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Vol. 39, No. 52
Also serving North Riverside
December 25, 2024
Brookfield wins $600K for park improvements
Riverside library head Janice Foley named Lions’ ‘Person of the Year’ ‘It’s basically my second home,’ she says of the library. ‘This is my family.’
Yuletide cheer
By TRENT BROWN Staff Reporter
When Riverside Public Library Executive Director Janice Foley was told she was named the Riverside Township Lions Club’s Person of the Year for 2024, she cried. “I was so blown away,” she told the Landmark. “When I got the call, I was just totally overwhelmed with emotion. It really meant and means the world to me that I was selected.” Foley, who was recognized Sept. 25 at a celebratory dinner, first started working at the Riverside Public Library in April 1994, more than 30 years ago, in the library’s children and youth services section. Having been born and raised
PHOTO BY T0DD BANNOR
TODD BANNOR
Santa Claus made an appearance at Brookfield’s Christmas Tree lighting Dec. 7. Did he make it to your house?
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HappyHolidays!