Credit Charlotte Eriksen

When Dick O’Gorman moved to Wheaton in 1959, his parents attended wakes at the funeral home at 120 Hale Street. More than 50 years later, as O’Gorman celebrates the anniversary of th...

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Tucked away in an alley off Duane Street in downtown Glen Ellyn is the warehouse for an online greeting card business that caters to customers around the globe.  11 years ago, PJ Car...

Credit Marie Lazzara

McChesney & Miller Grocery & Market will reach an impressive milestone this year by staying in business for 150 years. Withstanding many changes, the store owes its success t...

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Tucked away in the retail spaces sitting on the corner of Main Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in Glen Ellyn are fond family memories for Kathryn Hudson. Her mother owned a gift shop on th...

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With an eye for design and a love for adding a colorful punch to resale items, two Glen Ellyn residents are attracting more and more customers of varying financial means to their vintage ...

Credit Marie Lazzara

A former Glen Ellyn resident has been walking around in his father's size 9.5 work shoes since 1982. Thanks to Doug Herwaldt's longtime Glen Ellyn business Paul's Shoe Service, Jim Hollan...

Credit Marie Lazzara

Armed with a keen business sense and out of the box thinking, the late Herb Menke established a solid foundation when he created Five Corners Cleaners, 818 N. Main Street in Glen Ellyn.&#...

Credit Marie Lazzara

Gerardo “Jerry” Hernandez, owner of Ellyn’s Tap & Grill, is familiar with hot spots—ones that lie in his busy kitchen and ones he faced over seas while serving as a Marine. Herna...