Kids & Family

Week in Review: 2/20 to 2/26

Get your week started with a look back at some of the interesting Downers Grove Patch articles from last week.

Here's a rundown of some of the DG Patch articles from last week:

•In last week's Adopt Me, we featured an adorable shepherd mix that can play fetch all day and a short-haired cat that loves to be pet.

•Comcast Sportsnet featured the DGS v. Proviso East boys basketball last week.

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• took first, second in the 2012 Speech state finals in Peoria.

•Meanwhile, two wrestlers took second, fourth in state finals.

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Paczki Day was Tuesday, and was, well, busy.

•Lynn Hudoba wrote about the difficulties explaining death to a child with autism.

•A suspicious incident involving two women offering candy to children on February 16 resulted in DGPD increasing patrols in the area.

•The Village Council delayed its vote on the proposed Walgreens at 63rd and Woodward till the March 6 meeting.

•A 70-year-old DG man faces charges for firing a gun at a car.

•75th street will undergo a major construction project starting in April.


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