By Jerry Nowicki The Illinois government Tuesday this week announced the award of the first electric vehicle manufacturing-targeted tax incentives made possible by a law signed by governor JB Pritzker last year. The incentives come from the Reimagining Electric Vehicles (REV) Act, which passed nearly unanimously and became law in...
Naperville Grand Marshal for the Labor Day parade Monday this week are three Gold Medal champions for the USA Special Olympics
Illinois State representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) believes that children should understand the different jobs associated with vehicles and learn about the community around them. Every year, State representative Kifowit looks forward to her annual Kid Expo and Touch-a-Truck event. This event is a large scale, interactive, informative, and educational event...
Fairness, community, complete. Those are parts of the process for most of us in the journalism business, except for the minority who wield a disjointed, extreme, political view, and shed the idea of balance and propriety. Mainstream journalistic endeavors seek to provide the full scope of activities, in print and...
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council discussed results of the availability and disparity study performed by Griffin and Strong, P.C. at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Sept. 6. City government of Aurora documents show by accepting the study and recommendations, staff members can...
If you missed the Friends of the Library’s annual Used Book Sale during Hometown Days, it’s not too late to find a bargain. The Friends are having an after-the-sale sale. Gently-used books left from the weekend sale have been marked down in price to $.50 for all books except children’s...
September 4, 2022Dear editor; Thank you, Yorkville, for supporting your Yorkville Public Library by attending and purchasing books, puzzles, CDs, and DVDs at the Friends of the Library 14th Used Book Sale held over Labor Day weekend. All proceeds go directly to support and promote programs and services at the...
Second of three parts The first part is available at thevoice.us/medically-home-shifts-health-care-to-hospitals-at-home Hospitals in the United States are considering a concept known as “hospital at home.” It is according to an article by Nate Berg, published in FastCompany, magazine and online journal. “Dr. Margaret Paulson is physician lead for the Mayo...
The 42nd Scandinavian Day Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at Vasa Park, 35w217 State Route 31, in South Elgin. The celebration will features Nordic culture and heritage with foods and crafts, ABBA tribute band, vendors from Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden....
To help families prepare for the new school year, State representative Maura Hirschauer, D-Batavia, and State senator Karina Villa, D-West Chicago, were partners with WeGo Together for Kids to hand out hundreds of backpacks full of school supplies to local students. Community organizations were helpful. Hirschauer and Villa were co-hosts...
“What a mass of happiness had we travelled over.” —Thomas Jefferson, 1786 Thomas Jefferson sailed for France July 5, 1784 as commissioner and minister. His daughter Patsy, 12, found the sea voyage delightful. “There was a fine sunshine all the way with the sea as calm as a river,” she...
The eighth annual Hip Hop Festival in downtown Aurora Sunday, Aug. 28 offers a pulsating perspective.
In October 2015, I revived the “Now and Then” feature which originally had appeared in TONIT (that other newspaper in town, Aurora) many years ago. My introductory essay was a profile of Middle Avenue and, in particular, its role in tying up traffic in downtown Aurora whenever a freight train...
By Penny Panayiota DeligiannisAurora, Ill. We received an amazing telephone call from City Hall in Aurora, Ill.. In the State of Illinois, Aurora is the second largest city (Population: 177,070) after Chicago. With a unanimous vote, Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin and the Aurora City Council officially have approved to...
Ingredients1 cup whole wheat or white flour1/2 teaspoon salt1/8 teaspoon white pepper, or to taste1/8 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste2 pounds chicken breast tenderloins or strips2 tablespoons canola oil2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil2 cups chicken broth2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice1 (12 ounce) jar quartered marinated artichoke hearts, with liquid1/4...
If you don’t know the story of Coke, that’s a shame,For I feel that our lives should be seen much the same.The initial ingredients may have been great,But it lacked something, something, that would seal its fate.When that “something” was found. (just by accident, too),In effect. It became a great...
More than ever in history, marginalized groups are announcing to the world “we are here, we have always been here, and we matter!” This message is incredible for young people to see and hear who may feel that they don’t fit the norms, or feel unseen, or unheard. The Aurora...
By Al Benson Batavia Public Library’s popular monthly noontime book-review program, Books Between Bites, announces its 34th season. It will begin Thursday, Sept. 15, at the Library, 10 S. Batavia Avenue in Batavia, from noon to 1 p.m. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Programs are presented...
Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora, a nonprofit that fights diabetes, will hold an annual Fall drive-through barbecue dinner fundraiser from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15. The event will take place at Aurora Advent Christian Church, 905 N. Edgelawn Drive in Aurora. The public is invited. Proceeds will benefit...
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 September 9, 2021 column. The Voice will continue to offer previous...
