Batavia News

BATAVIA – Sugar Grove resident Vicki Ryan knows that now is not the best time to open a business.

BATAVIA – Dreyer Medical Clinic can't see any new patients because it has run out of room at its current 9,000-square-foot building on Fabyan Parkway.

BATAVIA – City officials are still weighing how they plan to use the city's newly acquired powers as a home rule community.

Two more candidates have filed in the hopes of unseating incumbent Congressman Bill Foster, D-Batavia as the race for the 14th Congressional District heats up.

After I stumbled through a class in line dancing at the Dallas Bull in Tampa, I watched with great admiration a young woman gracefully doing the West Coast Swing.

Although state test scores edged up slightly this year, local high schools were a little more touch-and-go. The Illinois State Board of Education made the yearly report cards public today, showing which schools were faltering and which were making progress on the students' test scores.

After just a few decades of Roman occupation, the Batavians had become so integrated that they cooked, built and bathed in a Roman manner.

Brenda Schory spoke with George H. Scheetz, 57, of Batavia, while he was on the job as executive director of the Batavia Public Library.

BATAVIA – Jim Purcell, a Republican primary candidate for Illinois' 14th Congressional District, launched his campaign Web site, www.purcellforcongress.com, on Wednesday, according to a news release.

BATAVIA – Batavia High School students in the next three years could see more Advanced Placement courses to choose from.

Don't call it a raise. The contract for Anton Inglese, chief information officer for the Batavia School District, calls for him to make $96,262, and that was all, until May, when the School Board appointed him treasurer.

For any other weekend festival, a dreary, damp day of clouds is less than ideal.

BATAVIA – In the face of a tight budget, Batavia School District officials are looking at cost savings everywhere they can.

BATAVIA – Start warming up your pumpkin rolling arm if you are planning to go to today's BatFest in downtown Batavia.

The Batavians, who lived in the Netherlands at the start of the Christian era were far more Roman than was previously thought.

The city is seeking interested and qualified firms to develop a multi-family/duplex project at 137 North Water Street.

A 24-year-old Aurora man is in custody and a 26-year-old Chicagoan is in critical condition after a weekend fight in an Aurora apartment building.

As the city looks for ways to cut costs in a tough economy, the Batavia Plan Commission has offered to give up the $10 per meeting compensation that has been in place since the 1970s.

Officials at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia said that a small fire which broke out at the school early Monday did not cause extensive damage and would not affect classes.

Batavia aldermen Monday are set to vote on a $125,000 tax increment financing agreement that would bring a major restaurant to North River Street in the space previously occupied by Shawn Michael's Bistro.