Darien News

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

From 8 months to 98 years, from local tradesmen to multimillionaires, barber Herb Brown has cut it all in Hinsdale.

Darien City Council members are questioning whether they were misled by a merchant who told them he planned to open a coin store but instead seems to be running a cash-for-gold business.

Taxing districts that fall within the borders of Darien will not have to pay the city's new utility tax for the remainder of their current fiscal years, the Darien City Council agreed Monday night.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Chinelo Agwuncha of Westchester, a senior at Proviso Mathematics and Science Academy in Forest Park, was selected to serve on the Illinois State Board of Education Student Advisory Council for 2009-10. The new council will meet throughout the year to address education issues, including dropout prevention strategies.

The students at Cass Junior High School in Darien are on a mission, evidenced by the signs and posters that grace the halls of the building.

"People on the Move" appears in every edition of The Business Ledger. Information on area business people who have been hired, promoted, honored, elected or otherwise recognized should be sent to Jeremy Stoltz, Editor, The Business Ledger, 1260 Iroquois Ave., Suite 200, Naperville, Ill.

Capt. Matthew Goodwin of the United States Army Reserve came to Lace School in Darien Nov.

Elmhurst Park District announced Matt Poole will take on a new role as athletics and environmental program manager.

Fire investigators say that food left cooking on the stove of a townhouse in unincorporated Downers Grove overnight led to a fire Wednesday morning that caused $5,000 in damage and sent sent two women to a hospital.

A ComEd power line being replaced along 75th Street near Cass Avenue will be buried underground rather than strung overhead, with the city of Darien picking up the $40,000 difference in price, the City Council decided Monday night.

The following incidents were listed among the official reports of the Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook police departments.

Bridges in Burr Ridge, Darien and Willowbrook are in relatively good shape, according to a recently launched Illinois Department of Transportation Web site that allows consumers to see the results of regular bridge inspections.

Lyons Township High School students earned scuba certification over the summer. They are: Zach Alderman, Christopher Arra, Kevin Bartz, Emily Bornhoff, Lindsay Brandt, Max Braunstein, Anna Breen, James Brenson, Alvin Brinza, Tim Brockman, Antonio Cabral, Natalie Cavallo, Kaitlyn Chiappetta, Jennifer Coates, Mike Coombs, Erin Cooper, Kerri Czopek, ...

The Write-On Literary Festival at the Indian Prairie Public Library is well under way, but there are still opportunities for area teens to get involved.

Darien Elementary District 61 will have a preschool screening on Nov. 5 at Mark DeLay School, 6801 Wilmette Ave.

The entire fifth grade class at Cass Junior High School in Darien spent three days in Oregon, Ill., last week visiting the Lutheran Outdoor Ministries Center.

The Blue Diamond Group celebrated its fifth year of business in Darien and now is located at a larger space at Crossroads Professional Center at Lemont Road and 83rd Street, Darien.

The Kids4Good group of District 61 will kick off another year of good works with a costume collection drive Saturday at Lace School, 7414 S. Cass Ave., Darien.