By Deena Sherman – My parents were married right out of high school in the early 1960s. With a union job at a steel mill and a license to operate a beauty shop, they quickly saved enough to buy a house and enter the middle class. Fifty years later, two
Aurora city government is seeking a riverboat grant to develop the former Fox Valley Park District administrative offices, 712 S. River Street, into a center for non-profits. Aldermen heard a report on the “Thrive Collaborative Center” concept during its Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, April 2 at City Hall.
Director of Community Development for North Aurora, Mike Toth explains the Sugar Grove Boundary Agreement at the North Aurora Committee of the Whole meeting Monday. The Village staff is updating the jurisdictional boundary line agreements with Aurora and Batavia and are discussing a new 20-year term with Sugar Grove. The
The Standard Market in Naperville recently closed, including the grocery section, along with the Standard Market Grill restaurant and The CUBE wine, beer, and cheese bar. In Westmont, the Standard Market Grill, The CUBE, and Standard Tacos & Margaritas, 333 East Ogden Avenue, remain open and so does Bakersfield Wood-Fired
Oswego residents Barbara and Rick Kayer, right, Sunday receive Oswego’s Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist United Methodist Women 2019 Service Award. Presenters, left, are Carol Dodd, Yorkville; and Janet McCarty, Oswego, Church of Good Shepherd UMW president. Al Benson/The Voice
Bibi Belford, author of Crossing the Line, shares excerpts of her book Tuesday at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora meeting at the Prisco Center. The book is an award-winning middle grade novel inspired by the true events leading up to the 1919 Chicago race riots. The book includes a story
Education at West Aurora District 129 Schools was the topic at the Rotary Club of Aurora meeting Monday. Executive director of A+ Foundation, Ingrid Roney, left, and Whitney Martino, assistant principal for learning and instruction at District 129, pose with Charlie Zine, Rotary Club of Aurora president. The A+ Foundation,
Marilyn Katz of Aurora shows a map of Israel during a presentation for the Aurora Noon Lions Club Monday at Luigi’s Pizza in Aurora. Katz, a member of Aurora’s Temple B’nai Israel, returned from a trip to Israel recently and had lived in Israel for eight years while she earned
Rabbi Edward Friedman gives remarks in front of windows representing the 12 tribes of Israel during a “Meet Your Jewish Neighbor” program Sunday at Temple B’nai Israel in Aurora. Al Benson/The Voice
Izaiah Lopez, 8, is memorialized at his house on N. Lake Street in Aurora following his death March 25 when his life was cut short by a hit-and-run driver. A gofundme account has been set up to raise funds for his burial. The driver has been captured. Jason Crane/The Voice
A risk the people of Aurora should not have to to take: By Richard C. Irvin, mayor, Aurora, Ill. After a nearly a week of news reports that convicted-murderer Thomas Kokoraleis would reside in nearby Wheaton following his release from custody, Aurora was blindsided over the weekend, March 30-31, when
By Miriam Meza – Toys have taken over the Aurora Public Library’s (APL) Eola Road Branch Children’s Department! Although they spark joy for us, in the tidying up method of Marie Kondo, we know they’ll spark more joy for you! The APL- Eola Road Branch will hold its third annual
The A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools will celebrate the 13th anniversary of the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor April 26 and 27. This year, six individuals will be inducted into the Hall of Honor: Raphael Podolsky, William Farrar, Eric Whitaker, Julie Ann Cassiday, Timothy Fisher, and Kristen Ziman. •
• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The next event will be Saturday, April 13 from 8 a.m. to noon at 540 S. Randall Road. Electronics and books will be accepted. There is a fee for TVs and computer monitors, both tube and flat screen, of $25. for screens under 21
Ultimate baked potato bar April 7 Help us feed the hungry. In May 42,000 pounds of potatoes donated from The Society of St. Andrew will be brought to the parking lot of the Church of The Good Shepherd, 5 West Washington Street, Oswego. The potatoes will be distributed to community
A 14- year-old boy found Wednesday wandering the streets in Newport, Kentucky says he is Timmothy Pitzen, missing from Aurora since 2011. Wednesday morning, the Aurora Police Department sent two detectives to the Cincinnati area to assist the FBI office there to check on a missing person tip. Detectives working
By Tim Norris – After 175 years, Spring Bluff Farm is still in the hands of the Norris family. Spring Bluff Farm, purchased by Matthew Norris in 1844, is in Blackberry Township on Norris Road in Kane County. Its name is a reference to the gravel kames left by glaciers
Four women show plaques they received at the 2019 Phenomenal Woman of the Year Award seventh annual event Thursday, March 21 presented by Boys II Men at Piper’s Banquets in Aurora. The recipients, from left, are, Skyy Calice, Erica Kegarise, Jonelle Meeks, and Karina Villa. The theme was, “Your Glow
The white wooden crosses which commemorate the five victims of the February 15 shooting at the Henry Pratt Company warehouse in Aurora, will be solemnly transferred to the Aurora Historical Society (AHS) Sunday, March 31 at 3 p.m. at the Pierce Art and History Center, 20 E. Downer Place, Aurora.
Cannabis legislation was the focus Saturday morning for the panel at Waubonsee Community College Downtown Campus in Aurora. Bills in both the State Senate (316) and the State House (2353) would make cannabis legal to take it off the illegal market. Joe McMahon, Kane County State’s attorney, was against the
