Aurora resident Rick Lawrence thanks mayor of Aurora Richard Irvin and city of Aurora employees at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday. He said many homes in his neighborhood around Aurora University have been used as rooming houses and run as businesses since 2007. He said the current code allows
Continuing her efforts to respond to the Legionnaires outbreak crisis at the Quincy Veterans Home, State representative Linda Chapa LaVia, D-Aurora, voted to fund reconstruction of the facility, as well as to require the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs to begin submitting a biannual report on the health and welfare
The Montgomery Economic Development Corporation and Country Financial teamed up to provide an informative lunch-and-learn event recently that provided business owners ways to help prepare business for the future. Key topics included insurance for the top staff members and owners of the company, and the proper structure of the business.
By Anthony Stanford – There’s not a student within shouting distance who doesn’t know that the school year has officially ended. However, for students who haven’t heard, the Aurora Public Library (APL) Summer Reading Challenge is just getting started. This year’s theme is, “Reading Takes You Everywhere.” The Summer Reading
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit www.plano.lib.il.us or call 630-552-2009. • Come Rock with Us-Rock Painting, Saturday, June 16, 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m., for adults, teens, kids. There will be rock-painting, in collaboration with
The Yorkville Public Library Youth Service Department will have many events in July. All events will take place at the Library, 902 Game Farm Road, unless otherwise noted. For more information, or to register, call 630-553-4354 or visit www.yorkville.lib.il.us. • Friday, July 6, 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Drop In
Where late April brought snow to Naperville, late May brought lots of rain, which is presenting a challenge for Naperville Park District staff members. According to current weather reports, May 2018 has surpassed rainfall records with more than eight inches this month, and surpassed the previous record set in 1945
By Bobby Narang – Two years ago, the Montini Catholic High School girls softball team had a rather easy two games at the State tournament on the way to a Class 3A championship. The Broncos defeated Carmel and Washington by a combined 16-3 score to notch the program’s first State
Former Waubonsee Community College student-athlete, coach, and administrator, Dr. John Avendano will be formally inducted into the Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference’s (ISCC) Hall of Fame (HOF) at the annual year-end awards luncheon June 14 at Oakton Community College in Des Plaines. Avendano was an All-ISCC first team baseball player for
By Robin Reder – Dolan and Murphy fastpitch softball team finished 1-3 last weekend in Kimberly, Wis.. Dolan and Murphy’s record is 8-5 for the season. Dolan will be back in action Friday through Sunday in Walcott, Iowa for the International Softball Congress (ISC) qualifier. Dolan and Murphy defeated LaCrosse,
By denying Chris Sale his 97th career Major League Baseball (MLB) victory last week in Boston, the Chicago White Sox’ Dylan Covey picked up MLB victory No. 2 of his career. And, thanks in part to Covey’s effort, the White Sox’s record was 4-3 on a seven-game road trip last
Plainfield North High School has established it prominence in athletics in recent years. Will this Spring be the culmination, or, the springboard to greater success? The boys baseball team won the Class 4A State championship Saturday in Joliet and the girls softball team captured second place in the Class 4A
Micah Coffey of Batavia High School, was drafted by the Chicago White Sox last week in the Major League Baseball amateur draft in the 30th round. Coffey, a senior who played shortstop for the University of Minnesota in the recently-completed season, is a graduate of Batavia’s Class of 2014 and
More than 200 Grand Masters, Masters, Shihans, Senseis and students of all levels, family and friends gathered May 12 for a Promotion and Award Ceremony at Dojo Dynamics Martial Arts School in downtown Sandwich. The event attracted guests from New Jersey, South Carolina, and Massachusetts, and martial artists from multiple
By John Montesano – The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named James “Jim” Lambert the June veteran of the month. He was born June 28, 1935 on a farm near Lombard. He was graduated from Glenbard High School and enlisted in the Army in December 1953. He went to Fort
