Former mayor of Aurora, Tom Weisner, was placed in hospice care Wednesday, Dec. 26, according to reports. He has been in a battle with cancer most of his three terms as mayor. He was resting after the placement in hospice care. Treatment has been ongoing. Wesiner was mayor of Aurora...
The star and lighted tree on top of the Leland Tower in Aurora shine brightly this holiday season. Maintenance and improvements are the responsibility of the Aurora Downtown organization. New Christmas lights installation recently was performed by Apex Tower, which normally works on cell phone towers. Many lights had burned...
Jules Williamson, left, of East Aurora High School, plays defense against West Aurora’s Traevon Brown in the teams’ East-West game Friday, Dec. 21 at East Aurora. In spite of the 28 points by Williamson, West Aurora won, 83-76. West Aurora girls won, 64-50. Al Benson/The Voice...
The Aurora Puerto Rican Cultural Council (APRCC) spreads holiday cheer to residents at Constitution House senior living community in Aurora, Friday, Dec. 21 in its annual Parranda. In Puerto Rico, parrandas (sometimes also called asaltos in Spanish; literally “assaults”) are musical festivities in the Christmas season holidays. They are known...
Doing what you love is freedom. Loving what you do is happiness. The not so uncommon saying, what ever its origin, is a building block for life. The process of what we do can give us joy, or, it can drag us down. It is up to us. Joy is...
December 18, 2018 Dear editor; After attending Aurora City Council meeting December 11, I felt compelled to write. For the second time, Aurora mayor Richard Irvin has given me pause. After I addressed the City Council a few months ago, along with three others, the mayor, who was not to...
December 21, 2018 Dear editor; I think it is disrespectful to former Cook County Board chair Dan Ryan (1954 to 1961) to remove his name off of the expressway so it can be renamed for Barack Obama. There are plenty of roads that can be named for the former president...
First of three parts – Sixteen African-American mothers in Jackson, Miss. will be recipients of a financial gift of $1,000. each. Greg Kaufmann explains this gift in The Nation magazine. “(Barack) Obama praised the idea. Reporter Annie Lowrey and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes recently published books about it. Chicago is...
The Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors will hold an informational open house from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019 at Pal Joey’s, 2030 Main Street, Batavia. Those interested should RSVP no later than January 9, 2019 to Joyce Taylor, 331.222.7854. We have one common goal: To make...
Chicago-area women are needed to help other women learn English reading, writing, and speaking skills at the Dominican Literacy Center in Aurora. Alison Brzezinski, DLC tutoring coordinator, said free tutor-training sessions will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, Jan. 12, 2019 and Jan. 26, 2019 at the...
The Eola Road Branch Library in Aurora holds a “Friday Freebies” cart upon which are books, paperbacks, records, movies, CDs are free of charge. Anyone can take what is pleasing and leave other items. On one Friday I found the book “The Everything Christmas Book” written by Michelle Bevilacqua in...
By the time you read this, the presents under the tree all will have been unwrapped and returned from whence they came, credit card statements the length of War and Peace are in the mail, and veins and arteries are gasping for air, clogged with cholesterol from absorbing gallons of...
The Aurora Committee of the Central Kane County chapter of the League of Women Voters (LWV) will hold candidate forums in Spring 2019 for Aurora’s upcoming aldermanic elections. The public is invited and encouraged to attend. The forums will be held on the following nights in the community room of...
Ingredients 4 cups semisweet chocolate chips 1 3/4 cups white chocolate chips 1/3 cup butter 3 cups confectioners’ sugar 1 1/4 cups Irish cream liqueur 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts Directions 1. Butter a 8×8 inch pan. 2. In a microwave safe bowl add 3 cups semisweet chocolate chips, 1...
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By Hesham Shehab – On this Christmas season, Christian communities in the Middle East are suffering from persecution and displacement. This situation should be a concern for Western Christians more than the wholesale embracing of the globalized and commercial version of Christmas. The Christian communities in Iraq, in particular some...
Nominations are being accepted for the “2019 African-American Leader of the Year Award” that will be presented by Aurora’s African-American Heritage Advisory Board (AAHAB) during the 15th Annual Heritage Dinner on Friday, Feb. 22, 2019. The annual award is bestowed upon a community African-American each year who has demonstrated consistent...
Grandpa, I have been out of prison for a month. I am homeless. A friend I had met in prison got out three years ago. We continued writing until I got out. I told him that I needed money to live on. He lives (out of state) and has money....
The Inspire Awards 2019 will take place at Abbey Farms Nagels Emporium, 2855 Hart Road, Aurora, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019. There will be entertainment, a social reception, live auction, and an awards program. The 2018 Spirit of Batavia Award will be presented to the...
More than 90 individuals participate in two caroling tours December 15 for the “Peace in the Womb” Christmas Caroling outside of abortion facilities in Chicago and DuPage County. Christmas carols were sung at seven abortion facilities, four on the Chicago tour, three in DuPage County. Planned Parenthood called the police...
