Nathan “Nick” Macejak shares a big and prolonged welcome home hug with his son, Will, Saturday at AMVETS Post 103 in Aurora. Sergeant Macejak received a ride in a vehicle that was a part of a long parade from Home Depot on Orchard Road in Aurora, south to the AMVETS building on Jericho Road. Sgt. Macejak, from Aurora, served in Washington, D.C. for a year and the welcome home was a surprise to his son, Will. The parade was composed of various emergency vehicles, cycles, tow trucks, and participants in personal vehicles. Jason Crane/The VoiceThe Loaves & Fishes Community Services ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 27, celebrates the opening of their new food distribution hub at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora. The additional location will expand Loaves & Fishes geographic service area to Kane and Kendall Counties in addition to DuPage and Will Counties.Jason Crane/The Voice
Marine Lance Corporal Edwardo Lopez, 21, was killed in action October 19, 2006. Street signs are at the sites of their boyhood areas.Carter Crane/ The Voice
Marine Lance Corporal Hector Ramos, 20, was killed in action January 26, 2005. Each is an East Aurora High School graduate.
Marine Lance Corporal Jesse DeLaTorre, 29, was killed in action, April 16, 2007.
Oswego Village Board president, Troy Parlier, holds the sign at the Village Board meeting Tuesday, Oct. 5, which will be fixed to the intersection sign at Plainfield and Woolley Roads. Village of Oswego photo
The Bridge Brigade in Geneva on voting rights, Friday Sept. 17, includes event organizer, Jeannie Scown.Jean Pierce photo
The City of Naperville government announced that Jason Arres, who serves as a deputy chief of the Naperville Police Department, has been named Naperville’s new police chief. The announcement is made following a three-month process involving a national search led by the public management consulting firm GovHR and multiple panel interviews involving City leaders, elected officials, police/union representatives, and community members. Arres, a 20-year veteran of the Naperville Police Department who has led the Department as interim chief since former Chief Bob Marshall’s retirement in July, will be sworn in as chief of police November 10.—City of Naperville
The 128-year-old Hobbs Building in downtown Aurora, empty for more than 40 years, resumes an overhaul that will be converted to first-floor retail and restaurant and 31 residential apartments on floors two through four. Left, the inside endures a smashing start of items to be removed in a construction commencement ceremony. Right is an artist’s rendering of the Romanesque Revival building that features an onion dome. Harish Ananthapadmanabhan, Jay Punukollu, and Kelsey Cozens of JH Real Estate, and Rene del Fabro of Bush Construction, participated in the ceremony.Submitted photoJoshua Stanton, right, hands a free COVID-19 self-test kit to Yorkville resident Brad Quillen February 22 in the ReStore parking lot on the west side of Aurora. Quillen and his wife Tammy were the first in line at the testing site which opened Monday, Feb. 22.Jason Crane/The Voice
Richard Irvin releases a joyful outburst at the beginning of his remarks at the post-election reception April 6 at the campaign headquarters in Northgate Center on Lake Street in Aurora. He greeted supporters and celebrated his victory over two opponents. Jason Crane/The Voice
North Aurora Village trustee Mark Gaffino, left, poses with Village president Dale Berman after the March 17, 2020 Board meeting when Berman announced he will not be seeking a fifth term as Board president. Jason Crane/The Voice
Montgomery resident Tyler Becker, 12, reacts as barber Gus Rodriguez of Oswego shaves Tyler’s head March 14 at Oswego Brewing Co. parking lot in a Bike Bald Group fundraiser for childhood cancer awareness. Al Benson/The Voice
Mr. and Mrs. Claus arrive Friday, Dec. 3 to the Plano Rockin’ Christmas parade.Odd Fellows Lodge, Plano, photo
Zeke A. Williams of Naperville North High School falls on the football in the end zone for a touchdown ahead of a leaping Maxwell Grumbles of Naperville Central. Visiting North won, 38-27, at North Central College. Jason Crane/The Voice
Gaston Stronk, Luxemburg ambassador to the United States, gives a few remarks to the gathered reception in his honor Thursday, June 10, at the Blackberry Farm of the Fox Valley Park District. He was in Aurora for several days as a part of his 10-day trip to the Midwest in three states to visit communities and festivals with ties to Luxemburg. He drove to the Midwest and returned to Washington, D.C. in his automobile. Carter Crane/The Voice
Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman receives one of three tangible tributes at the Aurora City Council meeting July 27 in honor of her impending retirement from the Aurora Police Department. Mayor Richard Irvin is at the right. Jason Crane/The Voice
Casey MacGill entertains a crowd at the annual Aurora Uke Fest, Sunday, Aug. 22 on the main stage near Water Street in downtown Aurora. MacGill, playing since the early 1960s has appeared on the Tonight Show, the Gong Show, the movie Frances, and opened the Broadway show Swing! by playing his uke. Jason Crane/The Voice
