Cafe Amano 2nd Annual Lobster Boil

Cafe Amano will host its 2nd Annual Lobster Boil on Friday, August 15, from 4:30 to 10:00 p.m.Reserve your lobster today!- 1.5 lb Maine Lobster- Italian Style Coleslaw, boiled red- Skins & Corn on the Cob, $30.00Reserve your Lobster by noon on Thursday, August 14,...

MAYSLAKE PEABODY ESTATE OFFERS ART CAMPS FOR TEENS

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County invites young artists explore and enhance their skills during “Girls Write On!” Aug. 4 – 8 and “Teen Art Camp” Aug. 11 – 15 at Mayslake Peabody Estate at 1717 W. 31st St. in Oak Brook. During “Girls Write On!” girls ages...

Diversity of styles and media in Elmhurst art exhibit

Elmhurst Artists’ Guild members from many western suburbs are exhibiting recent works in the Guild’s Summer Member Show being held in the EAG gallery from July 8 through August 15.  More than 50 entries, displaying greatly varying styles, form and media, are...

DISTRICT SENDS SURPLUS EQUIPMENT AND SUV TO AUCTION

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is sending a variety of items to the online auction block at govdeals.com/dupageforest with staggered bidding periods in June and July.  Items include a 2003 Ford Explorer XLS, an ASV Posi-Track RC100 compact track loader,...

DISTRICT AWARDED $215,000 GRANT FOR RESTORATION AT MAYSLAKE

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been awarded a $215,000 grant from the Illinois Public Museum Capital Grants Program administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and part of the “Illinois Jobs Now!” program for restoration at Mayslake...

FOREST PRESERVE DISTRICT BUDGET APPROVED FOR 2014 – 2015

The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Board of Commissioners today approved the agency’s nearly $44 million operating budget for fiscal year 2014 – 2015. Exclusive of the District’s new Wetland Aquatic and Riparian Program planned for this upcoming fiscal...

Elmhurst Names New Communications Manager

The City of Elmhurst is pleased to announce that Dan Leahy has formally accepted an offer to become the City’s first Communications Manager. He will begin duties with the City on July 7. Leahy comes to Elmhurst after six-plus years as the Marketing and Communications...

WALKERS TAKE STRIDES AGAINST RARE DISEASE

Sunny skies greeted nearly 200 walkers and volunteers for the Second Annual Strides Against MG charity walk on Sunday, June 1, at Berens Park in Elmhurst, Illinois.  The walk raised over $11,000 for the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of Illinois, which funds critical...