Susan Frick Carlman

Kyle Omholt, a Care of Trees plant health care coordinator, injected a systemic insecticide in the ground around a healthy ash tree in Naperville in 2013.

Officials see light at end of tunnel as ash borer battle continues

May 25, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

The emerald ash borer, that ravenous, pesky insect that has in recent years laid waste to many an Illinois ash tree, continued its rampage through 2015. But several local municipalities...

An open field on Jefferson Avenue east of Fort Hill Drive serves as a dump site for snow hauled out of parking lots in downtown Naperville and at its two commuter stations on Feb. 5, 2015.

City taps technology to manage winter weather

May 16, 2019 at 10:21 a.m.

Tornadoes that ripped across broad swaths of northern Texas late on the day after Christmas killed 11 people and left dozens more injured. The storms could have left many more...

The Mariano's store in what is called Glenview West (but actually Northbrook) will open this coming Tuesday. Today Friday June 26, 2015 employees were getting the store ready for the big opening.(Phil Velasquez/ Chicago Tribune)

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May opening planned for new Mariano’s

June 16, 2018 at 12:27 p.m.

Southeast Naperville will have an upscale new food source in the new year. Reconstruction of supermarket space in Fox Run Square, at the northeast corner of Naper Boulevard and 75th...

Plenty of news to tell in 2015

May 16, 2019 at 10:21 a.m.

It's been a year of challenge and change in Naperville. Here are some of the most prominent among the many stories that caught our attention in 2015. Changing of the...

Ex-mayor Pradel reflects on ‘mixed year’

May 16, 2019 at 10:21 a.m.

It had been a while since A. George Pradel was called something other than "Mr. Mayor." That changed in May, when he left office. Naperville's top elected official for an...

Angelspotting: It’s not just for holiday time

June 16, 2018 at 2:04 p.m.

They're everywhere. Sometimes, you don't even have to lie in solemn stillness to hear them sing. Yep, even though most of us have days now and then when we're fully...

Coyote encounter: A deeper understanding of the wild dog

June 16, 2018 at 2:33 p.m.

It was a wily one all right. Early one recent morning, as the dog and I started on our walk, we were heading up a nearby street that runs past...

Naperville declared a top-10 ‘tinsel town’

May 16, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

Maybe holiday lights do shine a little bit brighter here. Naperville was named one of the top 10 Christmas towns in Illinois on a list published on the state-specific website...

Marathon generates $2.3M for businesses, $241K for charities

May 16, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

The shift to downtown Naperville was a good move for this year's citywide marathon, generating more than $240,000 for charity and more than $2 million for local businesses, its organizers...

Vets’ medical bus set to roll into town

May 16, 2019 at 10:20 a.m.

Former military service members who have earned medical care through the Veterans Administration will soon have a local alternative to making the 45-mile round trip to Edward Hines Jr. Veterans...

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