Articles filed under DuPage County Forest Preserve District
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DuPage forest, county to build $2.5 million bridge to connect preservesNov 13, 2012 3:18 pm - DuPage County Forest Preserve officials are poised to approve construction of a nearly $2.5 million bridge and trail in Mallard Lake Forest Preserve near Hanover Park, w...
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Election causes major shifts in DuPage forest districtNov 10, 2012 10:00 pm - Major changes are coming to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, in large part due to a 50 percent turnover on the six-member board in the recent election. Tha...
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Democrat captures one of six DuPage forest seatsNov 06, 2012 5:00 am - Voters have elected a Democrat to the DuPage County Forest Preserve Commission for the first time since the board became independent a decade ago. With all precincts rep...
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Kline Creek Farm offers supernatural farmhouse tourOct 21, 2012 9:52 am - With Halloween just around the corner, the staff at Kline Creek Farm in West Chicago is taking a look at the ghostly side of history. Visitors to the farm, a living-hist...
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DuPage forest candidates spar over transparency, land acquisitionOct 19, 2012 9:23 am - Familiar opponents are squaring off in the race to determine who will represent DuPage County Forest Preserve District 1. But Democrat Michael Braun, who lost to Republi...
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Candidates: Forest preserve needs ‘culture change’Oct 18, 2012 9:06 pm - No matter what happens during next month’s general election, residents living in the southwest corner of DuPage County soon will have a new representative on the forest ...
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Endorsements: Our choices for DuPage County Forest PreserveOct 18, 2012 5:00 am - You could argue there are really two DuPage County Forest Preserve Districts. The district most of us see, according to many of the candidates, features preserves that a...
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Forest preserve’s bidding practices scrutinizedOct 17, 2012 6:10 pm - A Democratic candidate seeking a DuPage Forest Preserve District seat says steps must be taken to prevent “fraudulent contracts” from being approved by the district. Ste...
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DuPage forest preserve candidates spar over transparancyOct 17, 2012 5:00 pm - When it comes to whether the DuPage County Forest District is open and transparent, both candidates in the District 2 commissioner race are accusing each other of spinni...
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Kotecki endorses Democrat in DuPage forest preserve raceOct 16, 2012 12:04 pm - Departing DuPage Forest Preserve Commissioner Roger Kotecki is hoping to give a pre-election boost to Democrat Shannon Burns by endorsing her to fill his District 6 seat...