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Recreation Department's Winter Brochure Now Available

The Village of Western Springs Recreation Department's 2024 Winter/Spring Brochure is now available! 

Resident Registration begins Friday, December 1 at 8:30 am

Non-Resident Registration begins Friday, December 8 at 8:30 am

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Holiday Light Collection

Holiday light recycling is now available in the Village Hall lobby, Thomas Ford Library, and at Village True Value Hardware. Residents can bring unwanted strings of lights and leave them in the collection boxes at any location until January 31. Please do ...

Leaf Collection Program

Residents should have received an orange 2023 Leaf Pickup Program postcard in the mail.

The final week of leaf pick-up begins on Monday, November 27 and leaves must be to the curb no later than the evening of Sunday, November 26. Public Works staf...

Home Repair Fraud Arrest

The WSPD made an arrest for Home Repair Fraud after an individual accepted payment on a signed contract, and did not perform the work agreed to within that contract. 

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IDOT Project on 55th Street

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is working on 55th Street improvements from I-294 to Plainfield Road. 55th Street is under IDOT jurisdiction and this is an IDOT project. The project includes the installation of new traffic signals at Wolf...

WSFD Responded to Residential Structure Fire

The Western Springs Fire Department was dispatched by the Lyons Township Area Communication Center (LTACC) at 12:24 pm on November 18, 2023, for the report of a structure fire in the 4000 block of Western Avenue. Smoke and fire damage to the residence was...

Water Meter Replacement Program Underway

The Village of Western Springs, at no cost to residents, is replacing obsolete, manual read water meters and/or external reading devices with new advanced metering infrastructure (AMI).  The new water meters will be read automatically via a radio...

Cook County Wants to Improve Plainfield Road

Illinois Tollway: I-294 Ramp Closure

A long-term closure and detour is scheduled to begin on Sunday, November 5 and continue into December on the ramp connecting Ogden Avenue to the northbound Central Tri-StateTollway (I-294) for ramp reconstruction work as part of the Ogden Avenue Interchan...

2023 Triennial Reassessment Information from the Lyons Township Assessor's Office

The Cook County Assessor's Office has released initial reassessments of residential and commercial properties in Lyons Township. These notices will be received by mail. 

The Township of Lyons Assessor's Office will offer mobile taxpayer services d...

November/December Issue of Tower Topics

The November/December issue of Tower Topics is available online and has been mailed out to residents. You can read it online here. 

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Capital Infrastructure Plan: Survey

The Capital Infrastructure Plan will be a comprehensive review of all Village infrastructure to estimate project costs and prioritization for capital projects. Capital projects are identified as projects that improve on the Village’s infrastructure (i.e. ...