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Westchester turns 100 this year, prompting me to create a list of some interesting historical tidbits I came across while looking back on the village’s history. Got more interesting historical facts ...
There are still outstanding mail and absentee ballots to be counted but with 100% of precincts reporting in Maywood, election day voters in the village opted to retain the current managerial form of ...
Bellwood’s physical landscape has changed significantly since Andre Harvey was elected the suburb’s first Black male mayor in 2017. Two gas stations, a renovated U-Haul facility, a four-story, 80-unit ...
Berkeley Village President Robert E. Lee Jr. (seated) and his challenger, Kathleen Johnson, address the audience at a candidates’ forum hosted by Berkeley Neighborhood Watch at the Berkeley Public ...
With Women’s History Month as the background, the Village of Broadview Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of Jasmine Williams as a firefighter in the Broadview Fire Department, making her ...
Maywood Fine Arts is thrilled to present the classic ballet, La Esmeralda, a powerful love story inspired by Victor Hugo’s, The Hunchback of Notre Dame. This year’s Classical Ballet for New Audiences’ ...
Maywood mayoral candidates at the Proviso Votes forum held Feb. 22 at the Maywood Public Library. The village’s incumbent mayor, Nathaniel George Booker, and all but one of the nearly two dozen ...
Proviso Township is mourning the death of Clarence E. Thomas, a mainstay in local politics and a longtime employee at Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview School District 89. Thomas died on Feb. 26. He was ...
Voters throughout Proviso Township weighed in on various ballot measures during the Nov. 5 Presidential Election—most of which passed. Below is a review of the measures that voters saw on their ...
Bellwood Mayor Andre Harvey, rapper Lil Durk, and Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson take a photo on Oct. 18 at Broadview Village Hall. The mayors presented the rapper with keys to the villages after ...
On Saturday, apprentice ironworkers compete in the column climb activity during the Outstanding Ironworker Apprenticeship Competition at the Iron Workers Local 63 Training Center in Broadview. | ...
Local and state lawmakers, developers, and community leaders break ground on the first phase of the $42.5 million Bellwood Gateway Project, two four-story apartment buildings flanking St. Charles Rd.