It may have been a bit unusual. We live in unusual times. Three members of the Illinois U.S. House of Representatives, on a break from convening in Washington, D.C., were in Aurora Tuesday afternoon. They were a part of the group which held a media conference for the press and...
Jackson Walters of North Aurora, left, seven months, is baptized with a water gun Sunday, Aug. 16, by Rev. Derek Rogers, pastor at Aurora’s Flowing Forth United Methodist Church.
Two of Aurora’s four counties are on the State’s COVID-19 Watch List for increasing COVID-19 metrics. Both Kane and Will Counties were added to the list last weekend. The Illinois Department of Public Health Watch List designation occurs when two of the eight metrics identified by the State reach the...
A man makes an arrangement of candles and flowers Sunday at the intersection of Stolp Avenue and Galena Boulevard in downtown Aurora in a fitting memorial to a young man who fell out of a window of the Leland Tower to his death.
The City of Aurora government has launched a $500,000 emergency rental assistance program to support Aurora residents who have overdue rent payments because of financial strain caused by COVID-19. If approved, residents can receive funds paid directly to landlords for up to two months of past-due rent based on the...
The city of Aurora has been designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of 1,000 places in the United States that have seen history made by women. The action came after the Aurora Historical Society nominated Maud Powell, the 19th Century violinist from Aurora who rose above...
Second of two parts James Ellsmoor, a former contributor to Forbes magazine and founder of the Virtual Island Summit, wrote: “The United States spent 10 times more (money) on fossil fuel subsidies than education. “The combination of the fossil fuel industry’s investment within its sector and the high profit margins...
The annual Kane County Animal Control Rabies and Microchip Animal Clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22 at 4060 Keslinger Road in Geneva. A clinic held in June provided 164 vaccinations for cats and dogs. The clinic will be conducted drive-thru style. Dog and...
By Larry Quick Second of a series The first part if available at thevoice.us/covid-19-tests-accuracy-influence Earlier this year I came down with the influenza-like symptoms. After three days of gradually increasing misery, I made a visit a convenient care clinic. I was examined by an MD who reviewed my symptoms. The...
Last of three parts The second part is available at thevoice.us/absorbing-a-european-trip-in-1979-paris-vienna-bonn My 11-year-old daughter, Suzanne, and I, arrive in Wimbledon, United Kingdom, almost three months since we left America, and enjoy accommodations at a bed and breakfast home. We took the train into London many times. Enjoyed Westminster Cathedral and...
Aurora Downtown, a nonprofit of downtown business and property owners, announced its annual Board- election process has started for this year. Nomination forms are due by Monday, Aug. 24. The downtown organization oversees Special Service Area (SSA) #One with a 22-member Board. Currently, five at-large seats are up for reelection....
By Dawn Staszak Do you like your doctor? Not that he or she is okay, that during the 15 minutes you see him or her once a year, if that, but, do you really like your doctor as a person? Do you know your doctor as a person? I am...
Alley Art Festival will be on the last Saturday of the month, Saturday, Aug. 29 with one big change. The popular, grassroots art festival will be downtown-wide. Celebrating its 10th year, the festival thrown by the Aurora Downtown group will be held at more than a handful of venues throughout...
I’m departing from my usual disjointed ramblings this week to focus on something that’s been on my mind, as opposed to things that have never crossed it. Because of what I’ve written here in the past, it may appear to you readers that I have a very low opinion of...
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created previously unforeseen hardships on our physical, mental, and economic health. It is with these economic hardships in mind that the Oswegoland Park foundation has made a $25,000 donation to the Oswegoland Park District to help with funds for the District’s Financial Assistance Program, which...
If anger is allowed to show, then you must work at it.The ease in which that may occur, then other factors fit.When anger, as a form of hatred, gets your mind to seize.What happens next may be an episode not meant to please.But get this: as a human mind-set, it...
Because all of us are playing our parts to decrease the spread of COVID-19, consumption of home utilities has increased drastically. According to Henry Fountain, in his article for The New York Times in April, “people are using up to 25% more energy during the daytime as they work or...
Grandpa,I am writing to you from on the road. I travel for business and am currently out of state on a day trip. I saw a sign that thrilled me. It said that a (fast food franchise) is open for business with inside sit-down service! I got off the expressway...
By Woodrow Carroll Fans and sports writer like to proclaim an individual or team as the best. Clearly, best covers a myriad of teams and individuals and usually doesn’t come close to reaching universal agreement. What it does, however, is bring out the argumentative juices in a great many. Our...
We are making the best of it. The return of Major League Baseball is not ideal with no live fans in the parks, however, the competition and the games have been accorded a welcome. The Chicago teams have been competitive in the first one-third of the season. It does sound...
