ICCTA honors Duffy, Ollayos for their service to Elgin Community College The Illinois Community College Trustee Association (ICCTA) recently honored two Elgin Community College trustees for their long-time commitment to public service. ICCTA Executive Director Jim Reed recognized John Duffy, MSEd, for 45 years of service to District 509 and...
A Call for Care Packages for Deployed Troops! Chicagoland Blue Star Mothers IL6 is collecting items for our Care Packages for Deployed Troops Collection Drive! From now until October 25, 2020 we will be collecting items from our attached flyer and funds through PayPal to send care packages to troops ...
Three WCCHS Students Named Commended Scholars West Chicago Community High School Principal, Dr. Will Dwyer, announced today that Sarah Gramit, David Kuehn and Caleb Shade, all of West Chicago, have been named Commended Students in the 2021 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter ...
City of Warrenville's - Hometown Happenings Newsletter The Hometown Happenings newsletter is a monthly publication that is available online and a printed version is mailed out to all Warrenville residential and commercial addresses. The intent of the newsletter is to communicate ...
Business Interruption Grants Program (BIG) OPEN 9/17/2020 The Business Interruption Grant (BIG) program is a $636 million program developed by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois General Assembly to provide economic relief for small businesses hit hardest by COVID-19.BIG leverages federal funding provided by the CARES Act to help offset COVID-19 related losses for Illinois small businesses....
A Coalition of Mayors and Municipal Leaders Works Together to Tackle COVID-19 A coalition of Mayors and municipal leaders in the western suburbs is working together to tackle the rising number of COVID-19 cases in their communities. An initial brainstorming session hosted last month by Addison Mayor Richard Veenstra and ...
School Board Vacancy Application Deadline Extended Community High School District 94 is seeking applications from community members interested in serving on its Board of Education due to a vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Lauren Scanlan. The application deadline has been extended until ...
West Chicago Historical Society To Present and Past Supporters of the West Chicago Historical Society: Saturday, September 12, 2020, the first Saturday after Labor Day, is the date the West Chicago Historical Society would typically hold it's major annual fund raiser, the...
City of Warrenville - Hometown Happenings Newsletter Mayor's Column - I decided to put a privacy fence along our eastern lot line. So off I went to Community Development at City Hall to apply for the permit. Now, of course, this can be accomplished online, but being stubbornly old school
in some things, I wanted some human contact...
Plan 2 Protect Dist. 200 - Reopening Plans Tomorrow is the first day of school for students in grades 1-12 and our Transition Program. Whether you are returning to school remotely or in-person, we look forward to welcoming all of our students back either in-person or...
DuPage County Announces NEW Hours for Testing DuPage County is now offering community-based COVID-19 testing at the DuPage County Complex. Testing is free but limited tests are available per day. This is a drive-thru testing site where...
Local West Chicago WWII Hero Charles A. Scheckel Jr. Passing Charles A. Scheckel Jr., age 95, a longtime resident of West Chicago, passed away peacefully on August 25, 2020 surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 5, 1925 in Chicago, IL to Charles Sr. and Katherine Scheckel. Chuck was a US Navy Veteran and proud to have served on...
U.S. Department of Labor (EFMLA) Guidelines With the school year upon us we have fielded many questions from employers about whether or not a business has to provide Emergency Paid Sick Leave (EPSL) or Expanded Family Medical Leave (EFMLA) to an employee if the employee's child is ...
West Chicago Residents to Join Mayor Pineda in Combating Heart Disease & Stroke Mayor Ruben Pineda is joining eighteen other mayors in a nationwide initiative to reduce heart disease and stroke, the nation’s No. 1 killer, by encouraging residents to get up and get get moving. Mayor Pineda will kick off West Chicago’s third annual Move with the ...
Customized App to Factor Heavily into 2020 Virtual Movement Campaign in West Chicago! Continuing its tradition of promoting an active lifestyle through an organized campaign of movement activities, Healthy West Chicago partners once again with the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention for the 2020 Move with the Mayor Challenge ...
Message from Mayor Ruben Pineda of the City of West Chicago I would like to take this opportunity to convey my heartfelt sorrow for those in our community who have been touched by the devastating effects of the COVID-19 virus. It has been painful to see the confirmed case numbers rise on ...
(DCEO) is launching the first round of Business Interruption Grants (BIG)! The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is launching the first round of Business Interruption Grants (BIG) by providing $60 million to businesses experiencing losses or business interruption as a result of COVID-19 related ...
Open DuPage: DuPage County Covid-19 Re-Opening Guide The following is intended to serve as a planning guide for reopening “non-essential” facilities in DuPage County. In no way does this document give the authority for businesses to open and all State of Illinois Executive...
