Month: September 2021

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Special program for Hispanic Heritage Month at Aurora Public Library District

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¡Es hora de celebrarel Mes de la Herencia Hispana! Del 15 de Septiembre al 15 de Octubre, el Distrito de Bibliotecas Públicas de Aurora (APLD) celebrará a la comunidad hispana y sus culturas vibrantes con muchos eventos divertidos bilingües, en español e inglés. For Aurora Public Library District (APLD) Spanish...

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Ask Grandpa: Advice on seeking employees, marriage

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Grandpa,I wish the politicians could see how this money give-away in early 2021 is now ruining the country. During the height of the pandemic, it was helpful. A lot of people were able to eat and stay afloat with the help. But to continue to give unemployment benefits this late...

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More selected communities of 5,000 and more population

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Population Census 2020 Cook County • Barrington*2020 = 10,7222010 = 10,327 DuPage County2020 = 932,8772010 = 916,924 • Addison2020 = 35,7022010 = 36,942 • Bensenville2020 = 18,8132010 = 18,352 • Roselle2020 = 22,8972010 = 22,763 • Warrenville2020 = 13,5532010 = 13,140 • Wood Dale2020 = 14,0122010 = 13,770 • Woodridge2020...

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Tips helpful: Fall planting of balled-and-burlapped trees

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Fall is a great time to plant trees, many of which are originally grown at a nursery either in a plastic container or in the ground before they are balled and burlapped. How the tree is grown in its first years and then planted affects the long-term health of the...

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Events Food Fundraiser

Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora barbecue fundraiser September 23

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Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora will hold a drive-through barbecue dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, at Aurora Advent Christian Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public is invited. Proceeds will benefit the club’s anti-diabetes programs. Included are diabetes research, education and wellness, Americans...

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Pet of the Week: Esther: Sweet mama cat, ready for home

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Esther is a female Domestic Shorthair Calico who was born in June 2019. Esther is a sweet mama cat who is ready for her loving, forever home. She has been in a house with children and lots of other cats. Esther can be timid and needs time to adjust. She...

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Remembrance ceremony of September 11 attacks in Aurora

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Six Aurora firefighters were deployed to New York City immediately following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. After a non-stop 16-hour drive to New York, they worked for four intense days on rescue and recovery efforts. They returned home, forever impacted by what they experienced. Two decades later, the...

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Government

‘Forever Ready to Serve’ motto guides trip to Louisiana

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Twenty years after six Aurora firefighters left home to assist in New York City following the September 11 attacks, five more Aurora firefighters answered Tuesday morning this week another national call to assist. Personifying the motto, “Forever Ready to Serve,” Aurora Fire Department leaders, left to right in the adjacent...

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Naperville remembrance at the Shanower Memorial

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On the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the Exchange Club of Naperville will be host to the September 11 remembrance at the Cmdr. Dan Shanower Memorial outside of the Naperville Municipal Center, 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville. This event pays tribute to Naval Cmdr. Dan Shanower,...

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Sports

Illinois will seek recovery at Virginia in early-kickoff game

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By Woodrow Carroll Give the University of Illinois football team credit for being entertaining. The Fighting Illini in their two games did not reach a conclusion until the final minute. Sadly, from the Illini standpoint, the second of those two Illini games did not end up a victory. The Saturday,...

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No Northern Illinois surrender, just victory in Atlanta

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Tyrice Richie made a diving catch of a two-point conversion pass with 38 seconds to play to give the Northern Illinois University Huskies, 1-0, a 22-21 victory over Georgia Tech, 0-1, Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium in Atlanta, Ga.. The reception, made official after a review that seemed much...

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High school football schedules Sept. 10 and Sept. 17-18; results Sept. 3-4

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Friday, Sept. 10DuKaneGeneva at Glenbard North, 7:30 p.m.St. Charles East at Lake Park, 7:30 p.m.St. Charles N. at Wheaton Warr. S., 7:30 p.m.Wheaton North at Batavia, 7:30 p.m. Fox ValleyDundee-Crown at Burlington Cen. 7 p.m.Crystal Lake Cen. at Cary-Grove, 7 p.m.Prairie Ridge at Huntley, 7 p.m.Crystal Lake South at Hampshire,...

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Firefighters deployed to assist in Louisiana Ida recovery

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Firefighters from North Aurora, Sycamore, Naperville, and Lisle Departments were among 45 members of 31 Illinois departments who recently were deployed to assist in Hurricane Ida recovery efforts in Louisiana. Don Davids of Aurora, president of Wheeling-based Mutual Aid Box Alarm System, said “MABAS received a tasking from the Illinois...

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Oswego 9/11 Memorial 10 a.m. September 11

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The Oswego Police Department and the Oswego Fire Protection District are inviting the public to attend a memorial Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. At 10 a.m., there will be a public event at the Oswego First Responder Memorial at the Oswego...

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Pop-up food pantry, school supply give-away in Aurora

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Aurora mayor Richard Irvin offers a driver a backpack filled with school supplies during a pop-up food pantry by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry at Georgetown Elementary School in Aurora August 14.

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Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry to visit seniors

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For the first time, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry’s mobile pop-up pantry will visit Fox Valley senior, low-income and supportive living facilities. A truck with volunteers giving away food and household items will be parked from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 15, at Mercy Housing, 1259 E. Wilson St....

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Greg Thomas, former Aurora police chief, to speak at Aurora Navy League Council 247

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The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its Tuesday, Sept. 21 dinner meeting at Riverview Diner, IL-25 and Mill Street, Montgomery. You do not need to be a member of the Navy League, or have a reservation, to attend the in-person meeting, the general public is welcome. A reception...

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