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Wesley road projects planned

Published by admin on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 7:44pm

    Road improvements in Wesley Township are tentatively scheduled to begin on Aug. 13, weather and contracts permitting.
    Wesley Township Road Commissioner Travis Parsley attended a pre-construction meeting last week with county engineer Jeff Ronaldson at the Will County Division of Highways. His project costs were initially estimated at $194,000, and include emergency and school bus routes.

Staff, students, police have role in school security

Published by admin on Tue, 08/07/2018 - 7:44pm

    While districts around them are hiring second full-time resource officers and additional social workers, School District 209-U has to be considerably more frugal as it updates its school safety plan.

I-55 East Frontage Road Repairs in Wilmington, Braidwood

Published by admin on Fri, 08/03/2018 - 10:17am

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a patching and
resurfacing project will begin, weather permitting, on the Interstate 55 East

National Night Out against crime next week

Published by admin on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 8:12pm

Celebrate safe neighborhoods next week with the Wilmington Police Department during its second National Night Out event.
This “Night Out Against Crime,” is completely free, and will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 7, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Wilmington High School, 209 Wildcat Court.
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make neighborhoods safer, better places to live. It enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement and fosters a true sense of community.

City site successful for electronics recycling

Published by admin on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 8:08pm

    TVs were stacked three-high, and the bin holding CRT monitors was nearly full just half way through last week’s electronics recycling event at Wilmington city hall. And that’s pretty typical of the local semi-monthly drop off.

Minor injuries in Peotone Road crash

Published by admin on Tue, 07/31/2018 - 8:04pm

    Although she had to be extricated from the wreckage, the driver of a Ford Fiesta who crashed into a semi truck near the Peotone Road at Old Chicago Road last week received only minor injuries.    
    The Will County Sheriff’s Department was asked to respond to the scene, just west of the intersection, on Wednesday, July 25, at 5:50 p.m.

Township buys its first home

Published by admin on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 8:23pm

    Wilmington Township completed its purchase of the former city police station last week, and for the first time in 169 years, it has a town hall that it owns.
    The new township administration center, at 120 N. Main St., was originally the Wilmington post office, constructed and dedicated in 1957. The post office moved to its current location on North Water Street in late 1979.

Two honored as parade grand marshals

Published by admin on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 8:19pm

    It’s all about timing, and this year, the time is right for the Catfish Days in Lincoln Land parade’s grand marshal to share the distinction with an honorable grand marshal.
    Illinois is celebrating its bicentennial, and what figure could be more notable a representative of a great state than the president from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln? Honest Abe was responsible for founding the national cemetery system, and the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, serving millions of veterans in the Chicago area, was named for him.

Food truck ordinance goes back to committee

Published by admin on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 8:17pm

    After public comment pointing out the flaws of a proposed ordinance regulating food trucks, the Wilmington City Council sent the measure it planned to approve back to committee for a redraft.
    Members of the council’s License and Ordinance Committee held an initial discussion on the ordinance on July 10. The committee forwarded the ordinance to the council with a recommendation for approval on July 17, waiving the first and second reading that are part of the city’s approval process.

City writes food truck regulations

Published by admin on Tue, 07/17/2018 - 5:57pm

    What will be most difficult about the city’s new food truck and trailer regulation is figuring out the few vendors to whom it applies.
    The council’s License and Ordinance Committee held an initial discussion on the ordinance last week, and the council was expected to approve it, minus the first and second reading outlined in its ordinance approval process, on Tuesday.