One Book, One Town returns to Downers Grove March 5-13 and will feature special events sponsored by EQuality Downers Grove and the Downers Grove Public Library

EQuality Downers Grove, in partnership with the Downers Grove Public Library, invite residents to join in the third annual community-wide reading initiative, One Book, One Town, featuring a week of special events from March 5-13.

Downers Grove Grade School District 58 is seeking applicants to fill a vacancy on its board of education following the resignation of Gregory Harris

The Downers Grove Junior Women’s Club has awarded 21 grants totaling $10,167 to 22 teachers from 14 schools across the Downers Grove area.

Whimsical ice sculptures and live carving will be winter attractions at the weekend Downers Grove Ice Festival from Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

District 58 will hold an open house at Grove Children’s Preschool on Feb. 12

Among the project highlights will be a new playground chock-full of features, plus amenities that add shade at various sites in the park.

Students from eleven area high schools will compete in the Student Silent Film Festival, a film competition where area students create original motion pictures that contain no sound.

Downers Grove Historical Society presentation to explore Israel Blackburn’s life