Around town
The Library Stays Open Late
Two extra evenings a week, paid for by a bake sale that got out of hand. Starting next month the Willowbrook branch library will stay open until eight on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The two extra hours are paid for, at least through spring, by the Friends of the Library bake sale, which raised more in one Saturday than it had in the previous three years combined.
From the desk · October 29, 2026
This week
Schools
What the School Board Decided About RecessTen more minutes outside for the youngest grades, and a long argument about coats.The creek
The Creek After the RainIt came up to the second step of the footbridge and went back down by morning.Mailbag
Mailbag: The Crossing Guard We Almost LostA reader on Elm Street writes about the woman in the orange vest.About Willowbrook Times
The Willowbrook Times is a weekly about one small town and the creek that runs through it. We cover the meetings nobody wants to sit through, the school calendar, the creek when it rises, and the letters readers send when something on their street deserves to be written down.