Lifelong Auroran, Clarina Warren, celebrates her 100th birthday
Lifelong Auroran, Clarina Warren, celebrates her 100th birthday with family, friends, and community supporters.
Aurora Kiwanis seeks nominations for God and Fellow Man
The Kiwanis Club of Aurora announces its solicitation for the God and Fellow Man Award for 2023. The award is an annual tradition since 1975 and honors those individuals whose lives consistently reflect a charitable spirit and acts of service in the Aurora area community. Many faith backgrounds as well
Five milestones in Aurora worth historical information
We rise through legacy, growth, and community. This year, Aurora Downtown will celebrate five milestones that exemplify that truth which honors our City’s history and its forward momentum. 10 years of First Fridays Aurora has a long tradition of celebrating the arts. Prior to First Fridays, the Aurora ArtWalk was
Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity vision: 17-home site
By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity plans a 17-home subdivision for West Side Aurora. Barbara Zegiel, Habitat funds development director, reviewed plans for Habitat’s Green Freedom project at Aurora Noon Lions Club meeting Thursday, Feb. 16 at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora. Zegiel, who said she
Red Cross responds across wide area to home fires
American Red Cross responded to 24 home fires in Chicago, Evanston, Park City, Oak Lawn, Waukegan, Downers Grove, Brookfield, Streamwood, Mendota, and Bolingbrook in the past week and provided assistance to 113 individuals, including 40 children, through supplying them with basic items to meet immediate needs after a fire, and
Reader’s Commentary: Special salute for special 100-year-old Ray Moore
By Karen Nielsen Lorence It was many years ago that we met Ray Moore working out at the Prisco Center. He was a regular and a charming one at that! The intriguing thing is that Ray had a history that included World War II and I couldn’t get enough of
Another success Aurora Sunrise Rotary goal
By Charlie Schmalz In the Rotary Club of Aurora Sunrise’s 20th year of the Wine & Chocolate Extravaganza, the aim is to make it another success story. Our success depends on community participation. The theme this year is “Imagine Rotary”, which is the International theme for 2022-2023. The Rotary Club
Feed the Need meal packing at Naperville’s North Central College
A previous Feed the Need meal packing event is shown at Naperville’s North Central College (NCC) recreation center.
Women-only mobile food pantry at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora
Volunteers hand out free food and household products February 9 at a women-only mobile food pantry distribution by Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry.
Deacon Bruce Watermann, 72
We sadly announce the passing of a longtime stalwart leader in our Aurora community. Deacon Bruce Watermann, 72, died unexpectedly earlier this week. Affectionately known as Deacon Bruce, he served Aurora’s Catholic community for more than 40 years, of which 20 of those years were at St. Therese from 1999
Viking ship and shield at Geneva History Museum
Viking’s Voyage in Geneva: St. Charles residents Nancy and Arthur Andersen pose with the dragon head and tail of the Viking, an 1893 replica Viking ship chronicled in “Viking’s Voyage,” an exhibition at Geneva History Museum through Dec. 23.
Aurora Sunrise Rotary sponsors Student Youth Exchange
By Charlie Schmalz Aurora Sunrise Rotary participates in Student Youth Exchange for West Aurora and East Aurora High Schools. Students are given the opportunity to study abroad for one school year in participating countries through-out the world. In exchange, we have students who come to Aurora from around the world
Aurora Teens to Headline Inaugural Mr. and Miss Black Aurora Pageant
Eight Black teens from Aurora will make history on this first weekend of Black History Month at 6 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 4, at Copley Theatre, 8 E. Galena Boulevard, Aurora. They are the first-ever contestants in the inaugural Mr. and Miss Black Aurora Pageant presented by the City’s African American
Five White crosses, Henry Pratt Company shooting
The five white crosses commemorating the lives lost in the workplace shooting at the Henry Pratt Company in Aurora February 15, 2019, will be on display at the Aurora Historical Society from February 3 through February 18 at the Pierce Art and History Center. The crosses, made by the late
Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will meet at Gray’s Mill in Montgomery
The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold its February membership meeting Thursday, Feb. 9, at the historic Gray’s Mill Estate, 211 North River Street, Montgomery. Meeting and dinner will be held in the Second Floor Banquet Room. Dinner on your own off the menu at 5:30 p.m. and meeting
Open Roads, ABATE rides, meetings
Meetings for Open Roads ABATE of Illinois, Inc. Chapter will take place every other month this year with group rides and/or events on the non-meeting month. We will plan dates for our events and group rides to share with our members. Great ideas have been shared and we look forward
Gabriel Bradford receives speaker gift at the Rotary Club of Montgomery meeting
Rotarian Joe Yen, left, presents Gabriel Bradford a speaker gift at the Rotary Club of Montgomery meeting Thursday, Jan. 19, at the Montgomery Village Hall.
Lunar New Year celebrated at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora
Crowds gathered at Fox Valley Mall in Aurora to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit.
Habitat 17-home subdivision to be built in Aurora
By Al Benson Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit housing ministry, plans a 17-home subdivision on Aurora’s far West Side. The Reverend Jeffery Barrett, Habitat CEO/executive director and pastor at Genesis Community Church in Montgomery, announced the Habitat Green Freedom SMART Community. He said it will be at
Quad County Chamber re-launches Women of Influence
The Quad County African American Chamber of Commerce (QCAACC) announced recently that it has re-launched its Women of Influence (WOI) auxiliary, according to the chairman of the Board of Directors Sherman Jenkins and Sandra Harrison, WOI chairwoman. Saturday, Feb. 4 at the QCAACC’s Annual Scholarship Jazz Brunch at the Hotel