CHADWICK – Residents in Chadwick are accepting, tolerant, friendly and just very good people, according to JoNell Castellani, director of the village library.

Those qualities are helping them these days to deal with news that the village of about 550 people will lose one of its major companies.

Sewer Equipment Co. of America recently announced it would leave the village, which has been its home for 2 decades. The company, which makes sewer and drain-cleaning equipment, vacuum trucks and trailers, will move to Dixon.