Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association (AARTA) members collected hats, mittens, scarves, socks and cash donations for needy kids Tuesday, Dec. 1, at Gaslite Manor banquets, 2485 Church Road in Aurora. Dick Schindel of Aurora, AARTA president, said the collection was the annual December AARTA Supporting Kids (ASK) project. Donations will
A self-described “gym rat all my life,” Harry Koth never had dabbled in the sport of boxing. Hadn’t worked the speed bag, hadn’t tweaked his footwork, hadn’t thrown an uppercut. It wasn’t until a difficult diagnosis, then a revelation in a newsletter, along with the advocacy of actor Michael J.
Johnny Kee, a World War II veteran Purple Heart recipient, celebrates his 100th birthday Saturday
Five Rosary High School athletes in the Class of 2021 have committed to continue their sports at the college level by signing National Letters of Intent at a ceremony this month in the School Library. • Elyssa Brault of Geneva, daughter of Patricia and Mark Brault, will swim for Brown
The Turkey Express in Aurora serves one of the five public housing buildings of the Aurora Housing Authority Monday.
It will be Small Business Saturday November 28. This year, shopping small is easier than ever in downtown Aurora. From antiques to unique home goods and boutique clothing stores, downtown Aurora is once again a burgeoning shopping destination. Screech. Enter COVID-19. Thankfully, small businesses in downtown Aurora continue to quickly
Sunny is a female Domestic Short Hair Brown Tiger who was born in March 2016 Sunny is very playful and curious. She can be very shy, but after a while her sweet side will come out. She would do best in a quiet home with not too much commotion and
The first three candidates to file for mayor of Aurora after 8 a.m. Monday at the Aurora City Hall, from left, listed alphabetically, are Richard Irvin, mayor; John Laesch, former East Aurora High School Board trustee; Judd Lofchie, alderman, 10th Ward.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, through the Zoom video conference platform, City Council members viewed a proposal of phase 1 of the Fox Valley Mall redevelopment plan. Centennial Real Estate Company in Dallas, Texas, owners of the Fox Valley Mall propose
Aurora VFW Post 68 rifle team members fire a salute at a Veterans Day ceremony in conjunction with Montgomery VFW Post 7452 Saturday at Riverside Cemetery in Montgomery.
Aurora Downtown annual Cocoa Crawl includes ladies lifting their mugs at Santori Library in 2019. Submitted photo
Bella is a female Pointer Mix who was born March 13, 2020. Bella loves to play with other dogs. She loves to play with kids and is gentle around toddlers. Squirrels are absolutely amazing to her. After a hard day of play, she loves to snuggle with the family. She
The Fox Valley Marines Detachment 1233, based in Aurora, and Scientel, with assistance from Aurora government volunteers, including Richard Irvin, mayor, Sunday in Phillips Park place free food packages into an auto of a former military person in Aurora.
Aurora Township Democratic Party members and assistants collect hundreds of election signs Sunday in conjunction with a Kane County election celebration at IBEW Local 461 on Sullivan Road in Aurora following success in the November 3 elections.
In a 2013 copy of “This England” magazine, I read about the Women’s Land Army (WLA) of World War II. It was a British civilian organization to bring women to the farms and fields to help the war efforts while their men were with the military service. The government wanted
By Woodrow Carroll Both football teams at Northern Illinois University and the University of Illinois have worked themselves into bad positions without victories through last weekend. Northern Illinois, 0-1, following a defeat at the hands of the visiting University of Buffalo, 49-30, in a season and home-opener in DeKalb, was
Aurora Sunrise Rotary offers services to the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora a few nights per month.
Aurora radio station 95.9 The River broadcasts from Prisco’s Family Market in Aurora Saturday, Nov. 7, in a benefit for Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry
By John Montesano The Fox Valley Veterans Breakfast Club named Carlos Aguirre the November Veteran of Month. Carlos was born November 7, 1978 in Aurora, where he lived until 1996 when he was graduated from West Aurora High School. Because of being one of six children, with many cousins, family
