Suzanne Baker

Starbucks returns to downtown Naperville Friday after nearly an nine-month hiatus as the space on Main Street transitioned from a Starbucks Reserve to a traditional Starbucks coffeehouse.

Nine months after Reserve closed, traditional Starbucks reopens Friday in downtown Naperville

May 17, 2023 at 5:59 p.m.

The long-awaited return of a Starbucks store in the heart of downtown Naperville happens at 5 a.m. Friday. It's been nearly nine months since Starbucks closed its premium Reserve store...

The owner of the RiddleBox Escape Room on West Fifth Avenue in Naperville wants to open a second location downtown at 125-127 S. Washington St. on the second floor.

Three businesses already in Naperville — escape room, deli and day care — want to open additional city locations

May 16, 2023 at 9:58 p.m.

An escape room, a deli and a day care are looking to expand operations in Naperville. The city's Planning and Zoning Commission will take up zoning requests Wednesday for the...

Dancers from Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl will perform at the free launch party for the Alliance of Latinos Motivating Action in the Suburbs, or ALMAS, from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the pavilion at the Naperville Park District's DuPage River Park in Naperville.

Naperville-area alliance to celebrate, preserve Latino cultures and empower leaders holding community party Sunday

May 16, 2023 at 9:41 p.m.

Four Naperville-area women are building a community group to celebrate and preserve Latino cultures in Naperville and throughout the western suburbs. Naperville residents Lili Burciaga, Diana Torres Hawken and Laura...

Customers to sweetgreen at 223 S. Main St. in downtown Naperville can order from the kiosk counter and watch their order being made with the technology behind it that dispenses the right portions of ingredients for the salads and warm bowls. The restaurant is open daily 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Robot salad making: Customers can watch machine make meals at Naperville’s new Sweetgreen restaurant

May 12, 2023 at 9:21 p.m.

Sweetgreen opened its new downtown Naperville location with something no other restaurant in the healthy fast-food chain offers: robot salad making. Dubbed an "Infinite Kitchen," orders can be placed at...

Construction is underway on a Veterinary Emergency Group hospital at 3204 S. Route 59 in Naperville, which will offer 24/7 urgent and emergency care for animals.

24/7 emergency care hospital for pets to open on Route 59, near 95th Street, in Naperville

May 12, 2023 at 9:13 p.m.

A veterinary hospital that offers urgent care and pet emergency services on a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week basis is setting up shop in Naperville. Veterinary Emergency Group will open at 3204 S....

A programmed, unmanned electric lawn mower cuts the grass Wednesday at Monarch Park in Naperville as Matt Pawlelski, of Naperville-based Havenshine Technologies, mows along the edges of the park property. Havenshine's technology allows one person to control the work and keep track of several robot mowers running at the same time.

Unmanned electric lawn mowers tested at 3 Naperville parks as district checks out new robotic tech

May 11, 2023 at 4:48 p.m.

The clamor of White Eagle Elementary School students at recess this week drowned out the sounds of the two unmanned electric mowers methodically rolling back and forth across the adjacent...

Naperville resident Shannon Adcock addresses the Naperville City Council in May 2022 about the importance appointing people with differing opinions to city boards and commissions.

Changes need to be made in way people are appointed to Naperville advisory boards, League of Women Voters says

May 9, 2023 at 9:42 p.m.

Naperville's process for filling vacancies on municipal advisory boards and commissions "is not sufficiently open and transparent," a 10-month study from the League of Women Voters of Naperville concluded. The...

Oak Cottage, located in the Greene Valley Forest Preserve in unincorporated Naperville, was named to Landmarks Illinois' 2023 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois. The white clapboard farmhouse was built circa 1850 as a family home for William Briggs Greene, one of the first European settlers in DuPage County.

Oak Cottage at Greene Valley added to state’s most-endangered places list at request of Naperville Preservation

May 9, 2023 at 3:59 p.m.

Oak Cottage in the Greene Valley Forest Preserve has been added to Landmark Illinois' Most Endangered Historic Places list at the request of Naperville Preservation, which wants the Forest Preserve...

The city of Naperville, Naperville Park District and the Naperville Riverwalk Commission are considering redesigning the the Exchange Club Memories Fountain, which is the centerpiece of Fredenhagen Park and can be seen beyond the park entrance.

$400K pricetag to fix broken Fredenhagen fountain in downtown Naperville has officials considering other options

April 28, 2023 at 11:12 p.m.

The Naperville Exchange Club and members of the Fredenhagen family say they're open to redesigning the fountain in downtown Fredenhagen Park rather than having the city spend $400,000 to fix...

Naperville police investigating a noose found by a teacher Thursday afternoon on a tree outside Scullen Middle Middle at 2815 Mistflower Lane.

Police investigating noose found on tree outside Naperville middle school

April 28, 2023 at 4:57 p.m.

Naperville police are investigating a noose found on a tree Thursday afternoon on Scullen Middle School property at 103rd Street and Mistflower Lane on the city's south side. Administrators from...

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