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YMCA Celebrates with longest member

On Friday, April 8, 2016 the Elmhurst YMCA celebrated the Grand Opening of the new men’s locker room.   Dick Malone, President and CEO of YMCA of Metro Chicago, was present alongside Angie Flesch, Elmhurst  YMCA’s Executive Director, senior Elmhurst YMCA staff and Charles “Chuck” Weigel, Jr., former Mayor of Elmhurst (1961-1973) and the […]

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Nybo advances EpiPen legislation to train first-responders Action comes on the heels of Annie LeGere tragedy

  SPRINGFIELD – State Sen. Chris Nybo (R-Elmhurst) is working to expand first responders’ ability to help save people suffering from a potentially life-threatening allergic reaction.   Nybo was spurred to file legislation that will allow specially trained police officers to administer epinephrine via an auto-injector, or EpiPen, in an […]

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Mayor disappointed as School, Park officials skip storm water meeting City trying to expedite storm water project at Bryan Middle School: Grabowski

  By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent Mayor Steve Morley expressed his disappointment last week that elected officials from neither the District 205 School Board nor the Elmhurst Park District attended the last Storm Water Communications Committee meeting held last week. “The best way to characterize it is that […]

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Dist. 205’s new salary ranges start at $100,500 for elementary principal Most administrators at or near bottom in total compensation

By Dan McLeister For The Elmhurst Independent School District 205 Superintendent David Moyer recently discovered that administrators in Elmhurst, with few exceptions, are currently at or near the bottom in total compensation compared with the traditional comparison districts of Barrington, Naperville, Indian Prairie, St. Charles, Geneva and District 200 (Wheaton-Warrenville). […]

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Election County, State and National candidates

                Republicans in the Primary United States President Donald J. Trump Ted Cruz Marco Rubio John R. Kasich   U.S. Senate James T. Marter Mark Steven Kirk 5th Congressional District No Candidate 8th Congressional District Pete DiCianni State of Illinois State Comptroller Leslie […]

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Independent makes edorsements

Join the ABT Party… Don’t forget to vote March 15, unless you’re voting for Trump Many community newspapers profile and make endorsements of candidates for political elections, such as the Primary coming up on March 15. Here at the Independent we cover local elections and profile candidates, but we don’t […]