Glen Ellyn Village Board appoints new acting president after former president steps down over loss of key reelection endorsement

The Glen Ellyn Village Board on Tuesday night voted to appoint Trustee Donna Jean Simon to be acting Village President until May, replacing Village President Mark Senak, who stepped down abruptly last week shortly after voters gave a key endorsement to a rival. Simon, who has been a trustee since 2023, will replace Senak, who had been seeking re-election in the April 2025 general municipal election. On Saturday, Nov. 2 at the biennial caucus of the village’s influential Civic Betterment Party, Senak and Trustee Gary Fasules both had been vying to be slated by the party for village president. At […]

PNW professor emerita speaks about new book, impact of lead poisoning on NWI communities

Surrounded by students and community members, Carolyn Boiarsky encouraged them to take action about environmental issues in their areas. “You are the generation coming up,” said Boiarsky, an author and professor emerita at Purdue University Northwest. “I hope that all of you will make sure that we can all live in a clean, healthy area.” Boiarsky on Tuesday spoke about her book, “Lead Babies and Poisoned Housing: Environmental Injustice, Systemic Racism, and Governmental Failure.” PNW hosted an on-campus presentation about the book, open to students and the public. The presentation highlighted issues in social justice, environmental science and public health. […]