Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
Opening day of the annual Geneva Swedish Days includes children’s crafts. Parents help children enjoy the first day Tuesday this week. The festive days will culminate with a parade Sunday. Attempts to capture bubbles, far left, are a part of the fun Tuesday. Dustin Krueger/The Voice
The Fabulous Pixie Stix participate in song and spoof in the parade Sunday through the streets of Aurora. More than 60 parade units added an upbeat tempo through downtown in higher temperatures than 90 degrees. See a Reader’s Commentary here, and see video at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
Aurora’s popular Movies in the Park Summer Series has returned with a fun lineup of movies for June and July. Co-sponsored by the Phillips Park Zoociety, the Movies in the Park summer series features free films on an outdoor jumbo screen under the stars. Movies will begin at 8 p.m.
Sugar Ray performs at Oswego’s PrairieFest 2018 Saturday. The four-day event was the 30th year of celebration which ended with a parade. Ronda Bennett photo
Downers Grove North High School students and Parkland, Fla. delegation show a check at the end of the evening at DuPage Unitarian Universalist in Naperville Saturday. See article here. Carter Crane/The Voice
There will be a free concert from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at Fox Valley Kicker Club, 1015 Harvey Road, Oswego. The band Starlifter, a United States Air Force Band, is a seven-piece group of talented Airmen-musicians. The group performs virtually every musical idiom, from rock and
Aurora mayor Richard Irvin announced recently that Jose Martinez, a hometown hero who rescued a man from a burning car, will serve as grand marshal of Aurora’s 2018 Fourth of July Independence parade. “Jose is truly an inspiration to everyone in our community,” said Irvin. “He put his own life
Aurora • RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, Illinois Avenue and Lake Street, patriotic music, games, food, kids activities start at 6 p.m. . Fireworks will be Wednesday, July 4 at 9:35 p.m. over the Fox River with viewing at McCullough Park and RiverEdge Park. • Fourth of
Candidates running for new party and independent Will County offices and County Board districts, as well as Sanitary District trustees, can file their petitions. The last day to file petitions is at 5 p.m. June 25. The County Clerk’s Office will have notaries available at 8:30 a.m. in the Will
By Anthony Stanford – Talk about a great day to hitch a ride on the Bookmobile! June 12, special guest reader Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, a huge fan of books, participated in the Aurora Public Library (APL) “Stories at the Zoo” series at the Phillips Park Zoo. An animated mayor
Artist Cheryl Holz, discusses her work at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora meeting, Tuesday at the Prisco Center in Aurora. Recently, Holz and Kim Granholm, owner of Aurora Fastprint, collaborated to create a mural on the outside on the back wall of the Aurora Fastprint building on the north side,
Charlie Zine, Rotary Club of Aurora president-elect, left, poses for a photo with Rotary of Aurora president George Ball, at the Rotary Club of Aurora meeting Monday at Two Brothers Roundhouse. Zine presented a presidential pin to thank Ball for his year of service as president. Rotary Club of Aurora
Participants in Hinsdale Uniquely Thursdays receive the benefit of good weather Thursday, June 14 in the first of 10 successive weeks in Burlington Park downtown. The event includes music and food. Jason Crane/The Voice
Back row, left to right: Eubin Kim, Hawthorne Woods, (U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Ma.); Joseph Moore, McHenry, (U.S. Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colo.); James Stefo III, Antioch, (U.S. Air Force Academy); Sean Adams, Batavia, (U.S. Air Force Academy); congressman Randy Hultgren; Brennan Hare, Sugar Grove, (U.S. Merchant
The North Aurora Village Board approved the development and rezoning of the former site of the Fox Valley Golf Course at the North Aurora Village Board meeting Monday. Lincoln Valley on the Fox, proposed approximately one year ago by national homebuilder DR Horton, would be a 374-unit subdivision for an
Brother Chi and the Alchemists members Amy Roth and Dan Smolla sing civil rights songs Saturday, at the Aurora Santori Public Library. A video of the event can be seen at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
• Restoration at Bliss Woods: A habitat restoration work day will be held at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve in Sugar Grove Saturday, June 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Pulling garlic mustard and hedge parsley will be on the agenda. Please wear long pants, long sleeves, gloves, and sturdy shoes.
Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
A proclamation for the inaugural Aurora Pride Parade Sunday is held by co-chair of the parade, Kimberly Adams at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday evening. Gwyn Ciesla, left is co-chair, second from left is Richard Irvin, mayor of Aurora, and right is Chuck Adams. Other proclamations were presented for
