Romeoville Parks and Recreation hosts 39th annual Open House
The Village of Romeoville Parks and Recreation hosted its annual Open House event the week of Jan. 9. Each day centered on a different theme: Monday Discount Day, Tuesday Art Show, Wednesday Sports...
View ArticlePHS PTSO thanks community
Dear Editor, For many years, the Plainfield community has generously supported the PHS PTSO Needy Family Drive. In 2016, the community support continued. This was the 24th year for this project and our...
View ArticlePlainfield Park District Daddy/Daughter Dance on Feb. 17
Dad can treat his daughter or favorite little girl to a special night out she will never forget. The Plainfield Park District’s annual Daddy/Daughter Dance (program # 66401A1) is Friday, Feb. 17 from...
View ArticlePlans for daycare move to village board
Photo by Marney Simon | Enterprise StaffThe empty lot across from the Plainfield Fire Station on 135th St. is the future site of a new daycare and early childhood education center. The Plainfield...
View ArticlePlainfield Police Blotter, Jan. 3-9
Information in Police Blotter is obtained from the Plainfield Police Department and Will County Sheriff’s Office. Individuals in Police Blotter who have been charged with a crime have not been proven...
View ArticleNew life for Station One: Redevelopment in works for downtown Plainfield fire...
Photo by Marney Simon | Enterprise StaffThe vacant fire house in downtown Plainfield is the subject of a new redevelopment plan. The building owners want to convert the building into commercial space...
View ArticleNew developments on the horizon: Concept presented for residential areas
Photo by Marney Simon | Enterprise StaffThe agricultural land west of the DuPage River at 127th Street and Naperville-Plainfield Road are the subjects of two residential concept plans. Developers...
View ArticlePartnership focus of University of St. Francis, St. Raymond
Megann Horstead | For The Bugle The University of St. Francis and St. Raymond of Nonnatus Grade School recently formalized a partnership to support Catholic education, and the annual celebration of...
View ArticlePlainfield residents invited to see the world from the eyes of emergency...
Photo by Marney Simon | Enterprise StaffFind out what it’s like inside these walls – without being in any trouble! The Plainfield Police Department and Plainfield Fire Protection District will host a...
View ArticlePlainfield roadwork a key priority in 2017
Photo by Marney Simon | Enterprise StaffVarious miscellaneous projects will comprise part of the capital budget funds for the upcoming fiscal year, including street lighting projects, a new PACE lot,...
View ArticleShorewood residents continue to raise concern for Jefferson Street, Route 59...
Megann Horstead | For The Sentinel More than 10 residents voiced concerns and posed questions to Shorewood officials regarding the proposed TIF District for Jefferson Street and Route 59 at the Jan. 24...
View ArticleSt. Mary Immaculate School crowns Spelling Bee champ
On January 30 students of St. Mary Immaculate in Plainfield in Grades 3-8 assembled for St. Mary’s 2017 Spelling Bee. The winner, eighth grader Faith Nolasco, out-spelled seventeen other 6th, 7th, and...
View ArticlePlainfield Central senior earns art school scholarship
Gillian Bambule Central Campus senior Gillian Bambule has been drawing since she was 10 years old. The 17-year-old started drawing the popular Japanese graphic art anime using traditional mediums...
View ArticleArleen C. Bramscher
Arleen C. Bramscher (nee Moeller), age 96, a longtime resident of Plainfield, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2017 at Symphony of The Tillers in Oswego. She was born March 25, 1920 in...
View ArticlePlainfield Library Foundation to fund Fine Arts Series, purchase of two AEDs
At their annual meeting on January 17, the Plainfield Public Library Foundation voted to fund the purchase of two AED devices and a Fine Arts series of programming for the Library. The Plainfield...
View ArticleThe Opus Group® announces plans for 101 Paragon in Romeoville
Brandon Stengel – Farm Kid Studios The Opus Group (Opus) announced plans to construct a 111,345-square-foot speculative industrial development located in the Interstate 55 industrial corridor in...
View ArticleJerome Anthony Cierniak
Jerome Anthony Cierniak, 67, passed away February 1; loving son of the late Eugene and Jeanne Cierniak; beloved brother of Reynold (Rosemarie) Cierniak, Sister Carole Cierniak, O.S.F., Laurelyn Woods,...
View ArticleRomeoville signing day
Signing NCAA letters of intent to play football in college next year are Romeoville HS seniors (from left) Davon Maxey and Felipe Alvarez (Aurora University), Jacob Nettles...
View ArticleAnnual all-star game gives area cagers chance to shine
In 2008 the Plainfield Enterprise hosted its first preps All-Star Basketball game for area high school seniors. That game featured only Plainfield schools, the coverage area of The Enterprise. “Prior...
View ArticleCreative alumni marriage proposal shows Steelmen pride
Joliet Central High School was the first stop on a creative marriage proposal that took place on January 31. The proposal, planned by alumnus Naurice Moffett (Central ’99), included a scavenger hunt...
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