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Aurora Police Officer John Cebulski receives the first award of the Running 4 Heroes Grant

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Sunday, Aurora Police Officer John Cebulski, who was shot during the Henry Pratt mass shooting in Aurora last year, receives the first award of the Running 4 Heroes Grant, a charity started by an 11-year-old boy, Zechariah Cartledge of Seminole County, Fla

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Neal Ormond, III to receive Distinguished Media Service Award from IHSA

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Neal Ormond, III, West Aurora High School broadcaster, will receive the Distinguished Media Service Award from the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) prior to the boys varsity game against Yorkville Saturday.

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Pastor Julian Spencer Aurora 2020 African-American Leader of the Year

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The city government of Aurora’s African-American Heritage Advisory Board (AAHAB) will be host to its 16th Annual Heritage Scholarship Dinner February 28. During the annual crowning event of Black History Month, AAHAB will present scholarships to achieving high school seniors, recognize community members for their contributions to Aurora and fete...

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Kiwanis Club of Aurora accepting nominations for award

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The Kiwanis Club of Aurora is accepting nominations for its annual Service to God and Fellow Man Award. The criteria for the award is that nominees have voluntarily provided extraorinary service in the Aurora area and at least 21 years of age. Nominees considered for the honor are to have...

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Endiro Coffee will receive State honors

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Endiro Coffee, 29 W. New York Street, Aurora, will be the site of a brief presentation ceremony to honor its induction to the Illinois Office of Tourism “Illinois Made” Program at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Endiro was recognized for its commitment to sustainable business practices and high-quality coffee roasting....

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Compassion Foundation announces grant awards

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The Compassion Foundation of Aurora announced its 2019 grant recipients and will award $43,500, its highest total annual amount ever, to 12 non-profits, helping those in need, including: Breaking Free, Mutual Ground, Kiwanis Club of Aurora (Coats for Kids), Tri City Family Services, Aurora Interfaith Food Pantry, CASA Kane County,...

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Village of Montgomery awards for Festival of Trees and runners

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Village of Montgomery trustee Denny Lee, president pro-tem, presents awards to Kathleen Taylor and her grandson, Aiden Jaquez, for running half-marathons in all 50 states.

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Oswego co-op boys swimming & diving team, amazing season

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The Oswego co-op boys swimming & diving team continues its amazing 2019-2020 season with a second place finish out of 13 teams at the 65th Annual Riverside-Brookfield High School Invitational Saturday, Jan. 11.

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Angela Soderquist Naperville Santa House winner

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Angela Soderquist of Naperville received a surprise visit Friday, Dec. 27, from Woody, owner of Woody Buick GMC, the presenting sponsor of the Naperville Park District’s Santa House on the Riverwalk. He was hand-delivering the prize that she won as the 2019 Santa House raffle winner, which is a $500...

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Aurora laureate induction Jan. 15

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Aurora’s first poet laureate will be inducted next week, to start a new era of poetic expression in the City of Lights. Longtime Auroran, Karen Fullett-Christensen, will be installed for the inaugural poet laureate term at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.15. The ceremony will be held at Gwendolyn Brooks Elementary School,...

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Oswego Fire District receives a grant

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The Oswego Fire Protection District will purchase clothes for their mascot “Pumper the Fire Pup” whose purpose is to educate the public in relation to community fire protection and prevention, thanks to a grant from Illinois American Water. The Illinois American Water Firefighter Grant Program provides financial assistance to fire...

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Aurora votes for its best places in Best of the Fox

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With more than 14,000 votes cast in 52 categories, Shaw Media’s inaugural Best of the Fox Awards for Aurora inspired the community to vote in droves for the hottest places in the City of Lights. With the spotlight on the City of Lights, two of the top award winners come...

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Eagle Scout for 27 young men

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The Three Fires Council, Boy Scouts of America has awarded more than 300 young men the rank of Eagle Scout so far this year and the list keeps growing. Last month, 27 young men earned the highest achievement attainable in Scouts BSA, a program of the Boy Scouts of America...

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APL, Foundation, present two exceptional service awards

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The Aurora Public Library and the Aurora Public Library Foundation thanks everyone who attended the Magic in Motion auction held December 7. It was a night of celebrating the Bookmobile and honoring of members of our community. Two awards were given to honor the hard work and dedication of two...

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Aurora Historical Society bestows Victoria award on 2 rooms

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Honoring the late-Victorian period of the Tanner House Museum, the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) has bestowed its holiday season Victoria award on two rooms this year, decorated by Michael Bryant and Kevin and Rachel Rose Bee. The honor, given for the first time last year, recognizes rooms that capture some...

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West Aurora’s Neal Ormond in IHSA Distinguished Media Award

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The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) announced its seventh class of recipients of the IHSA Distinguished Media Service Award. The 2019-2020 honorees include two of the longest-active media members in Illinois, alongside a legendary high school sports writer. Fowler Connell is 95 years young and still going strong as a...

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