Village Chronicles

Children and adults of all ages will have truckloads of fun during Touch-A-Truck on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. at Reed-Keppler Park, 129 W. National St., West Chicago, Illinois.

Sunday and holiday concerts are back, plus four Saturday shows for kids

Cantigny Park is once again the leading west-suburban venue for free summer concerts!  Starting Memorial Day weekend, 17 bands representing a wide variety of musical genres will entertain guests on Sunday afternoons and on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day. 

Curves will give away one million 30-day memberships during National Women’s Health Week, May 13-19.

WWSHS student Natalia Mleczko of Warrenville was one of the PAWS Scholarship winners.

At its regular meeting on May 7, the West Chicago City Council unanimously appointed Alderman Ruben Pineda, 52, the first Hispanic mayor in the city’s 140-year history.

At its regular meeting May 7, the Warrenville City Council announced that information sessions implementing the Electrical Aggregation Program will be held at the beginning of the two City Council meetings scheduled for May 14 and 28. Residents with questions or in need of information should attend at least one of these two sessions.

200 member artist Kristine Plum enjoys melding the philosophy and technique of two very distinct master teachers into a style of watercolor which is all her own. The Des Plaines resident is the featured artist for the month of May at West Chicago’s Gallery 200, located at 200 Main St.

The newly-formed DuPage Veterans Foundation had an ambitious objective last Saturday, May 5, when it held its inaugural fundraiser at DuPage County Airport in West Chicago.

Its goal was to raise $55,000, the amount necessary to send one Honor Flight of 100 veterans to Washington, D.C., to tour the National World War II Memorial.