First reported 8/18/10 4:52 p.m.First National Bank of Brookfield will sell its Naperville branch in order to consolidate its business at the flagship institution and “focus on our core customers in Brookfield,” bank CEO Jan Schultz said last week.

In July, Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel announced that patrolmen Leo Kotor, Jeff Miller and Brian Greenenwald were honored by the Alliance Against Intoxicated Motorists (AAIM) for their DUI enforcement efforts. The three officers accounted for the majority of the 59 DUI arrests made in Riverside in 2009.

KOSEY CORNERAnd how did you spend your summer vacation, Chris Halline? From one whose summer vacation as a kid consisted of going to my godparents’ farm in Berrien Springs, Mich., Halline’s summer had more miles and exciting times than going to the chicken coop to pick up fresh eggs, which were still warm and not always the cleanest.

Charles E. Snyders, 79, of Crest Hill and formerly of Brookfield, died Aug. 11, 2010 at Hinsdale Hospital.

Following on the heels of a brutal robbery and homicide at an Ogden Avenue liquor store in July, Brookfield’s police chief has asked the village board to consider a law requiring certain types of businesses to install video cameras inside their stores.

The Brookfield Plan Commission could be weighing a proposal for a new church at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Maple Avenue as early as September, according to the woman who has spent more than $1 million assembling the land for the church over the past year.

Web Extra! See more real estate charts.While detached, single-family home values continued to dip in Brookfield and North Riverside during the first half of 2010, prices for homes in Riverside recovered slightly. Home buying activity also increased year over year in the first half of 2010 compared to 2009 in all three villages, although foreclosures and the sale of bank-owned properties continued to remain even or even accelerated.