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Villa Park News

Local news for Villa Park, IL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Yesterday | Daily Herald

Lombard festgoers try their luck at bingo

David Bandy had a new way of getting around the Taste of Lombard Saturday after a lucky game of bingo.

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Related Topix: Lombard, IL, Elmhurst, IL

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Wheaton Sun

Museums get smart about having fun

Downers Grove Park District Museum supervisor Christa Christensen adjusts an informational placard on a mannequin in a new exhibit of textiles from the 1820s to the present day.

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Related Topix: Bloomingdale, IL, Lombard, IL, West Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro, Entertainment

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Beep!

Villa Park weighs red-light cameras

Villa Park expects to join the growing number of municipalities using cameras at dangerous intersections to catch motorists running red lights.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Lombard, IL, Chicago, IL, Chicago Metro

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Daily Herald

Villa Park honors woman for seat-belt use

The simple act of buckling her seat belt the afternoon of April 24 quite possibly saved Villa Park resident Cindy Kowalski's life.

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Sun Jun 29, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Bob Weber: Conversion to E85 not easy or cheap

Q : I have a 1998 GMC pickup. Do you know what I would have to do to convert it to use ethanol? - L.W., Villa Park A : Unless you own a fleet of trucks that spend a lot of time on the road, such a conversion is ...

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Related Topix: GMC, Chicago Metro, Chrysler, Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Dodge

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Wood Dale Press

Campaign contributions prompt judge to remove himself from case

A judge scheduled to hear the appeal of a Democratic candidate who was removed from the ballot has recused himself from the case after campaign contributions he received from the DuPage County Election ...

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Related Topix: Itasca, IL, Wheaton, IL, Dupage County, IL

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Beep!

Ovaltine chimney to come down

A towering piece of Villa Park's history appears headed for a date with a wrecking ball.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

US Department of Labor

U.S. Labor Department Requests Formal Hearing on Alleged Violations...

Chicago WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION V-193 May 24, 1996 CONTACT: Brad Mitchell FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Deirdr Zongker OFFICE: 353-6976 U.S. LABOR DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FORMAL HEARING ON ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF DAVIS-BACON ...

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Related Topix: Law, Employment / Labor Law

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Holland Sentinel

Schwartz and Murphy

Tod and Gina Schwartz of Zeeland announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer Ann Schwartz, to Stephen Nathaniel Murphy, son of Michael Murphy of Villa Park, Ill., and Susan Murphy of Evanston, Ill.

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Related Topix: Evanston, IL

Sun Jun 15, 2008

Daily Herald

Bananas can step in for fat in baking recipes

If your family's like mine, you often face the lone banana quandary. What to do with the overly ripe fruit everyone abandons.

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Related Topix: Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food, Arlington Heights, IL, Recipes, Fruits

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Daily Herald

Studio helps children find inner artist

Carly Huegelmann enjoys taking on craft projects with 2-year-old daughter Ryanne.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Daily Herald

Villa Park debates value of saving Ovaltine smokestack

One of Villa Park's more noticeable landmarks, a lone smokestack from the former Ovaltine factory, has received a stay of execution from the village board.

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Mon Jun 09, 2008

Naperville Sun

Out of the Files

The new IGA store being built by Mrs. Dorothy Polivka and her son, Jim, is progressing rapidly.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Hinsdale, IL, Wheaton, IL, Downers Grove, IL, Elmhurst, IL

Sat Jun 07, 2008

BAGnewsNotes

A Matter Of Size

Jun 05, 2008 A Matter Of Size Getty photographer Mario Tama forwarded me this image back in February while on the road with McCain.

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Thu Jun 05, 2008

Lombardian Newspaper

Seat belt enforcement campaign nets more than seat belt violations

Lombard officers working a seat belt enforcement campaign made a number of arrests that tallied more than 700 seat belt violation tickets for the department.

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Related Topix: Hanover Park, IL, Wheaton, IL, Dupage County, IL, Lombard, IL

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Daily Herald

Dist. 88 breaks ground for school's 'Future'

With shiny shovels in hand, DuPage High School District 88 officials broke ground Sunday on roughly $115.3 million in improvements to Addison Trail and Willowbrook high schools.

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Related Topix: Education Etc., Addison, IL

Sun Jun 01, 2008

Naperville Sun

Going to the dogs

The adage about everything "going to the dogs" actually had a positive spin over the Memorial Day weekend as well over one hundred campers and their canine friends journeyed to Camp Dogwood, a weekend-long pet ...

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Related Topix: Life, Nutrition, Food

Fri May 30, 2008

New York Times

Rachael Ray: Terrorist sympathizer?

Is Rachael Ray, the talk-show host, cookbook author and magazine editor, a terrorist sympathizer? Dunkin' Donuts, worried that its customers might think so, abruptly yanked an ad in which Ray wears a scarf that ...

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Related Topix: Journalism, Offbeat

Wed May 28, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Artists donate mural to Aurora

On most days, the walls of the Painters and Allied Trades District 30 Council building in Aurora are an uninspired beige.

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Related Topix: Chicago Metro, Arts, Painting

Mon May 26, 2008

Daily Herald

10 DuPage schools honored by Newsweek

Ten DuPage County high schools are listed among the nation's most prolific Advanced Placement test-taking schools in Newsweek magazine's recent ranking of public high schools.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Darien, IL, Aurora, IL, Lombard, IL, Willowbrook, IL

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Villa Park, Illinois is located in Dupage County and is part of the Chicago Metro Area. Zip codes in Villa Park include 60181.

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