Holiday food drive a huge success!

As part of this year's Community Holiday Food Drive, a huge group of local volunteers recently came together to collect donations to benefit our Food Pantry. The group included Lions Club members, River Grove Cub Scout Pack 144, local students and volunte...

River Grove Cub Scouts now accepting new members

River Grove Cub Scout Pack 144 is now accepting new scouts! Meetings take place every Wednesday (except for the 3rd week of the month) from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Elmer Wolf Senior Center located at 2607 Thatcher. Any 1st thru 5th grade boys are we...

Unity in Community Foundation visits River Grove

Led by Tom Brimie and Peggy Kasillas, the Unity in Community Foundation recently stopped by the River Grove Food Pantry to donate an entire carload of food and other supplies to our residents in need.

"The Village of River Grove would like to thank th...

ICC approves rate increase for Nicor

Nicor Gas filed a request with the Illinois Commerce Commission in March 2017 to increase rates for natural gas delivery service. On Wednesday, January 31st, the ICC approved a rate increase in the amount of $137.1 million. This rate increase will be the ...

Top Five ways to save money, energy with your smart meter

Now that most ComEd customers have smart meters, ComEd wants you to save energy and save money on your electric bills by using smart meter-enabled tools.

Jump into savings by…

 1. Accessing Personalized Energy-Management Tools through your...

Financial assistance funds available for people's electric bills

If you are falling behind on your energy bills, you may be eligible to receive help from ComEd’s CARE program, which is accepting applications for Residential Special Hardship and CHAMP grants.

Thanks to the Future Energy Jobs Act, legislation that ComEd h...

4th Annual Tree Lighting

Please join us for some great family photos and memories! 

• What: 4th Annual Village of River Grove Tree Lighting
• When: Sunday, November 25th from 4pm to 6pm
• Where: River Front Park & Gazebo, 8701 W. Grand Avenue

A Christmas tree will be placed in...

Santa teaming up with the RGFD to help residents in need

To help kick off the holiday season, Mayor Dave Guerin and the River Grove Fire Department will be conducting their 18th Annual Santa Stop Food Drive. 

• What: The 18th Annual Santa Stop Food Drive
• When: Sunday, December 2, 2018
• Time: 11:00 a.m. to 2:...

Additional Fullerton Avenue Improvements scheduled for 2019

At the September 20th, 2018, Village Board meeting, village trustees unanimously approved an Intergovernmental Agreement with Cook County that will schedule Fullerton Avenue from Maple Street to 1st Avenue for reconstruction. 

The agreement is the...

Author Kenneth Knack presented with the Key to River Grove

At the September 20th Village Board meeting, River Grove Village President Dave Guerin presented local author Kenneth J. Knack with the Key to River Grove for his outstanding work compiling a pictorial history of our town. 

"Ken is a great gu...

November Newsletter now available

Click here to read the November 2018 Newsletter.

Signup for Emergency Alerts!

New Emergency Alert System!

The Village of River Grove has launched a new mass notifications system for its citizens! CivicReady is a communication service that sends emergent and immediate alerts to River Grove citizens who are subscribed to the system.Al...