Month: September 2018

Tom Rickert, far left, Kane County deputy director of Transportation answers questions about improvements to Orchard Road and Route 30 at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday. He said the Phase 1 design approval is complete and Phase 2 engineering and land acquisition is next. The estimated cost of intersection improvements and widening U.S. 30 from Illinois Route 47 to Route 31 is more than $70 Million. He said they hope to pull that together within a two-year time frame. • Robert Yarbrough, left, expresses interest in available properties in Montgomery to open a restaurant. He said he and his wife are owners of RV’s Home of the Hoagy. He said he has had difficulties with the city of Aurora government in rehabbing the former Long John Silver’s restaurant near the intersection of Lake Street and Indian Trail. Village president Matt Brolley said to leave his information with the Montgomery director of development. • Approved was a request for a Class “G” liquor license for Grandma’s Table in Montgomery. The license will allow serving alcohol as a restaurant, inclusive of a bar. Jason Crane/The Voice

Discussion about improvements to Orchard Road and Route 30 at the Montgomery Village Board meeting

Tom Rickert, left, Kane County deputy director of Transportation answers questions about improvements to Orchard Road and Route 30 at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday. He said the Phase 1 design approval is complete and Phase 2 engineering and land acquisition is next. The estimated cost of intersection improvements

Mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin, presents proclamations to three individuals working to create suicide prevention awareness at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. Former Aurora resident and Yorkville alderman, Joel Frieders, second from left, Liza Olivia, co-founder of Simply Destinee Youth Center and Dance Team, third from left; Martin Luna-Espinoza, co-founder of Simply Destinee Youth Center and Dance Team. Simply Destinee is a youth-inspired dance team that promotes suicide awareness in the memory of Destinee A. Oliva. Frieders who has struggled with the grief of losing friends to suicide, launched a national campaign for the Suicide Prevention Awareness Month Proclamation Project. The program has grown to 228 cities, 18 counties, and 38 states.

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month recognized at Aurora City Council meeting

Mayor of Aurora, Richard C. Irvin, presents proclamations at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday to three individuals working to create suicide prevention awareness. Former Aurora resident and Yorkville alderman, Joel Frieders; second from left, Liza Olivia, co-founder of Simply Destinee Youth Center and Dance Team; right, Martin Luna-Espinoza, co-founder of

Selected high school football games: Schedule Sept. 28-29, Oct. 4-6; results Sept. 21-22

Friday, Sept. 29 Chicago Catholic Green Marmion Academy at DeLaSalle, 7:30 DuKane Geneva at Batavia, 7;30 Glenbard North at Lake Park, 7:30 St. Charles E.at St. Charles North, 7:30 Wheaton Warr. S. at Wheaton North, 7:30 DuPage Valley Naperville Central vs. Naperville North at North Central College,7:30 Waubonsie Valley at Neuqua