Winter fun: Ice skating, hockey, in Naperville
Ice skating rinks in Naperville last week at Centennial Park accommodate hockey participants, for Winter fun.
Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association drive-thru to benefit food pantries
Montgomery resident Jim Reiland delivers a lunch to a patron at the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association drive-thru benefit at Gaslite Manor in Aurora for two Aurora food pantries.
Helping Hands: Food distribution and Not Forgotten
Many organizations, groups, and volunteers, are congratulated for their good work all year, however, specifically at this time when society is under duress from the ravages of COVID-19. The Northern Illinois Food Bank is an umbrella organization to serve many communities, which have food pantries to serve those in need...
Information limited on vaccination times
February 1, 2021Dear editor; As a newly-elected Kane County Board member, I want to provide as much information to the public as I can. The question I receive most often is, “When can I get vaccinated? ”Unfortunately, the only answer I can give people is “soon”, and I feel it...
Good experiences with vaccine shots
January 29, 2021Dear editor; My husband, Stan, and I went to Rush-Copley in Aurora today, for our COVID-19 vaccines and it was so easy. We wish the whole country will get vaccinations so we can get well. Our doctor signed us up January 14 with appointments to receive the vaccines...
U.S. lags well behind other countries in banning pesticides
Last of two parts The previous part is at thevoice.us/disruption-pesticides-near-schools-parks-homes Investigation finds airborne pesticides near schools, parks, and homes, surrounded by farm fields, according to a report in The Defender Children’s Health Defense News & Views. “Researchers estimated that more than 160 Million IQ points were lost and more than...
Hernandez elected to vice chair of the Illinois House Democratic Women’s Caucus
After being elected as the vice chair of the Illinois House Democratic Women’s Caucus, State representative Barbara Hernandez, D-Aurora, released the following statement: “I am honored and excited to have been elected by my colleagues as vice chair of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus. The last year has brought unprecedented...
Kane County chairman Corinne M. Pierog’s, husband, dies
It is with great sadness that Corinne M. Pierog, Kane County Board chairman, announces that her beloved husband, Robert J. Krawczyk, passed away at their home in Batavia Wednesday evening, Jan. 27. Services will be held at Yurs Funeral Home in St. Charles, at a date and time yet to...
Maureen O’Hara long-lived star from the Golden Age
Maureen FitzSimons was born August 17, 1920 and grew up in Ranelagh, Dublin of an Irish Catholic family. Maureen was the second oldest of the six children of Charles and Marguerite. Her father was in the clothing business and her mother was a former operatic contralto and a successful women’s...
Oswego Fire Protection District seeks ambulance funds
The Oswego Fire Protection District will seek voter approval at the April 6, consolidated election for a new tax to provide funds for emergency rescue equipment and crews. The 64 square-mile District protects the Village of Oswego, Boulder Hill, much of the south side of the Village of Montgomery, approximately...
Totalitarianism today taking form
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda I picked up my eight-year-old granddaughter from school the other day, and instead of driving her home which I would as in “Miss Daisy,” I asked if she wanted to sit in the front passenger seat with grandpa. She was giddy with delight, and mischief, when...
Hedging the GameStop stock underdog bet just fine
These are beautiful days. I can turn on the PBS News Hour without getting a preemptive knot in my stomach by wondering what travesty has come out of the White House, or having to watch a press briefing given by a blonde twit spouting lies and lame reasons for those...
Aurora government multi-faceted financial package: $3 Million
In its ongoing efforts to support businesses and residents during the pandemic, the City of Aurora government announced a multi-faceted financial relief package of $3 Million. Unveiled during a Finance Committee meeting, the proposal for small businesses, which is in addition to the nearly $1 Million already provided to local...
Equity event on Zoom by Aurora Public Library District March 1 open for registration
In partnership with other libraries, Aurora Public Library District (APLD) will be host to Dr. Eve L. Ewing live on Zoom at 6 p.m. Monday, March 1, to discuss her latest book of poems, “1919,” in celebration of World Social Justice Day. Ewing is an educational sociologist whose research focuses...
Naperville Park District wins award for 95th Street Plaza
The Illinois Park and Recreation Association (IPRA) announced at its annual conference, January 28, that Naperville Park District’s 95th Street Community Plaza won the Outstanding Park Award for Division II, which includes Illinois park districts with operating budgets of $5 million or more. The 95th Street Community Plaza opened in...
Ask Grandpa: On mulling over the rationale of columns
Grandpa,I take exception to your answer to the guy whose brother will not introduce his bride-to-be to the family. (See The Voice, December 10, 2020) Why won’t she meet the family? There has got to be something awfully wrong with a woman who will not meet her intended’s family. She...
Vaccines at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital
"#I got mine" stickers were issued to people receiving first COVID-19 vaccine shots (Moderna) Sunday, Jan. 31, at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital-Wellness Center in Downers Grove.
Aurora’s Julia Bond wins at Professional Women’s Bowling Association Hall of Fame Classic
Aurora's Julia Bond poses with her first-place trophy from the 2021 Professional Women's Bowling Association Hall of Fame Classic at Arlington, Texas.
Anniversary of shooting at Henry Pratt Company in Aurora
The late Greg Zanis, right, and Beth Carter, talk at the one-year anniversary at the Aurora Historical Society of the February 2019 shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora.
Clean-up of six inches of snow in Aurora
Youth and adults dig out snow-covered Aurora streets and a driveway after an overnight snowstorm dumped six inches on the city Saturday and Sunday.