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Groups take on task of hosting Ice Fest
Heritage Festival may be on ice, courtesy of a Downers Grove village budget crisis, but it looks like the show will go on for the annual…
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Downers Grove Village Council wraps up another year, sends holiday wishes to all
Nearing the conclusion of a tumultuous year that featured unprecedented budget cuts brought on by a looming deficit, Downers Grove…
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Members of the Blue Stone Dance academy perform at the Downers Grove library on Dec. 19. Free demonstration and interactive dance lesson
Not long after they first learned to walk, the littlest dancers in Downers Grove got down and cut a rug with their older counterparts…
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DG officials take final look at proposed tax levy before upcoming vote Section: news
The Village of Downers Grove conducted a public hearing on the proposed 2009 village…
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Education Foundation grants allow for special enhancements in DG classrooms
Graphic novels to spur interest in reading, interactive white boards to keep learning dynamic, a digital camera to add dimension to…
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Holiday Party Business After Hours and Young Professionals Network Toy Drive
It’s not just a dream, it’s really happening: The Downers Grove Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday Party Business After Hours and…
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Council eyes changes from budget approval
A hike in local sales taxes, a change to the municipal code and a reduction in the village-subsidized taxi cab discount program, all…
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DG park district presents winter day camps at nature center for kids during Christmas break
The snow may seem to silence the natural world this time of year, but there’s still plenty of activity going on in the woodlands and…
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Phyllis Patnaude of Downers Grove, upper right, gets an H1N1 vaccination Sunday at Downers Grove South High School during the DuPage County Health departments vaccination clinic. In addition to local health departments and private physicians, Illinoisans will be able to go to many retail pharmacies for H1N1 flu vaccinations starting no later than Dec. 21. For more information and updates, please visit www.protectdupage.org, www.cdc.gov, orn www.flu.gov. For general information, residents may call the H1N1 hotline at 630-221-7600.

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Eleven sets of twins hang outside of their school, Lester school, in Downers Grove. Seeing double 11 times at Lester School
Anyone who goes to class at Lester School in Downers Grove knows you don’t need a mirror to…
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