Honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday was the city of Aurora Water Production Division for winning the 2017 Kane County Water Association Taste Test contest for the seventh time. It competed against nine other municipalities for taste, odor, and color. Mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin, right, holds a...
Marmion Academy head track coach Dan Thorpe, right, makes a gesture to four members of the Cadets’ Class 2A boys State championship team, assistant coaches, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, far left, and alderman Tina Bohman, fourth from left, at the Aurora City Council meeting Monday. The school in Aurora, won...
Ralph Jordan, the new executive director of the Aurora Housing Authority, receives an introduction at the Aurora City Council Tuesday. Jason Crane/The Voice ...
Oswego East High School freshman Akshar Kota requests the city of Aurora government consider using solar street lights. He spoke at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. He said in 1908 Aurora adopted the nickname “City of Lights” and we should adopt available technology and become the City of Solar...
The Roosevelt-Aurora American Legion Post 84 Band plays in concert at RiverEdge Park in Aurora Wednesday, July 4 as part of the festivities. Later in the evening the fireworks were postponed by lightning in the sky and are set for Friday, July 27. Independence Day photos were in The Voice...
A group of west suburban high school students have a better understanding of law enforcement, thanks to their participation in a Junior Deputy Program led by the Kane County Sheriff’s Office. Eighty-five students were honored June 16 at a Kane County Cougars baseball game for completing the course. They came...
Chris Kornsey, Illinois Math and Science Academy executive director of facilities and capital planning in Aurora, judges posters at the recent international science fair at the school, including students from China....
By Deena Sherman – Maybe you saw me Saturday at Aurora’s downtown Farmers’ Market. I was at a little table with a banner that read, “Population Connection.” I was happy to volunteer for this group, whose mission is to explain the connections between overpopulation and issues such as pollution, poverty,...
We are tied together more than we may think, at times, and pass off circumstances as coincidences. There are many who think there are no coincidences. Early this week, Lynn Akers entered the office of The Voice with a news release for Jennings Terrace. First things first. She is involved...
July 2, 2018 Dear editor; My great-grandfather, Franz, immigrated by himself to the U.S. at the age of 16 in 1886 to escape political tyranny in Germany. He met and married my Irish great-grandmother, Mary, whose parents came from Ireland to escape poverty and religious tyranny. They worked hard and...
July 3, 2018 Dear editor; Children in ice boxes. Women in back alleys. Men in breadlines. Teens and six-year olds in coffins. School children under their desks. Is this what Makes America Great Again? Not according to my U.S. Constitution. Wake up, stand up, and fight for what you know...
July 7, 2018 Dear editor; Congratulations are in order for the new members of Aurora Boys Baseball Hall of Fame. In particular, the late Emilie Galles, who had a huge impact on the Aurora Boys Baseball program. Galles was, and is, more than deserving of this honor. After a lot...
First of two parts Hemp has a variety of reactions from a variety of individuals, and, there is a lack of information and understanding. The Hemp Industrial Association wrote the following article of its history: “Hemp is among the oldest industries on the planet, going back more than 10,000 years...
The West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group will meet Wednesday, at 6:30 p.m. at the 5th Ward Meeting Room, 1921 W. Galena Boulevard, West Aurora Plaza. Guest speaker will be Jim Jarvis, vice president of programming and sales for Aurora Civic Authority, which includes the Paramount Theatre, Copley Theatre, and...
Last of two parts When the English settlers in the New World in the early 1600s, adapted the foreign soil to their needs, they set off cataclysmic changes. Their animals, insects, and plants literally changed the ground beneath the Native Americans’ feet. The colonists brought in native fruit trees and...
I’ve avoided writing about political stuff lately because it’s been nearly impossible to find any humor in the things coming out of Trumpworld, a.k.a. The Swamp. But one great thing has happened: Scott Pruitt is history! If you have the opportunity or interest, read his letter of resignation. Pruitt writes...
Congressmen Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) and Randy Hultgren (R-Ill.), co-chairs of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, regret the recent decision by the Donald Trump administration to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. The co-chairs recognize that the Council has been inconsistent in its promotion of human rights on...
Ingredients 1 1/2 cups light brown sugar 1 cup soy sauce 1/2 cup pineapple juice 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup vegetable oil 3 large garlic cloves, chopped 4 pounds boneless round steak, cut into 1/4-inch slices bamboo skewers, soaked in water Directions 1. Whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, pineapple juice,...
The city of Aurora’s Independence Day fireworks show has been rescheduled for 9 p.m. Friday, July 27. The free show will be visible from the same two convenient locations at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, 128 W. Illinois Avenue. “The decision to cancel the fireworks was made...
