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Smart grid plays part in sustainable future
With Earth Day coming up next week, Mark Curran of the city of Naperville opines on how the electrical smart grid is part of efforts to reduce future energy uses.
Smart grid can make utility infrastructure more efficient
The city of Naperville’s Mark Curran writes about the economy of the smart grid for electrical power.
City: Education key to smart meter usage
The city of Naperville’s Mark Curran explains how smart meters have the potential to help residents save on electricity costs.
Why we will no longer endorse in elections
The publications of Sun-Times Media LLC are no longer going to be endorsing candidates in local, state and national elections. This editorial tells you why.
Questions about Naperville’s smart grid project answered
The city of Naperville’s director of the electrical utility, Mark Curran, answers some more of the commonly asked questions about the smart grid project.
guest view Closing schools would be repeating history
Sun reader Scot Meyer writes of the closing of schools in Elmhurst when he was a youngster and relates that district’s experience, as well as that of Glen Ellyn’s to the situation in Naperville School District 203 today.
Citys Smart Grid Initiative is on schedule
Mark Curran of the city of Naperville writes about the progress of the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative.
Illinois governors have harmed higher education
A new study points to the decline in the affordability of higher education in Illinois. Attaining a college degree is important for many in an increasingly complex and technologically oriented job environment and not let politics or lack of funding derail the future of Illinois young people.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Many Naper teens are making the right choice There have been multiple presentations on keeping kids drug-free and heroin use in the last couple weeks. The reality of tragic deaths of our own youth hits hard; concern is huge and it should be. However, press …
Naperville Smart Grid Initiative explained
Mark Curran, head of the city of Naperville’s electric department, answers frequently asked questions about the Naperville Smart Grid Initiative.
Combating teen drug deaths in our cities
A collective dialogue is necessary to try to combat the teen deaths related to drugs and alcohol in the western suburbs.
Naperville’s Nike Park addition to open
The Naperville Park District’s latest venture is the opening of the 20-acre addition to Nike Park on the north side of Naperville. An opening ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 16.
Naperville development ramping up
After four years of decline building permits in Naperville, construction is on the rise again.
Budget cutting can be a false economy
Governmental budget cutting is all well and good, but as this example from DuPage County illustrates, care has to be taken that a small cut made now doesn’t result in a large expense down the road.
Naperville’s fireworks are fun, but don’t have your own
Naperville’s summer night skies are alight with fireworks displays from residents’ yards. These are not only illegal, but highly dangerous.