For the last 15 years, the second Tuesday in May has been reserved for enjoying a taste of restaurants in downtown Aurora. This year, the Downtown Taste will move to the last Tuesday in July and will start new restaurant week within downtown. Downtown Taste July 31 will offer diners...
Guests speak with representatives from SCARCE (School & Community Assistance for Recycling and Composting Education) at the Naperville Park District Earth Day Fair Sunday, April 22 (Earth Day) in Naperville. Several hundred attended. Congressman Bill Foster spoke briefly at the opening and was introduced by Park District president Mike Reilly....
Mayor Richard Irvin of Aurora, right, holds the State champions flag with Marmion Academy club ice hockey team members at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Marmion won the high school White Division State championship March 16 with a 2-1 victory over New Trier Gray in overtime at the United...
Maureen Gasek of the Aurora Area Regional Chamber of Commerce hands Cheryl Holz, right, balloons for her birthday Saturday. Holz finished the mural on the back of Kim Granholm’s Aurora Fastprint in downtown Aurora. The mural contains some of the newest printing technology to wrap the back of the building....
Observing Joe Wiegand portray Theodore Roosevelt Saturday, April 14 was informative and fun. As a society we are nearly singularly focused on our presidents in the political realm. One reason is the chief executive sets a tone in word and deed. Wiegand used his one-man show to inform the audience...
April 19, 2018 Dear editor; I wish to express my deepest gratitude to those who supported my candidacy in the Kane County Board District 3 Democratic Party primary race. Winning by six votes over the incumbent was stressful, but the higher than normal turnout in our precincts proved to me...
April 18, 2018 Dear editor; I have been a reader of The Voice for more than half of its corporate life. I love the good news and positive slant of this paper. I and several of my friends have advertised our business concerns in The Voice. When I retired recently...
The National Trust was chartered by Congress in 1949 “to facilitate public participation in the preservation of sites, buildings, and objects of national significance or interest.” Today you can read about many of the most beautiful American gardens of which some are administered by the Trust. We begin with Shadows-on-the-Teche...
In another life, I wrote essays for that other newspaper in town (TONIT) as part of a collaboration called “Common Sense.” Then, as now, I followed the dictum of my philosophical godfather, the 18th Century Frenchman, Voltaire, who said, famously: “I have come into this world to comfort the afflicted...
Earth Day, April 22, U.S. representatives Randy Hultgren (R-IL-14) and Ed Perlmutter (D-CO-07) together joined the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus. Co-chaired by congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) and congressman Carlos Curbelo (R-FL-26), the Caucus has 74 members, split evenly between Democrats and Republicans, representing diverse districts from across the country. “My...
Registrations are being accepted for the 57th annual Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race that will be held Sunday, June 3, on the Fox River. The historic event will feature two lengths for paddlers to choose from, a 10-mile run starting in St. Charles, and a six-mile race from Batavia, with...
By Mayor Richard C. Irvin – Yesterday (Saturday, April 21), I was informed about a display at the Aurora Public Library and the amount of attention it was drawing from the community. Upon reviewing the display, I immediately contacted the chairman of the Aurora Public Library Board of Directors and...
John Savage, president, Aurora Public Library Board of Directors, issued the following statement Sunday, April 22: On behalf of the Aurora Public Library Board of Directors and staff members, I sincerely apologize to the community for the offensive display in the library’s exhibit this weekend. Once I became aware of...
The organizers of last year’s wildly popular Harry Potter Festival in Aurora are seeking volunteers for this year’s Downtown Aurora Magic Festival June 8 and 9. Clubs, businesses, and other organizations are asked to adopt an activity at the festival and provide volunteers for that activity. Groups can adopt a...
Grandpa, I hate that all a woman has to do is claim that a man made a lewd or off-color remark and his career is over. I have spent my life looking to always say something complimentary to co-workers, those on the street, just everyone with whom I am in...
The Woman’s Club of Aurora will have its annual sale of geraniums and impatiens from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, May 12 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, corner of Galena Boulevard and Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The geraniums are available in red, dark red, pink, salmon, and white. The impatiens...
Matt Brolley, Montgomery Village president recognizes Montgomery Police Chief Daniel Meyers for 33 years of service, Monday at the Montgomery Village Board Meeting. Meyers is retiring at the end of the month. The Board unanimously approved an appointment by Village president Brolley of Phillip J. Smith as chief of police....
The Aurora City Council honored Marmion Academy’s ice hockey team Tuesday for recently winning the State championship in the White Division. Dan Heckle, director of hockey operations for Marmion, said, “Marmion Academy is a proud resident of Aurora for 85 years and we are proud to bring the first State...
North Aurora resident Mary White explains the benefits of a boxing-inspired fitness routine to slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. For three years she has worked out with the Rock Steady Boxing program at Jesse “The Law”...
Let’s be real about Summer reading. Unfortunately, to many kids, those two words, “Summer” and “reading,” don’t go together. But don’t forget, mom and dad, that Summer slide is a real thing, according to countless studies, and Summer reading is the cure. L ast July, “Psychology Today” magazine published an...
