Taylor Hartz

DuPage Children’s Museum’s Bubble Bash to offer family friendly New Year’s Eve

December 26, 2019 at 6:08 p.m.

The DuPage Children's Museum invites families to celebrate the start of the decade surrounded by bubbles and confetti in the museum's 18th annual New Year's Eve Bubble Bash. With noisemakers,...

Students of all abilities brew up work experience at Ridgewood High School’s coffee bar

December 19, 2019 at 12:38 a.m.

The smell of freshly brewed coffee fills the cafeteria at Ridgewood High School thanks to the group of special education students running the Rebel Mart – an in-school cafe keeping...

Naperville’s 100 Women Who Care donates $19K to pay for holiday gifts for domestic violence victims

December 18, 2019 at 4:00 p.m.

Dozens of local women who may have otherwise been unable to purchase holiday gifts this year were able to shop for their families this month thanks to a $19,000 donation...

Harwood Heights names street after former village clerk

December 13, 2019 at 7:45 p.m.

Betty Smith, former clerk for the Village of Harwood Heights, was honored recently when the village dedicated a street in her name during a crowded ceremony on the new "Betty...

Organizers hope Yuletide Fest at Naper Settlement creates a new family tradition

December 4, 2019 at 8:05 p.m.

What Naper Settlement officials hope will be a new holiday tradition makes its debut this weekend. Yuletide Festival, presented by Chicago-based Star Events, opens Friday afternoon and will run on...

Union Ridge students, staff give out 60 free Thanksgiving meals

November 30, 2019 at 7:12 p.m.

Dozens of local families had a lot to be thankful for this week thanks to students and staff at Union Ridge Elementary School in Harwood Heights, who gave out more...

NaperLights to dazzle downtown Naperville from new waterfront location

November 27, 2019 at 12:20 a.m.

Light displays will illuminate the downtown waterfront nights this holiday season courtesy of the 7th annual NaperLights, which has moved to a new location along the DuPage River. "Winter Wonderland...

Shout Out: Kathleen Samnadda, former teacher and Eisenhower Library clerk

November 26, 2019 at 7:09 a.m.

Kathleen Samnadda taught in the Chicago Public Schools for 14 years, and worked at the circulation desk at the Eisenhower Public Library in Harwood Heights, where she still can often...

Norridge and Harwood Heights have yet to decide whether to allow marijuana sales after Jan. 1, and if so where.

Harwood Heights, Norridge still on the fence regarding recreational marijuana sales

November 25, 2019 at 9:01 p.m.

Recreational marijuana will be legal throughout Illinois as of Jan. 1, but officials in Norridge and Harwood Heights have yet to enact policies for or against local dispensaries. Adults age...