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Metropolitan Family Services Awarded Two Competitive Head Start Grants for DuPage County, Illinois
Tue, 01 May 2012 00:28:46 -0700
Metropolitan Family Services, a leading provider of human services to low-income families, has been awarded two competitive grants to provide Head Start and Early Head Start programming for children throughout DuPage County.Wheaton, IL (PRWEB) May 01, 2012 Metropolitan Family Services, a leading provider of human services to low-income families, has been awarded two competitive grants to provide ...
DuPage County looks to lower greenhouse emissions
Fri, 11 May 2012 23:48:08 -0700
DuPage County has delayed approval of a plan for spelling out its commitment to minimizing the greenhouse gases emitted from county sources. Officials say they don’t oppose going on record with their support for the Cool Counties program; they just want to know more about what it would entail. Environmental Committee member Bill Bedrossian asked that the issue be tabled until more specific ...
Five DuPage holdings nominated as nature preserves
Sat, 28 Apr 2012 21:19:47 -0700
Five forest preserve areas in DuPage County are nominated as Illinois State Nature Preserves, which could give them an extra layer of ecological protection. But some forest preserve commissioners worry this could hinder local control of the lands. Now the district wants residents to share feedback on the issue at 9 a.m. Tuesday during its weekly commission meeting. Some feel were giving up ...
DuPage forest board approves nature preserve areas
Tue, 01 May 2012 12:19:00 -0700
Five DuPage County Forest Preserve areas will become Illinois Nature Preserves next week, after commissioners overcame initial concerns about losing land control to the state and voted unanimously Tuesday for the measure. Now these lands will get extra ecological protection, since they are collectively home to endangered, threatened and rare species, such as the blue-spotted salamander and ...
Reward offered to help stop DuPage heroin pushers
Wed, 09 May 2012 12:48:39 -0700
The heroin problem in Naperville, and throughout the area, has been well documented, in both numerous newspaper articles and at many community forums held in the city. Now, the Illinois State Crime Commission is looking to get tough on the growing problem of heroin use here in DuPage County and believes that cash — and lots of it — will be a way to help rein in drug dealers and the spread of ...
DuPage County improves air quality
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:01:06 -0700
The American Lung Association in Illinois has some good news for residents of DuPage County: air quality is getting markedly better. In a report issued by the Lung Association issued last month, DuPage County improved their particle pollution grade from a C to a B and their ozone grades from a B to an A, as compared to their scores from the 2011 report. This qualified DuPage County for the Lung ...
DuPage County sees improvement in air quality
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:01:06 -0700
The American Lung Association in Illinois has some good news for residents of DuPage County: air quality is getting markedly better. In a report issued by the Lung Association issued last month, DuPage County improved its particle pollution grade from a C to a B and its ozone grades from a B to an A, as compared to scores from the 2011 report. This qualified DuPage County for the Lung ...
DuPage looking to added protection for preserves
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:52:45 -0700
The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is inviting residents to comment Tuesday on the proposed designation of five high-quality habitats as Illinois nature preserve locations. The board of commissioners will discuss the issues at 9 a.m. that day at district headquarters, 3S580 Naperville Road, Wheaton. In October, the board directed staff to recommend high-quality areas at Des Plaines ...
DuPage holds off on Cool Counties vow
Tue, 08 May 2012 06:24:06 -0700
DuPage County has delayed approval of a plan for spelling out its commitment to minimizing the greenhouse gases emitted from county sources. Officials say they don’t oppose going on record with their support for the Cool Counties program; they just want to know more about what it would entail. Environmental committee member Bill Bedrossian asked that the issue be tabled until more specific ...
Crime commission gets tough on heroin dealers
Fri, 11 May 2012 12:56:34 -0700
The Illinois State Crime Commission is offering a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person providing heroin to a juvenile in DuPage County.