We had quite a booming year in downtown Aurora this year. We saw tremendous growth when our downtown continued its ascension. Looking back on the year, highlights are numerous, but none so many as the 16 grand openings within downtown Aurora. In April, Aurora resident Teresa Fiehn Millies opened Arcana,
The Little White School Museum at 72 Polk Street (Jackson at Polk) in Oswego this Christmas holiday season and has a special vintage toy and game exhibit. Attendees can pick up some special Oswego-related gift items for those hard-to-buy-for friends and relatives. “Toys From the Attic,” the museum’s special holiday
Naperville Park District invites the community to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Millennium Carillon. The 2019 Celebration at the Carillon is a free event, with two opportunities to celebrate the New Year, one for the whole family, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and one for those who want to celebrate
The half-price membership promotion by the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) which began in the Summer will continue through December 31. Society president Mary Clark Ormond said the opportunity for 12 months of the perks and privileges of membership is both a way to support the work of the organization and
By Tom Siebert As the season of giving coincides with cold weather and early darkness, Kendall County youth are showing warmth and brightness to the homeless community. Students from Parkview Academy and members of a 4-H Club, both in Yorkville, recently donated colorful fleece blankets to PADS’ temporary shelters. Jennifer
By John W. Whitehead The Christmas story of a baby born in a manger is a familiar one. The Roman Empire, a police state in its own right, had ordered that a census be conducted. Joseph and his pregnant wife, Mary, went to the little town of Bethlehem so that
December 26 The first day of the first Kwanzaa is celebrated in Los Angeles under the direction of Maulana Karenga, the chair of Black Studies at California State University in Long Beach. The seven-day holiday, which has strong African roots, was designed by Dr. Karenga as a celebration of African
Father Matthew McMorrow of St. Joseph Parish in Aurora, Ill., a first-year participant in the 68th Anniversary of Lehnertz Avenue Christmas Display offers a crib blessing.
Approximately 70 West Aurora High School choristers participate in the school’s 33rd annual madrigal dinner-concert Saturday.
Medal of Honor recipient Allen J. Lynch of Gurnee offers remarks at the third annual Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club Christmas celebration Thursday, Dec. 12, at Portillo’s restaurant in Oswego
A boy portraying a shepherd tends goats in the first live nativity at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Aurora Saturday, Dec. 14.
The Montgomery and Countryside Fire Department truck took its annual department parade Saturday with a drive through.
So much to do. So little time. The theme is relevant to most busy persons, however, none more than at the Christmas holiday time. Or, it could be at Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or New Year’s, or…. Regardless of the season, or, the reason, options to see and participate in activities
Along with the holiday light displays that illuminate downtown Aurora at night, bold backlit parking signs brighten the entrances to the newly-reconstructed Parking Lot E, just east of Broadway between New York Street and Galena Boulevard. After a two-month renovation project, the parking lot was put back online recently with
December, 9, 2019Dear editor; Contrary to what Big Marijuana wants us to believe, State lawmakers were warned that legal weed would flood Illinois with black market activity. California is now the perfect example. California is considered the largest cannabis market in the world. Its total estimated marijuana sales revenue will
Aspen Institute Technology reports: Tiffany Shlain in her first book, “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week,” has made our lives infinitely easier. We can manage our lives, our jobs, our hobbies, our entertainment, and even our relationships from the palm of our hands. But is it all
Building upon the restaurant revival happening in Aurora’s City of Lights, Craft Urban, a popular eatery in Geneva, plans to open its second location in downtown Aurora. Craft Urban Cocktail is a contemporary urban neighborhood restaurant that will be at 41 S. Stolp Avenue at the corner northwest corner of
Naperville Crime Stoppers are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of person(s) responsible for a burglary at occurred at Corner Pantry, 1801 Wehrli Road, Naperville December 1 at approximately 6 a.m.. Offenders smashed a front window and gained entry to the closed business. One of the
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to a blood drive, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30. To schedule a donation, please sign up at the Library or at planolibrary.info. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. All donors will receive a $5 library
The year is 1574 and the Hotel de Sens in Paris is welcoming Christmas guests. It was where the great lords of the Church lived and they seemed to have been, almost without exception, a rascally lot. The Cardinal of Lorrraine lived here. Some historians insist that Henry IV’s death
