Helping hand for home owners and renters
The Neighbor Project in Aurora supplies an opportunity for rent and mortgage assistance in the Water Street Square Thursday, Aug. 27 across from the Aurora City Hall.
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry serves gourmet Asian carp meal
Executive chef Chris Koetke prepares a hot Asian carp meal for the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora to serve last week.
We are Tremendously Grateful!
We don’t end hunger or transform lives by ourselves. We do it with the generosity and support from our entire community! On behalf of the nearly 1,000 families we serve each week, we offer our sincerest gratitude for the community’s outpouring of support for our virtual gala, Night to End
Pet of the Week: Turvy and Tipsy, bonded siblings, need home
Turvy, female, and Tipsy, male, are Domestic Shorthair Tuxedos, who were born April 26, 2020. Turvy and Tipsy are always where the action is and they chase and pounce on toys. They each love a good purr session when it’s snuggle time. Because they are so active, they should be
Loose tea, sunflowers, ragweed, tomatoes: SWAT raids
By John W. Whitehead Backyard gardeners, beware: Tomato plants have become collateral damage in the government’s war on drugs, especially marijuana. In fact, merely growing a vegetable garden on your own property, or in a greenhouse on your property, or shopping at a gardening store for gardening supplies, incredibly enough,
A Focus on History: September 3 through September 9
September 3 The American Revolution officially comes to an end when representatives of the United States, Great Britain, Spain, and France sign the Treaty of Paris. – 1783. Twenty-five workers die, unable to escape a fire at the Imperial Poultry processing plant in Hamlet, N.C.. Managers had loacked fire doors
Naperville Park District Host to Fall Blood Drives at Downtown Naperville Location
To help with the ongoing need for blood donations during the coronavirus pandemic, Naperville Park District will be host to several donation opportunities this Fall at its Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center (ARRCC) in partnership with Versiti Blood Center of Illinois. The blood drives will take place in Community Hall,
DuPage County Announces New Schedule for COVID-19 Testing Site
Beginning August 31, the DuPage County Community Based Testing Site (CBTS) will be open from 7 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday, or until 600 tests are completed each day. The drive-through CBTS opened June 16 on the DuPage County Complex for anyone to be tested for COVID-19. The COVID-19
DuPage County Approves Internet Funding for Low-Income Students
The DuPage County Board Tuesday, Aug. 25 approved $1.5 Million to provide low-income students with internet service. Under the agreement approved by the County Board on Tuesday, school districts will find appropriate vendors to provide internet service at no cost to low-income students, and all or some of the costs
Kite Fly Event Canceled in Light of Increasing COVID-19 Cases in Will County
Naperville Park District has canceled the Kite Fly event, which was scheduled for from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Sunday, Aug. 30 at Frontier Sports Complex, due to the elevated COVID-19 positivity rate in Will County. Although this is an outdoor event, based on participations at previous kite fly events, the
Protest for postal service in Aurora
Protests in favor of saving the U.S. Postal Service and ending delivery delays Tuesday morning in front of the Fox Valley Sorting Center in Aurora.
Funds and fun at Mora in Aurora with elected officials
Elected officials in the Aurora area serve guests, along with host staff members of the new Mora on The River in downtown Aurora Friday on Water Street as a part of three-day fundraiser for the STEM programs in School Districts 129 and 131 in Aurora.
Census assistance in Aurora
Maria Lindsay of the Aurora Census Outreach hands information to a resident on Pennsylvania Avenue in Aurora Tuesday morning.
Love of adventure binding for 50 years of travel
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 fourth in the series. The third part is available at thevoice.us/three-men-in-adventures-50-years-foundation-of-friendship By Rick McKay Last week, information on
Views serious on Aurora property tax
August 22, 2020Dear editor; This letter serves as a heads-up to all property taxpayers in Aurora (Township). I learned with some difficulty, this year is different because the assessments were not all published. Only the re-valued parcels were published in the August 10 Beacon News. To make it even more
Aurora Alley Art Festival in 10th year
Any 10th anniversary is worthy of acknowledgement. The Aurora Downtown Alley Art Festival, noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 29, throughout downtown, will be in its 10th year. Aurora will emerge from its quiet atmosphere because of the COVID-19 to celebrate, carefully! As a society, we mix masks with no
Grant Wehrli, three fellow State Republicans, seek to restart meetings
By Rebecca Anzel Four Republican lawmakers implored the co-leaders of a bipartisan, bicameral and multi-branch panel designed to present ethics and lobbying reform proposals to restart meetings that have stalled since the novel coronavirus outbreak. The call, made during an online news conference Monday by the Joint Commission on Ethics
Mail-in voting not a new method of casting ballots
First of two parts Mail-in voting has become a popular topic for the November 3 elections. Sue Halperin, staff writer for The New Yorker Magazine, submitted the following article to the magazine. “Recently Donald Trump casually suggested on Twitter that the November election should be delayed because universal mail-in voting
Kane County hospital COVID-19 admissions low
By Larry Quick Third of a series The second part is at thevoice.us/covid-19-positive-tests-meaning How closely do positive COVID-19 lab tests match actual COVID-19 illness in Illinois? This week we will focus on Kane County statistics for positive COVID-19 lab tests, and compare them with Kane County hospital admissions, for individuals