Katlyn Smith
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‘Empty does not mean unloved’: Is piece of DuPage’s farming past in jeopardy?Jun 16, 2024 9:23 pm - Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct when William Briggs Greene purchased his property and that he was born in America. More than a year ago, the O...
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‘An iconic Australian species’: Koalas to make their debut at Brookfield Zoo ChicagoJun 14, 2024 5:32 pm - Meet Brumby and Willum, the first koalas to take up residence at Brookfield Zoo Chicago in its 90-year history.
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Roselle OKs backyard chickensJun 14, 2024 10:58 am - The village of Roselle will let residents keep up to five egg-laying hens in their backyards.
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Putting down roots: Morton Arboretum helps communities plant more than 1,800 treesJun 11, 2024 1:01 pm - The Morton Arboretum is distributing $6.9 million in federally funded grants to help nearly two dozen communities throughout Illinois plant and care for trees. The city of Elgin, the Roselle Park District and the village of Streamwood are among the suburban grant recipients.
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No Ribfest planned for this year: Exchange Club of Naperville presidentJun 10, 2024 6:04 pm - Ribfest — the granddaddy of Fourth of July celebrations during its heyday in Naperville — faces a hazy future after a two-year stint in Wheaton coming out of the pandemic...
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Leapin’ Lombard! ‘Little Orphan Annie’ tours, exhibit celebrate her 100th birthday and suburban rootsJun 07, 2024 11:21 pm - Ahead of her 100th birthday this August, the Lombard Historical Society is celebrating “Little Orphan Annie” with an exhibition on her place in pop culture, the man who brought her to life and his landmark residence on Main Street.
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Why Winfield leaders want to add a plaza downtownJun 03, 2024 6:35 pm - Winfield trustees will vote Thursday on hiring landscape architects to draft preliminary designs for a public plaza on village property adjacent to the Metra train station.
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College of DuPage board appoints interim presidentMay 31, 2024 9:12 pm - College of DuPage trustees have named an interim leader to take the administrative reins of the Glen Ellyn-based school after the retirement of current President Brian Ca...
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Glen Ellyn selling last piece of hotel site to commercial developerMay 29, 2024 4:01 pm - The owner of a Glen Ellyn strip shopping center will pay the village $1.5 million to acquire part of an old hotel property along Roosevelt Road. Village trustees have aut...
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Wheaton’s Cosley Zoo celebrates 50 years as director prepares to retireMay 28, 2024 7:28 pm - When Sue Wahlgren went to work for the Wheaton Park District, the corner of Gary Avenue and Jewell Road was home to a “real mishmash of things.” The place at that time wa...