After canceling a summer art fair and Chalkfest last month, the Riverside Economic Development Commission has announced that the event will be held Sept. 16 and 17, 2006 at Guthrie Park in downtown Riverside.

In the face of an ever-increasing number of teardowns in Riverside, the village’s Preservation Commission last week discussed a measure that might delay demolitions in order to prevent historically significant homes from being torn down without review.

An unexpected increase in Riverside-Brookfield High School’s enrollment by more than 100 students has put a strain on the school’s resources, according to Superintendent/Principal Jack Baldermann.

Riverside will wrap up its 2005 street improvement program beginning this week, when work begins on Addison Road. The entire length of Addison Road, from Longcommon Road to Harlem Avenue, will be included in the project, which is expected to last some eight weeks, according to Riverside Public Works Director Michael Hullihan.

For students in grades seven and eight, trying to find where one fits in at school, and even in after school clubs, can be a real challenge. But a new club in Riverside Elementary School District 96 has the potential to involve students with a diversity of interests from schools across the district.

An attorney for the family of Patricia Quane, who was killed Aug. 23 by a Metra train while crossing the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe railroad tracks in downtown Riverside, said last Friday that a lawsuit seeking monetary compensation for Quane’s family was almost certain.

The Maple Avenue road improvement project is expected to swing into high gear this week, with Brookfield officials telling residents to expect some inconveniences during the roughly two-month project.