Aurora Winter Lights scene delightful
Aurora held its annual Winter Lights parade and celebration Friday, Nov. 18 to open the season’s delightful course.
Oswego museum offers Cat’s Meow
The holiday shopping season kicks off and Oswego’s Little White School Museum, 72 Polk Street, Oswego, is offering two unique Cat’s Meow architectural miniatures for sale as their 2022 fundraiser, along with a selection of many other Oswego-themed gifts. The two latest Cat’s Meow architectural miniatures of Oswegoland historic structures
Holidays held for specific reasons, thankfully
Thanksgiving Day holidays propel us ever faster into the thick of the many significant holidays. Can late December be far behind and Christmas and New Year’s? There will be Pearl Harbor’s Remembrance, December 7; Hanukkah, December 18-26; Kwanzaa, December 26-January 1, 2023. We always can find meaningful holidays. Perhaps Thanksgiving
Mayor’s Award to Gators, Phyllis Kramer, at City Council
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored the Aurora Gators 12U Pop Warner Football team, Tuesday, Nov. 22, at the Aurora City Council meeting for winning the Illinois state and regional championships. The team is looking for financial help with travel expenses so they can compete the first week
Reader’s Voice: Troubling: Elevating Oath Keepers’ founder
November 2, 2022Dear editor; This is in response to “First Amendment, Bill of Rights Key to Democracy” by John and Nisha Whitehead in The Voice October 13. The Whiteheads’ commentary is a meandering, somewhat paranoid anti-government diatribe with a paucity of factual reasoning. Most troubling to me is the apparent
Native Americans’ right to vote among the most violated
Reprinted from November 12, 2020First of three parts Here’s how Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights conflicts on the eve of the
Diabetes club aim: Aurora twins
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley are raising funds, to assist Jackson and Elliot Webster in obtaining two Diabetic Alert Dogs (DADs), from the organization, Medical Mutts, in Indianapolis, Ind.. Jackson and Elliot are seven-year-old twins, who live in Aurora, Ill. with parents, Paul and
Snow Angels needed for seniors in Aurora
Snow Angels are needed for Aurora’s Operation Senior Shovel Program, which clears snow for senior citizens and residents with disabilities during the winter season. Nature will provide the snow, the City of Aurora provides the salt, and volunteers will provide the shovel or snow blower and the goodwill to a
West Aurora Cemetery Board to meet Dec. 3
The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, at the home of one of the trustees. Anyone with family buried at the Cemetery or any interested community members are welcome to attend, The Cemetery is the oldest in Aurora and
Southwark center of London liveliness for many centuries
A Roman map of Londinium in the 16th Century shows only one bridge across the river. Only two copper plates of the original bridge remain, one of which is in the Museum of London. In the beginning of the 17th Century, Southwark was the center of things. Here were the
Thoughts on elections, presidency, list of certain failures
I’m so thankful this Thanksgiving that those nutty midterm elections have passed and turned out fairly well. Now I don’t have to relocate to Canada and get stressed out building an igloo or eating whale blubber. Political commercials, be gone! Surely I jest. They’re all ready popping up. Now that
Reader’s Commentary: Voters may take disagreement road with Aurora Council
By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. We voters who take the difficult road of disagreeing with the Aurora City Council on the Casino plan to move, are in the good company of former State governor, Pat Quinn. He made the statement he decided not to run in the Chicago mayoral election
Recipe of the Week: Turkey Tetrazzini
Ingredients1 (16 ounce) package uncooked spaghetti1/2 cup butter1/2 cup all-purpose flour3 cups chicken broth2 cups milk1 2/3 cups grated Parmesan cheese4 cups chopped cooked turkey1 can of peas, drained Directions1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Lightly grease a baking dish. 2. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to
Poem: Go Fly A Kite
You don’t have to read Mary Poppins to citeThe pleasure you get just from flying a kite.Of course, you would hope for a rather stiff breezeTo have it get airborne in a semblance of ease.You also found out your kite needed a tail,Without it, your kite would do nothing but
Nutcracker sneak peek performance at Eola Road Library in Aurora
It’s a holiday tradition. The Nutcracker’s swirling snowflakes and dancing mice have been gracing the stage for 130 years! This season, Library customers will be offered a sneak peek of the performance during An Afternoon with the Nutcracker at the Eola Road Branch. Saturday, Dec. 3, dancers from the Fox
State representative Stephanie Kifowit, Marine Corps: Toys for Tots
With the holidays quickly approaching, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is announcing that she is a partner with The Marine Corps Toys for Tots for another year to be a drop-off location for new toys. Donations will be collected at her district office at 1677 Montgomery Road, Suite 116 in
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry ready for Giving Tuesday Nov. 29
Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry’s volunteers are busy at the Pantry as you can imagine! The week before Thanksgiving is always full of excitement. Thank you for the generous support, allowing us to share the abundance with households most in need. In spite of the very real effects of inflation, with
Dr. Robert Renteria at the Aurora Alive Center in downtown Aurora
Dr. Robert Renteria, above, offers remarks as the guest speaker Monday, Nov. 21 at the Aurora Alive Center in downtown Aurora with a focus on youth who can be provided positive leadership.
Turkey Shoot golf tournament, Naperbrook Golf Course
Naperbrook Golf Course was host to the annual Turkey Shoot golf tournament Saturday, Nov. 19. With Springbrook Golf Course closed for renovation, the tournament quickly filled to the maximum of 90 players. Four teams finished with a score of 33. The team of Chris DuPuis, Casey Sanborn, Nick Cairo, and
Aurora Noon Lions Club receives Aurora City report
Aurora officials shared city economic development updates with Aurora Noon Lions Club members at the Club’s November 17 meeting. Alex Alexandrou, Aurora’s chief management officer and chief of staff, and Trevor Dick, assistant director of the mayor’s Office of Economic Development, were keynote the Lions’ meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran