Activists Sadiiq Rasheed, left, and Brandy Gilliam of Aurora, express urgency for grassroots organizations to work together at the Gathering of the Grassroots event Saturday in Aurora’s McCarty Park.
September 24 The prophet Muhammad completes his Hegira, or flight, from Mecca to Medina to escape persecution. In Medina, Muhammad set about building the followers of his religion, Islam, into an organized community and Arabian power. The Hegira later would mark the beginning (year 1) of the Muslim calendar. –
Jim Butler of Aurora, right, reports to Navy League Aurora Council members Tuesday, Sept. 15 how Fisher House provided housing for his son, Thomas, a Marine and Army veteran, during a hospitalization.
Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will open its west Aurora ReStore Friday, Sept. 25, at 2302 W. Indian Trail in Aurora. The public is invited. Parking is free. Highlight of the event will be a raffle of a 1967 Chevrolet Camaro to benefit the affordable housing ministry. The winner
A desire to “do something” at the start of the Summer will culminate in a milestone event for social justice thanks to the driving force provided by Augustana senior volleyball player Brett Niederer. Niederer’s leadership and interest in making a difference will come to fruition Thursday, Sept. 24 with the
Two-hundred leaders and representatives from the Fox River Valley Initiative will meet virtually with the four candidates for Kane County State’s Attorney and County Chairperson from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20. It will be a strictly non-partisan meeting and not a public forum. The main purpose of
Naperville Park District invites families and individuals to participate in the Parks for Pollinators BioBlitz taking place September 12-20. To join in the BioBlitz, simply take photos of pollinators such as bees, butterflies and birds, and upload them to iNaturalist, a free app. The photos will be collected and studied
The Batavia Chamber of Commerce announced this week that the this year’s 14th annual Donna Dallesasse Award winner is Harriet Parker, manager of the Illinois Small Business Development Center at Waubonsee Community College. Each year, the Batavia Chamber holds a Harvest Celebration to gather community members to celebrate one Chamber
Observances are plentiful in life, some more meaningful, and some more rituals. Ceremonies for the September 11, 2001 tragedies always are among the meaningful. It is a natural, of course, because many live through it vicariously with written accounts and images everywhere. It has been nearly 20 years and events
John Laesch, right, Saturday explains his reasons for his bid to run for mayor of Aurora in the February 23, 2021 primary election.
Editor’s note: Rick McKay, Joe Masonick, and Jack Karolewski have been annual travel companions for more than 50 years to a variety of sites with many goals. This week’s adventure is the seventh in the series. The sixth part is at thevoice.us/travel-adventures-mountain-peaks-rafting-exciting-europe By Rick McKay Adventures began in 1970 for
The Fox Valley Park District announced September 15 that it has received a “Best of the Best” award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts in the category of Best Green Practices. The District will be recognized at the Best of the Best Awards Gala, which will be held virtually
The face mask, in the view of the Aurora Historical Society, will become the icon of the Covid-19 era. For historians it will be the pictorial marker of a time and a symbol standing for how Aurora and the world strove to deal with a public health menace. It will
September 6, 2020Dear editor; I am so sick of these protesters who smash and grab and loot. I am sick of television stations that are not telling the whole story…. They just keep saying the same thing, newscast after newscast. I’m sick of the anal retentives who see the police
Aurora soon will have a new, welcoming mural along Galena Boulevard just west of Lake Street. Artist and muralist Josh Schultz was given the green light by both Aurora’s City Council and Aurora Downtown’s Board of Directors to begin work on a mural that has been in the works since
The community and visitors look forward to Geneva festivals each year. Knowing that our first thought, during these uncertain times, is the health and safety of those who may attend a festival, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce and Geneva of Commerce Board has made the difficult decision to cancel the
It was a lovely, warming, September day, that month of 1965, and the hills were a great vibrant green stretching far into the distance. The girls all were excited because they were riding their bikes into town for such adventure. Molly, Patrice, and Bridgit, were cousins who lived close to
Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is excited to share it earned 13 nominations for 2020 Equity Jeff Awards, celebrating excellence in Equity theater productions during Chicago’s abbreviated 2019-2020 theater season. The nominations were announced Tuesday morning this week. Paramount’s blockbuster production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast took home six nominations, the
The residents of Aurora’s Fourth Ward will have a choice in February 2021 when they go to the polls to elect their next alderman. John Bell announced he is running for alderman of the Fourth Ward. Bell, who has lived and worked in the Ward for nearly a decade, seeks
I began writing this piece because I was appalled by what Donald Trump had said about our veterans, calling them “losers” and “suckers.” In the back of my mind I had an inkling it might be old news by the time it made it into print, because another Trump scandal
