First Fridays in Aurora will return Friday, April 2 when several venues will open with art, music, and more events. Food trucks will join the monthly event this year. They will park in the lot across from City Hall each date. In lieu of the annual Food Truck Festival, typically
Montgomery resident, Navy veteran and veteran advocate Herschel Luckinbill thanks Navy League Aurora Council 247 members Tuesday (March 16) for a farewell tribute February 16. Luckinbill attended the March Navy League dinner meeting at One East Benton Street conference center in Aurora.
Volunteer Joe Jacobs of Jake’s Bagels & Deli in Aurora offers assistance Thursday, March 18 at Aurora’s fourth mass vaccine clinic at the former Carson Pirie Scott on Lake Street.
Learning is a lifelong process, if you’re open to it and lucky enough to see the value in it. Learning from mistakes can be tough to swallow, but it’s those lessons that can really stick with us. When Aurora Downtown was asked by community members last year why we didn’t
Calling on the community to help those in need, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, is encouraging residents to sign up to donate blood at a community blood drive from noon to 5 p.m. Monday, March 29 at the former Aurora Public Library, 1 E. Benton Street in Aurora. “Hospitals and
The Aurora Downtown Art and Market, Saturday at Society 57 in Aurora creates one more step in the building block to community involvement in spite of COVID-19.
Aurora residents express concern in front of City Hall Saturday to protest the proposed $35 Million public works facility next to a residential subdivision on East New York Street.
The Wheaton Police Department’s Polar Plunge team, Frosted Donuts, officially took the plunge Saturday.
March 6, 2021Dear editor; Did you ever have a teacher who had an impact in your life in ways which truly matter? At K.D. Waldo Junior High in Aurora, I discovered the most stimulating seventh-grade classroom was taught by a commanding presence, the late Mr. Roy C. Everson Jr. of
There will be many upcoming Easter events in March and April. • An Easter breakfast and indoor egg hunt will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 20, at Whitetail Ridge Golf Course, 7671 Clubhouse Drive in Yorkville. In addition to a buffet breakfast, games, bunny photos, a
Blackberry Farm, the Fox Valley Park District’s living history museum, is set to reawaken this year, after the entirety of the 2020 season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Season passes are available at early-bird rates through May 14. A resident season pass for a family of four costs
Egg Hunt on the Island will welcome all ages to downtown Aurora to search for artsy eggs placed in more than a dozen downtown storefronts. This month, the Aurora Downtown organization will be partners with Adventures in Scavenger Hunting to create an Easter scavenger hunt at 14 locations throughout downtown.
The Unity of Fox Valley Easter Egg Hunt will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 3, at the Unity of Fox Valley parking lot, 230 Webster Street, Batavia. To register please contact Mary at marynowroozi@comcast.net by March 22. In case of inclement weather, or if it is not feasible due
In the 1970s, president Jimmy Carter supposedly worried that Americans were suffering from collective malaise, the French word for an underlying feeling of discomfort, uneasiness. Carter was roundly ridiculed. A few years later, president Ronald Reagan campaigned in 1984 on the theme, in sharp contrast: “It’s morning again in America.”
As the streets thaw and the City comes back to life, Aurora’s downtown will welcome everyone back from their long Winter’s nap. A full year of events will continue to slowly roll out when the sidewalks start to bustle once again. Art and Market Aurora, held on the second and
Becky Dunnigan, Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry community outreach and program coordinator, directs traffic at a drive-thru food distribution Saturday, Feb. 20, at Simmons Park in Aurora.
The American Legion Riders Post 181 from Sandwich will be host to a “Bowl for Veterans” nine pin, no tap event Saturday, March 27, at Sandwich Idle Hour Lanes, 927 E. Railroad Street. Start times will be 4 p.m. and 7 p.m.. There will be prizes for first, second, and
The Aurora Historical Society display reflects a second-year memorial of the 2019 shooting at Henry Pratt Company in Aurora.
Kaitlynn DeRoos, of Yorkville, is 11 years old and from the time she was four, she spent her time wondering what she can do to make others feel loved and special. For this Valentine’s Day, she wanted to fill out and deliver as many Valentines as she could to nursing
