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Brookfield Library to sell Arden home
Taking advantage of a strengthening real estate market, the Brookfield Public Library has decided that it's time to try and sell the home it purchased in 2007. Last week the three bedroom home at...
Riverside's Don Farnham survived the Battle of Iwo Jima
Don Farnham wasn't particularly concerned as landing craft headed toward the black sand beaches of Iwo Jima on Feb. 19, 1945. His division, the 3rd Marines, was in reserve. He was shipboard,...
Easement for Brookfield welcome sign on Ogden never recorded
Elected officials in Brookfield have called Steven Campbell many names throughout the past decade and a half — some of them not printable in a family newspaper. The Riverside resident and...
District 96, attorney cleared of retaliation charge
Last month the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Education cleared Riverside Elementary School District 96 and a district lawyer of charges that they threatened to...
North Riverside board names trustee's wife to post
Monday night new North Riverside Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. appointed Deborah Czajka to replace her husband, Randy, on the village board. Randy Czajka, who is suffering from a rare, progressive...
Brookfield to change some street lights to LED
Brookfield is preparing to change out 84 street light heads and replace them with energy-efficient LED street lamps via a company operated by a political insider who is pitching his services to...
Arts in the park
Avery Long, 3, and other children make paper lanterns in the community art tent during the Riverside Arts Weekend in Guthrie Park on Saturday, May 18.
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INSIDE REPORT
SPORTS
Riverside-Brookfield pitcher Kincanon draws the eyes of collegiate baseball scouts
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The list of college baseball programs interested in Riverside-Brookfield High School pitcher Will Kincanon is growing faster than the right-hander's pitching repertoire, which includes a two-seam...
Lyons Township boys lacrosse comes up short against Red Devils
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Whenever the Lyons Township High School and Hinsdale Central High School boys lacrosse teams have squared off lately, 48 minutes of play simply hasn't been enough time to determine a winner. Saturday...
CRIME
Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police reports - May 12-19
A 22-year-old North Riverside woman reported that her 2012 Suzuki motorcycle was stolen on May 13, the day she handed the keys to a man she recently met through an online social networking website.
Riverside firefighters recovered child's body from Des Plaines River
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Riverside Fire Chief Spencer Kimura confirmed last week that it was two Riverside firefighters who recovered the body of a toddler from the Des Plaines River in North Riverside on May 14.
REAL ESTATE
SHOPPING & FASHION
Community Announcements
Three dolphins are expecting at Brookfield Zoo
The Chicago Zoological Society (CZS), which manages Brookfield Zoo, is delighted to announce that three of its bottlenose dolphins are pregnant. The mothers-to-be—Allie, 26; Tapeko, 31; and...
Police announce new tool to prevent crime and recover stolen property
LeadsOnline is the nation's largest online investigation system used by law enforcement to recover stolen property, help stop meth makers, reduce metal theft and solve crimes.
Ames Middle School to host BUILD National Leadership Conference
Join us at Ames Middle School located at 1920 N. Hamlin Avenue for BUILD's National Leadership Conference this Saturday, May 18th.
Riverside Public Library board announces seat vacancy
The Riverside Public Library Board of Trustees announces they are accepting letters of interest to fill a vacant seat on the Library Board. The new Trustee will serve a two year term until 2015 at...
Riverside boy inspires children's book
A new children's book whose main character comes to grips with and courageously faces his disability was inspired by a Riverside resident. Author Bruno Rossi, a Chicago native who now lives in...
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