Wende said apprentices compete in multiple areas, including a written test, burning, welding, layout, rigging, rebar-tying, and column-climbing. The rebar-tying and column-climbing competitions, the ...

An architectural rendering of the two apartment buildings that will be built flanking St. Charles Road in Bellwood. | Courtesy Village of Bellwood “Every great village has a great downtown, and I am ...

Earlier this month, Mayor Harvey and Clerk Moreland sat down for Zoom interviews to discuss their competing visions and priorities for Bellwood. Here’s an excerpt from those interviews, with the ...

Galandak says he will work to ensure Westchester ‘uses money wisely’ March 29, 2023 || By Francia Garcia Hernandez David Galandak, 65, is running to be Westchester’s next village president in a ...

Viola Chi, co-founded by Hyde Park native, will open June 24 June 21, 2023 || By Francia Garcia Hernandez A new cannabis dispensary owned by Viola Brands, a Black-owned producer and licensed reseller ...

Broadview Clerk Kevin McGrier swears in Jasmine Williams, the village's first Black female firefighter. | Provided Wednesday, March 12, 2025 || By David Ormsby/Broadview Spokesperson || ...

Westchester Acting Village President Nick Steker, Village Attorney Matthew Welch and Trustee Cathy Kuratko at a board meeting in 2022. Steker and Kuratko did not file to run for village board seats in ...

with a rare condition, Amyloidosis. Miraculously, just five weeks after the surgery, he was standing at the track invitational named for him, as reported in the Village Free Press. According to NBC ...

He came into local politics after owning a series of local businesses, including the popular Joe’s Place, a restaurant that was a Westchester institution when it was open and that garnered Perry an ...

Berkeley library and park district candidates also shared their thoughts on improving the suburb. Three incumbent library board members and candidate Shawn Dooley are running for four open seats.

Members of Hillside’s Planning and Zoning Board of Appeals look at a presentation of a proposed data center developers want to build at 101 N. Wolf Rd. in Hillside. The board approved the proposal at ...