2020-08-23

Maywood Trustee Launches Mayoral Campaign

Sunday, August 30, 2020 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews  Maywood Trustee Nathaniel George Booker announced his plans to run for mayor on Sunday afternoon in front of the shuttered former Baptist Retirement Home, 316 Randolph St. in Maywood. Booker also announced the trustee and clerk candidates who will run with him on the Maywood Together slate. Sitting Trustees Antonio […]

Broadview Approves Emergency Operations Plan, Police To Hold Hiring Seminar

Sunday, August 23, 2020 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews  During a regular meeting on Aug. 17, the Broadview Board of Trustees unanimously approved an emergency operations plan that village officials said was years in the works. “This has been two years in the making,” said Broadview Fire Chief Tracy Kenny during the meeting. “We hadn’t had one in place […]

A Local Pastor Is Building The Church Of The Future Today

Sunday, August 23, 2020 || By Michael Romain || @maywoodnews  Pews? Stained glass windows? Permanent building funds? The COVID-19 pandemic is swiftly making those staples of church relics of the past, says Rev. Teddy Matthews, pastor of Empowerment Church, which held services in Bellwood pre-COVID-19, but that now holds all of its online. Matthews said that the transition from the […]