Month: March 2024

Late Joe Ruklick offers cheers for Northwestern

Northwestern University men’s basketball can be determined a success the last two seasons with two March Madness NCAA tournament berths. Each season the Wildcats won one game in the tournament and bowed out with a loss in the second game. Success can be relative. Prior to last season Northwestern accomplished...

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17th annual Aurora African American Health Coalition health fair

Crowds packed the Aurora African American Health Coalition’s 17th annual health fair Saturday, March 23 morning. The free, public event was held at Prisco Community Center in Aurora. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. The fair featured vendor information booths and free health screenings with physicians and...

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West Aurora High School’s Air Force JROTC program leaders and instructors recognized as Those Who Made a Difference

During this week's board meeting, West Aurora High School's Air Force JROTC program leaders and instructors were recognized as Those Who Made a Difference.

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Fox River Your Friend: Gary Zwick

By Al Benson Thursday, March 21, Gary Zwick gave a speech to Aurora Lions Club members on fixing the Fox River. Zwick, Friends of the Fox River president, presented “Meet Your Friend, the Fox River” at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. “Friends of the Fox River has been working...

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Impact of Greeks full: Athens to Aurora

With rain forcing the City’s Greek Flag Raising Ceremony indoors, a large crowd gathered to honor those who fought in the 1821 Greek Revolution and highlight the impact that Greeks – from Athens to Aurora – have had across the globe. Aurora mayor Richard Irvin and Alderman Ted Mesiacos—the only...

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RFP vital to artists on display

RFP. Those are three letters that I learned about in my career as an arts and community organizer. Not only did I learn what they stood for (Request for Proposal), but I learned their importance. I’m in no means an expert on RFPs, however I know that they can be...

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Organists to perform hymn festival

New England Congregational Church in Aurora will be a partner with the Fox Valley American Guild of Organists in a hymn festival featuring eight guest organists at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 14. They will perform in a concert in the church sanctuary at 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora. The...

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Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ, Spring rummage sale April 26-27

Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ, 409 Center Parkway in Yorkville, will hold its spring rummage and bake sale Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27. Donations of clean, usable items in good condition will be accepted at the church from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 21 and Monday,...

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Pet of the Week: Calm canine Cookie, needs home

Cookie is a female Labrador who is six years old. Cookie is a well-behaved, sweet, obedient, large dog. She is housebroken and sleeps soundly in her crate at night. She walks nicely on a leash and does not jump up when meeting humans. She is good with other dogs of...

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Many new laws seek to discourage dissent

By John & Nisha Whitehead Tyrants don’t like people who speak truth to power. Cue the rise of protest laws, which take the government’s intolerance for free speech to a whole new level and send the resounding message that resistance is futile. In fact, ever since the Capitol protests January...

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A Focus on History: March 28 – April 3

March 28 Martin Luther King, Jr., leads a march of striking sanitation workers in Memphis, Tenn.. Violence during the march persuades him to return the following week to Memphis, where he was assassinated. – 1968. At 4 a.m. the worst accident in the history of the U.S. nuclear power industry...

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St. Patrick’s Day celebration, annual parade, March 17

The luck of the Irish was alive and well in Aurora last weekend. It was all golden sunshine and blue skies – with green attire abound – Sunday, March 17 at the annual Aurora St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Irish Flag-Raising Ceremony in downtown Aurora. Spectators shamrocked the block of...

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Illinois state regulators consider massive utility spending

By Andrew Adams State regulators are once again considering massive electric utility spending plans that would affect the state’s climate goals – and 5.4 million electric customers’ monthly bills – after rejecting previous versions late last year. The Illinois Commerce Commission forced the State’s two major electric utilities, Commonwealth Edison...

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Women’s History Month event worthy

Even in acknowledging that a newspaper does not have the capability of including every news item within its pages, when The Voice is completed each week, the editor understands worthy articles were left behind, not included. The reader may not measure articles that way and look at only what appears...

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Aurora COW honors include Mayor’s Influence and Excellence Award

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored a City Hall staff member for Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and Women’s History Month at the Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, March 19. March is Women’s History Month and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and the City of Aurora is honoring a...

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Reader’s Voice: Aurora Greenfest exhibitors invited

March 11, 2024Dear editor; The Aurora GreenFest is back! Save the date for Saturday, June 8. The GreenFest will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Prisco Community Center and McCullough Park 150 W. Illinois Avenue in Aurora. As always, the GreenFest is a free and accessible event, so...

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Fox Metro Water Reclamation District meeting for sewer backup

Fox Metro Water Reclamation District held a meeting Monday for residents affected by a January 24 sewer backup. Approximately 20 people attended the hour-long session in the dining room of a McDonald’s restaurant at 2095 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora. Speakers were Chuck Nelson, Fox Metro trustee; and Karen Clementi,...

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