Guest preacher, acclaimed pianist, Huntley Brown, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Aurora
Acclaimed Aurora pianist Huntley Brown, a native of Jamaica, addresses the congregation in Aurora.
State of Fox River talk Sunday
Gary Swick, president of Friends of the Fox River, will present his annual State of the Fox River program from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 12, at Schweitzer Environmental Center, 16N900 Sleepy Hollow Road in West Dundee. Every year at this time, the president reports on the health
Montgomery quarterly recycling January 18
The next quarterly recycling event for Montgomery residents will be from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Public Works facility, 891 Knell Road in Montgomery. During the event, Montgomery residents who participate in the Village’s trash contract with DC Recycling can drop off electronics, including TV’s
Vintage Aurora Calendar available, $14.95
The Vintage Aurora Calendar for 2020, produced by the Aurora Historical Society, is a look back at 12 of the ethnic and cultural groups that helped to build the city following the arrival of the first white settlers in 1834. Executive director, John Jaros, selected the photos for the insight
Government power grabs risk trampling U.S. Constitution
By John W. Whitehead Twenty years into the 21st Century, and what do we have to show for it? Government corruption, tyranny, and abuse, have propelled us at warp speed towards a full-blown police state in which egregious surveillance, roadside strip searches, police shootings of unarmed citizens, censorship, retaliatory arrests,
A Focus on History: January 9 through January 15
January 9 Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone, a touchscreen mobile phone with an iPod, camera, and Web-browsing capabilities, among other features, at the Macworld convention in San Francisco. It went on sale in the United States six months later amidst huge hype. Thousands of customers lined up
Death prevalent in Holocaust, yet, music the life that remained
Last of three parts The second part is available at thevoice.us/more-than-8000-pieces-of-music-collected-from-holocaust More than 11 Million individuals, six Million of them Jews, died in the Holocaust, (1933-1945). The music they wrote as a temporary escape, however, did not die, thanks in part to the efforts of an Italian composer and pianist,
Christmas tree pickup in Aurora Jan, 6-17
Beginning Monday, Jan. 6, Christmas trees will be picked up for free during weekly trash and recycling collection. For two weeks from Monday, Jan. 6 through Friday, Jan. 17, no sticker is required for collection. To be properly recycled, trees must be free of plastic bags, all decorations and tree