Guest speaker Nicholas Richard-Thompson, right, greets attendees at "What is Juneteenth to the Incarcerated?" at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Sunday, June 18.
By Jason Crane Members of the Aurora City Council listened to a proposal to redevelop the vacant and mostly-unused former Carson Pirie Scott building at 970 N. Lake Street at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, June 21. • Four individuals used their voices for...
Summer Sculptures arrived in Downtown Naperville! This year’s sculpture theme is Cruising Into Summer. As a result, 16 amazing pick-up trucks are scattered through the downtown area through Labor Day Weekend. Interested person can follow the 2022 Sculpture Map and wander downtown and enjoy the painted creations! In conjunction with...
The Fox Valley Brass Band Concert will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 26. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street, Aurora. Audience members will hear traditional brass band standards by Malcolm Arnold and William Himes, a Spanish march, brass choir music of Eric Ewazen, a Bach...
The Latin form Cleopatra comes from the ancient Greek meaning “glory of her father.” Her adopted title means “goddess who loves her father.” And so with very little of historic records, we form an opinion. No papyri from Alexandria survive. Almost nothing of the ancient city survives. There is one...
Dare I mention it? By the time you read this narrative, I will have had another colonoscopy. I’m not complaining about the procedure per se, because it’s actually like a weekend in Bermuda and over almost before you know it has begun. The 27 gallons of prep fluid you have...
By Donna Zine, Aurora, Ill. Ward resident I am opposed to any zoning and ordinance changes that would allow the current out-of-state owners of the former Carson Pirie Scot property, 970 N. Lake Street in Aurora, to install a passive income model storage unit at that site, or a car...
Ingredients1 teaspoon vegetable oil1 (4 pound) pork shoulder roast1 cup barbeque sauce1/2 cup apple cider vinegar1/2 cup chicken broth1/4 cup light brown sugar1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce1 tablespoon chili powder1 extra large onion, chopped2 large cloves garlic, minced1 teaspoon liquid smoke1 teaspoon lemon juice Directions1. Pour the...
When you are told you can’t have this or can’t have thatYou’re being told, quite succinctly, you have no voice.For all your freedoms, every one, will tell you flatThe bottom line is that you have freedom of choice. Regardless what is being said, no matter what,Freedom of choice is what...
Two new management team members have joined the ranks at the Aurora Public Library District (APLD). Mark Salem joined the administration team as our new finance manager and Monica Boyer was recently hired as our new senior manager of Children Services. We sat down to learn more about them, what...
Editor’s note: Recently in The Voice, the announcement was made of the death of the conductor of the column, Ask Grandpa, which provided readers with 503 weeks of sage advice, humor, and continuity. Below is the repeat of the June 24, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...
Naperville’s Independence Day festival, the Naperville Salute, announced its musical entertainment schedule for the afternoons and evenings of July 1-4. The 2022 Naperville Salute will kick off with a bang Friday, July 1 with Earth, Wind, & Fire tribute Shining Star as headliner at 8 p.m., preceeded by BBI at...
Aurora area residents were among 2022-2023 officers recently installed by Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, the club that fights diabetes. New officers were installed at the nonprofit’s June 16 meeting at Oak Street Restaurant in North Aurora. Installation officer was Vic Smith of Newark, past Cosmo Mid-States Federation governor and an...
The Naperville Police Department recently completed a round of tobacco/alternative nicotine product compliance checks June 7 and 8. The compliance checks were performed at 73 Naperville businesses to determine if local tobacco/alternative nicotine product retailers are complying with the minimum-age tobacco laws that prohibit the sale of tobacco/alternative nicotine products...
By Bobby Narang Owen Murphy’s place in Riverside-Brookfield High School baseball program history is set. The senior pitcher and infielder is one of the best players in program history. The University of Notre Dame recruit capped a stellar career by lifting the Bulldogs to the program’s first Class 4A regional...
This Summer anyone can stay all day in downtown Aurora by starting the day with a coffee beverage at one of our three coffee shops, then prepare for a day and evening of fun. The three coffee shops downtown: Endiro Coffee, 29 W. New York Street; Tredwell Coffee, 14 W....
By Woodrow Carroll It really comes as no surprise to those who are familiar with the world of sports. The strange and bizarre are an almost every-day occurrence. • The Atlanta Braves arrived in Chicago Friday, June 17 on a 14-game winning streak. The Braves’ opponent, the Chicago Cubs were...
Relevant and not-so-relevant thoughts: • Will the Chicago White Sox ever surpass the .500 mark and make a run at the Central Division leaders in the American League, Minnesota and Cleveland? Through Monday this week, the Sox were one game under .500, 32-33, and only 4.5 games behind first-place Minnesota...
Saturday, June 18, Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit, fourth from left, was host to her annual Shred and Recycle Event in the Waterford Parking Lot on Montgomery Road in Aurora.
Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry will be host to a 13-hour, three-location radiothon fundraiser from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 8. The live radio broadcast from multiple locations will be by 95.9 The River. The broadcast schedule is 6 a.m. to 10 a.m., Scott Mackay live at the...
