The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court (Kane County) is excited to announce a new Eviction Mediation Program, set to launch in April. With the eventual lifting of eviction moratoriums, the courts are seeking to mitigate the severe housing and financial impact the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing economic fallout is having on
The West Aurora Cemetery is seeking volunteers to help prepare an area in the Cemetery to plant native prairie plants. We will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 27, at the 601 Wilder Street entrance. Inspired by the Illinois Monarch Project, the Cemetery offers a perfect location to turn a
Learning is a lifelong process, if you’re open to it and lucky enough to see the value in it. Learning from mistakes can be tough to swallow, but it’s those lessons that can really stick with us. When Aurora Downtown was asked by community members last year why we didn’t
The Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego, is celebrating Women’s History Month with a special, free, online exhibit honoring the accomplishments of some of the Community’s most determined women. The exhibit includes mystery novelist Emily Murdock Van Deventer, who wrote under the pen name of Lawrence L. Lynch
The Venue, the 200-seat music performance space in Aurora, will continue livestream performances in April due to COVID-19 restrictions. All performances will be broadcast live from The Venue’s Facebook Page and YouTube Channel. At each performance, a donation is suggested and donations are split between the artists and The Fox
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora will hold a four-day indoor rummage sale fundraiser to fight diabetes.Sales will be held at Timberlake Clubhouse, 1600 Colorado Avenue in Aurora, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 26; 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 27; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, April
By John W. Whitehead & Nisha Whitehead Databit by databit, we are building our own electronic concentration camps. With every new smart piece of smart technology we acquire, every new app we download, every new photo or post we share online, we are making it that much easier for the
March 25 The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burns down and kills 145 workers. The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers. – 1911. An explosion at a coal mine in Centralia, Ill. kills
There will be many upcoming Easter events in March and April. • An Easter breakfast and indoor egg hunt will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20, at Whitetail Ridge Golf Course, 7671 Clubhouse Drive in Yorkville. In addition to a buffet breakfast, games, bunny photos, a
By Jerry Nowicki Governor JB Pritzker said he will consider ideas for directing hundreds of millions of new dollars toward K-12 education in the upcoming fiscal year, but proponents of such spending must offer ways to cut government spending, or raise necessary revenues elsewhere. He made those comments in an
Vaccinations to prevent COVID-19 in the third Mass Vax clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott store in Aurora, Saturday, offer help to 2,000 Aurora residents with the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, the names of the nine members of Aurora’s Civilian Review Board (CRB) were revealed. Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin established the CRB to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the
Education is important and comes under scrutiny, continually. Society’s focus is to return to full-time in-school building classes. It is easy for students who could be learning remotely to relax, not pay attention, and, even not attend, even though it would be hurtful to those students in the long run.
This article is not intended to provide legal advice, but to offer broad and general information about the law. Aaron Siri is the managing partner at Siri & Glimstad LLP, a complex civil litigation firm with its principal office in New York City. He wrote the following article that Federal
By Jason Crane An Aurora mayoral candidate forum Monday, March 1 through the Zoom video conference platform, allowed viewers to learn more about the three candidates seeking the job as mayor of Aurora for the next four years. An election will be Tuesday, April 6. League of Women Voters Aurora
March 8, 2021Dear editor; I am running for Village of Oswego Trustee. There are six of us candidates running for three open seats. If elected, my plan is to get up to speed as quickly as possible, and fill in the gaps between what I think I know and learn
The Sons of the American Legion of Plano Post #395 will be host to an all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 21. Menu Items include scrambled eggs, egg casserole, potatoes, bacon, sausage, biscuits and gravy, pancakes, waffles, and omelets. The breakfast will be served at
In the large cities in America and even in small towns, the Irish banded together for companionship and for recreation. Saloon-keepers formed social clubs which brought fellowship for the Irish. Soon they became cogs in the wheels of ward politics. The mines and factories had horrid working conditions, so unions
By Bela “Bill” Suhayda Sex exists in nature for the development of new generations of diverse organisms within many species. The very important reason for sexual reproduction, in nature, is for the production of new and diverse populations of plants, animals, or for that matter, human beings. Diversity is important
Calling on the community to help those in need, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is encouraging residents to sign up to donate blood at a community blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the former Aurora Public Library, 1 E. Benton Street in Aurora. “Hospitals and
