Westchester turns 100 this year, prompting me to create a list of some interesting historical tidbits I came across while looking back on the village’s history. When it was founded, the village was a ...

Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | By Michael Romain || [email protected] There are still outstanding mail and absentee ballots to be counted but with 100% of precincts reporting in Maywood, election ...

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 ...

Lee and his running mates also touted the millions of dollars in grants the village has received over the village president’s three terms and the many events the village hosts, including last year’s ...

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 || ...

Proviso Votes hosted two candidate forums at the Maywood Public Library, 121 S. 5th Ave. in Maywood, on Feb. 22 and March 1. The Feb. 22 forum hosted candidates running for Maywood mayor and trustee ...

Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash Friday, November 15, 2024 || By Community Editor || [email protected] Voters throughout Proviso Township weighed in on various ballot measures during the ...

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 || LETTERS || [email protected] On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, the Maywood Village Board is set to vote on a salary increase for the Mayor and Trustees without ...

In May 2022, the board parted ways with a consultant who had been working with Nosek to relocate Village Hall and public works, hired an outside law firm, and attempted to jumpstart the process of ...

Wilbert Davis outside of his Broadview apartment. On Monday, a tornado tore the roof off the building, displacing Davis and his daughter. Eleven other families, or about 20 people, were displaced.

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 ...

A woman and her dog march in the Fourth of July Parade in Westchester. | Shanel Romain Thursday, July 4, 2024 || Photos by Shanel Romain || [email protected] Hundreds of community members ...