Hanover Park s three re-elected village trustees Herb Porter, Liza Gutierrez and Jon Kunkel were sworn in Thursday by Porter s elder daughter Chantelle Porter, who in December became the first Black female judge in DuPage County.
The Greenbrook Tanglewood Homeowners Association in Hanover Park kicked off a $10 million upgrade to its 76 buildings with a ribbon-cutting and open house earlier this month attended by Mayor Rod Craig and other members of the village board.
A wave of color sweeps into local offices Top, left to right, Tim McGowan, Yasmeen Bankole, Curtis Bradley, Tayyaba Syed, Steve Wang, Erin Chan Ding. Bottom, left to right, Dan Choi, Syed Hussaini, Sol Cabechuela, Paul Leong, Shweta Baid, Ian Holzhauer. These are just some of the minority candidates who ran successfully for municipal and school board offices in the April 6 election.
Updated 4/24/2021 4:53 PM
A wave of minority candidates from diverse racial, ethnic and religious backgrounds swept over the suburbs during the spring elections, as dozens of contenders stepped up to seek positions on municipal, school, township, library and park boards.