Bourbonnais Announces Holiday Tree Lighting
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3rd annual event features Bourbonnais students
Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais kicks off the holiday season with the third annual “Rockin’ Around the Tree Lighting.” Hear holiday carols from Bourbonnais students Thursday, November 30, at 6 p.m. The community is invited to attend the festive outdoor event held at 131 S. Main St.
Bourbonnais Announces Holiday Coloring Contest
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Fourth annual event welcomes all ages
Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais presents the fourth annual “Very Merry Coloring Contest” sponsored by Aqua Illinois and Koehler Sports & Spinal Rehab. This free activity is open to village residents and provides a festive experience for all ages. The custom Bourbonnais coloring page can be downloaded and printed from villageofbourbonnais.com. Copies are also available at the Administration Office during business hours at 600 Main Street NW.
Bourbonnais Announces Holiday Lighting Contest
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Bourbonnais Announces Holiday Lighting Contest
Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais presents the fourth annual “Holiday Homes & Holly Jolly Lighting Contest.” The community event encourages outdoor festive lighting and decorations during the holiday season. An online map of all entry addresses will be available for public viewing December 1 through the 25. Returning this year is the option to choose participation solely as a “Holiday Home” on the tour or additionally be included in the “Holly Jolly Lighting Contest.”
Bourbonnais Seeks Interpreters for Log Schoolhouse
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Pilot program to commence
Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais and Bourbonnais Grove Historical Society are seeking volunteers to portray educators for the 1837 Bourbonnais Grove Log Schoolhouse. Recently recognized as the second historic landmark located in Bourbonnais (the first being the George R. Letourneau Home and Museum), the reconstructed structure operated as a one-room school at 493 S.Main St., from 1837 to 1848, before becoming home to various French-Canadian families until2010. The Log Schoolhouse Advisory Committee would like to bring visitors back in time with anauthentic experience of what a school day may have looked like during this era.
Republic Services Garbage Rate Adjustment
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Republic Services to implement annual increase
Bourbonnais, IL – The Village of Bourbonnais announces Republic Services, the village’s waste hauler, will be implementing their annual increase effective Oct. 1, 2023. The current rate for a single-family household in the village is $26.74 per month for residential trash, recycling and yard waste services. The price adjustment includes $1.07 increase per month totaling $27.81 per month. This amount will be reflected in residents’ next quarterly billing statement issued in September 2023. Since September 2020, the monthly rate has increased a total of $1.71. As a courtesy, Republic Services will be providing a notification letter to each household.
Police Provide Hiring Incentive
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Position available for lateral entry officer
Bourbonnais, IL — Effective immediately, the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners for the Village of Bourbonnais is accepting applications for the position of Lateral Entry Officer for the Bourbonnais Police Department. The 29-member department is led by Chief Jim Phelps, Deputy Chief, Dave Anderson, and Patrol Commander, Brent Barrie.
PD Teams Up for Child ID Kits
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Public-Private Partnership Including NFL Alumni and National Child Identification Program provides parents prevention tools should their child ever go missing.
Bourbonnais, IL – The Bourbonnais Police Department announced that it is working with various partners including NFL Alumni and the National Child ID Program to provide approx. 1500 kits to families within its jurisdiction.
PATROLMAN BOUDREAU PROMOTED TO SERGEANT
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New role added to Boudreau's many titles
Bourbonnais, IL - Monday, July 24, 2023, Bourbonnais Police Chief, Jim Phelps, promoted Patrolman Jonathan Boudreau, at the bi-monthly Village of Bourbonnais Board Meeting. Boudreau took the oath of office in a room full of supporters while being sworn into the rank of sergeant.
Bourbonnais Friendship Festival Returns
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Notice for temporary road closures
Bourbonnais, IL – The Bourbonnais Friendship Festival returns for its 48th year Wednesday, June 21, through Sunday, June 25, at Goselin Park surrounding the Municipal Center 700 Main St. NW. In preparation for the five-day festival, the following will undergo temporary closures:
Law Enforcement Torch Run Heats Up
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Bourbonnais Police pass the torch June 7
Bourbonnais, IL – The Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics Illinois will make its way through Kankakee County on Wednesday, June 7. Police officers throughout the county will be participating in the intrastate relay. Bourbonnais Police will be passed the Flame of Hope and begin their role as “Guardians of the Flame” beginning at approximately 1:00 p.m. from 9000N Road in Manteno and heading southbound on N. Convent St. (Route 45/52).
