This week we will revisit naturalist and author Beatrix Potter and her magical creations. In 2014 I wrote an article about her, but a friend gave me a book recently entitled “Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life,” and there is much more to tell about her enchanting life. Beatrix was born July
Nancy Anderson of St. Charles, left, and Diana Raimond of Naperville pose with their prizes as champion and runnerup in the Norwegian soup contest held Super Bowl Sunday by Sons of Norway Polar Star Lodge 5-472 at St. Olaf Lutheran Church in Montgomery.
Neuqua Valley High School teacher John Gelsomino, from left, student Eva Topolewski, ABC 7 News anchor Rob Elgas, and student Barrett Bailey pose at the January 31 Leadership Conference, Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center, Naperville.
April 24 and 25, the A+ Foundation will celebrate the 14th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor. This year, four individuals will join the ranks of the 66 previously honored West Aurora School District 129 alumni when they are inducted into the 2020 Hall of Honor. • Marina
Members of the League of Women Voters stand at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday after Village president Dale Berman read a proclamation honoring the 100th anniversary of the Illinois League of Women Voters, which started February 14, 1920.
Senior general manager of the Fox Valley Mall, Scott Samson, offers an explanation at Tuesday afternoon’s Aurora mayor’s media briefing about the Mall being host to the State of the City Tuesday, March 3 at 6 p.m..
The Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club held its meeting January 29 at the Weisner Family Center for Career Development in Aurora to see the progress made in the short period of time the building has been open. The group heard plans for future career training areas, and toured the facilities. At
Neal Ormond waves to the crowd at the reception for his award of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Distinguished Media Award.
East Aurora High School 2020 Athletic Hall of Fame inductees between girls and boys games Friday, Jan. 31, from left are Jim Mennecke of Aurora, representing his twin brother, Chuck Mennecke, Marblehead, Ohio; Andy Toma, Sheridan; Lou Hernandez, Plainfield; and April Nelson, Temecula, Calif..
Yorkville High School’s Cole Yearsley, left, and West Aurora’s Kelvin Balfour go for a loose ball Friday. Host West Aurora won, 48-47, on a last second, halfcourt, shot by Balfour.
East Aurora High School’s Jabian Acosta shoots over Glenbard East’s Terrence Spencer, 2, Friday, Jan. 31.
Sundance is a male Domestic Short Hair brown tabby who was born in January 2019. Sundance had very little interaction with humans, or other cats. He was found in the Fox Valley area as a stray. He is normally calm and quiet, but will react to other cats by running
City government of Aurora officials introduce four Aurora Police Department personnel at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday.
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity volunteers and future homeowner, Connie Estrada, break ground for Estrada’s home at 423 Parker Avenue in Aurora January 18.
“Non, je ne regretted rien. No, I regret nothing.” —Edith Piaf The high drama of Edith Piaf’s life brought her 47 years on this earth to a place where her singing of chanson and torch ballads gave love, loss, and sorrow, a deep resonance. What a beginning! Edith Giovanna Gassion
First Fridays will be back with art, music, and more items in interest to the public in Aurora Friday, Feb. 7. The popular event will celebrate its eighth year when it returns after one month off. Several venues will be open to the public for a night of art and
Everyone can celebrate Black History Month with The Aurora Public Library’s (APL) newest featured exhibit at Santori Library, Telling a People’s Story: African-American Illustrated Children’s Literature. Originally shown at the Miami University Art Museum in Oxford, Ohio, and now visiting schools and libraries throughout the Midwest, Telling a People’s Story
Retired U.S. Army Major General James H. Mukoyama, Jr., is the guest speaker at the Navy League Aurora Council 247 during a presentation Tuesday, Jan. 21, at Grandma’s Table Restaurant in Montgomery.
Judge Elizabeth Flood discusses crime, punishment, and changes in the law with members of the Rotary Club of Aurora Monday at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora.
Jerad Chipman, senior planner for the Village of Montgomery, left, presents the Sustainable Initiatives quarterly update at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday.
