Briarwood Lane Closed Thursday AM for repairs! Motorists are asked to allow extra time when traveling to Greenbriar or Westmoor Schools for student drop-off and pick-up on Thursday, Feb. 23, as Briarwood Lane will be closed to through traffic between Chestnut Street and Crabtree Lane beginning at 9:00am for sanitary sewer repairs. Cherry Lane will also reduced to one lane with flaggers controlling traffic during the sewer work. Briarwood and Cherry will be reopened Thursday afternoon after repairs have been completed. Thank you.

ComEd’s contractor, Intren, will be performing overhead cable replacement to increase the reliability of the electrical infrastructure in the areas of Maple Avenue, Oak Avenue, Illinois Road, and Woodlawn Road between Shermer Road and Wescott Road and the areas bordered by Big Oak Lane, Kiest Avenue, Meadow Road, and Keystone Avenue. Work is scheduled to begin the week of February 20, 2012 and is expected to be completed by April 30, 2012, during which time residents may see workers working along the power lines in the front and/or rear of their home. Residents with questions about the work can contact ComEd at 1-800-344-7661.

In December 2011, the Northbrook Village Board of Trustees approved Resolution 11-103 authorizing that a question regarding electrical aggregation be placed on the March 20, 2012 election ballot. As a homeowner or small business owner, you may be wondering what this question means, and how it may or may not impact you. Click the title above for more information.

Effective Jan.1, 2012, certain electronics may no longer be disposed of in landfills. Therefore, beginning Jan.1, residents will no longer be able to place electronic products such as TVs, Computers and CD Players in their refuse or recycling for disposal. Please click on title above for more information and details about the Village’s "1st Tuesday" Monthly Electronics Recycling Program.