been accused of throwing money down the toilet, but somebody at city founder Capt. Joe Naper's home actually did. When archaeologists w...
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Edward wants to buy adjacent housesAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Edward Hospital officials are negotiating to buy eight adjacent houses to provide a 250-foot buffer from the rest of the neighborhood when it builds a new bed tower alon...
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The visionaryAug 21, 2007 11:00 pm - Back when forest preserves covered only a few hundred acres in DuPage, it didn't take much to lead the county's forest preserve district. The director's job essentia...
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On deck: $26 million in city parkingAug 20, 2007 11:00 pm - The price of dining in downtown Naperville could be going up soon to help pay for $26 million worth of parking decks. The city council has long preferred to pay for the ...