I work in the same office building with Aurora Regional Chamber of Commerce, which means I am lucky enough to get the opportunity to work closely and collaborate with them as well as my other office mates including Invest Aurora, Women’s Business Development Center, Aurora Area Convention and Visitors Bureau,
Joe Adkins of Wheaton shows his State heaviest pumpkin of 1,760 pounds in his back yard.
Open Roads ABATE of Illinois Chapter will meet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, at the Plano American Legion Post #395 at 510 E. Dearborn Street in Plano. Topics to be discussed are legislative updates, safety and education, Christmas Party, membership, Summer Book Run, election of officers, and events. Hope
Doug Needham, center, and Michelle Needham of Plainfield, provide pancakes at a past Aurora Noon Lions Club Great Pumpkin breakfast fundraiser.
Children are invited to participate in “Trunk or Treat” sponsored by St. Mary’s Catholic Church and United Methodist Church (UMC) of Plano. This event will be at the Plano UMC parking lot from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30, Children will go from car trunk to car trunk
Oswegoland Senior and Community Center, 3525 Rt. 34 in Oswego, will be host to pumpkin carving and a pizza lunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. The public is invited. Parking is free. Pizza and a beverage is $3. Advance registration is required by Tuesday, Oct. 18.
Aurora Noon Lions Club celebrates the induction of three new members at the Club’s Thursday, Oct. 6, meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Aurora.
Guests make s’mores over a bonfire at a taco night sponsored by Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora Oct. 5.
Kiwanis Club of Aurora’s new 2022-2023 leadership: From left, Brian Tonner, president; Bob Bridgman, immediate past president; Christina Campos, president-elect; and Kim Woodin, treasurer
Official Trick-or-Treating hours in the City of Aurora are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. The 6th Annual Halloween at City Hall will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the same day at Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place. The event will 10+ City
A boy holds a mini-U.S. flag while praying at a See You at the Pole prayer rally Wednesday, Sept. 28, at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Aurora.
The Aurora Police Department’s K-9 SPIKE (serve and protect with integrity and kindness to everyone) mascot greets some of the more than 1,000 visitors at the Aurora Regional Fire Museum’s Community Hero Day Saturday, Oct. 1.
American Legion Riders Post #181 Sandwich members register bikers and offer chances on the many raffle baskets.
The Aurora community mourns the passing of longtime alderman and the 58th mayor of Aurora, Robert J. O’Connor. Robert James O’Connor (Bob) died away at home September 15, 2022. “Aurora has lost one of its most dedicated public servants,” said Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin. “With a heavy heart, we
All kids in the community are invited to the Yorkville Congregational United Church of Christ annual Fall fest from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1. The free event will be held at the Church at 409 Center Parkway, Yorkville, two blocks north of Route 34 and two blocks
Reproductive activists will commemorate the life of Rosie Jiménez at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 1 at Water Street Mall, 44 E. Downer Place, Aurora. The Community Speakout in defense of reproductive justice for all honors Jiménez who died of an unsafe abortion October 3, 1977. Speakers will address their concerns
Rabbi Edward Friedman, leader of Temple B’Nai Israel in Aurora, leads an interfaith unity prayer joined by other faith leaders in Aurora recently.
Batavia Public Library director George H. Scheetz announced that he will retire next Summer after more than 18 years as director. Scheetz said, “It is with mixed emotions” that he is informing staff members and the community of his decision. He will retire prior to the beginning of the 2023-2024
Applause greets a youngster in a Mexican hat on Water Street during the Mexican Independence Day celebration in Aurora.
State representative Keith Wheeler will be host to three casual meet-and-greets next week to have conversations with residents on state issues important to families here in the Fox Valley. He be in North Aurora, Bristol and Geneva to make it convenient for all to attend. Please feel welcome to stop
