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Matt Brolley, Montgomery Village president, takes a swing at the Greater Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Golf Outing at Top Golf in Naperville Friday. Proceeds support the Waubonsee Community College Scholarship Fund. Established 20 years ago, the GMACC founders had a vision to establish a network of Montgomery-area businesses dedicated to supporting one another and establishing a presence through community interaction. Jason Crane/The Voice

Alice Sutcliff Memorial Golf Classic:

On May 2, 2019May 2, 2019 By admin

Matt Brolley, Montgomery Village president, takes a swing at the Greater Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual Golf Outing at Top Golf in Naperville Friday. Proceeds support the Waubonsee Community College Scholarship Fund. Established 20 years ago, the GMACC founders had a vision to establish a network of Montgomery-area businesses...

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Hope Wall teacher Chrissy Schoeberlein and her talented students from The Hope Wall Art Club show their wall-sized mural. West Aurora School District 129 photo

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Hope Wall Art Club Mural:

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Robyn Stecklein - North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer discusses scams that target senior citizens

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Discussion about scams which target seniors

On May 2, 2019May 3, 2019 By admin

Robyn Stecklein, North Aurora Police Department crime prevention officer, is a speaker Thursday, April 25 at Cinemark Tinseltown USA theater in North Aurora on scams which target seniors. Stecklein and two Kane County Sheriff’s Office employees, Krysta Kaus and Judith Dawson, were speakers prior to the screening of “The Best...

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First baby bison of the year born at Fermilab April 20

On April 25, 2019April 26, 2019 By admin

Fermilab offers several annual traditions for its Batavia area neighbors, from Family Open House to STEM Career Expo. But none is quite as anticipated as the birth of each year’s first baby bison. Saturday, April 20, baby bison season officially began. The first calf of the year was born in the early morning...

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Cruise Night in Aurora May 25

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Aurora Veterans Advisory Council and the Fox Valley Park District will present the fourth annual Cruise Night from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, May 25 at McCullough Park, 100 W. Illinois Avenue, Aurora. There will be many classes of cars, including stock and classic cars from 1940 and later....

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Kiwanis Club of Aurora pays visit to Aurora Regional Fire Museum:

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Brian Failing, executive director of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, shares information about the Museum at the Kiwanis Club of Aurora meeting Tuesday at the Museum. Started by the Aurora Fire Department in 1968, the Museum was created to preserve the Department’s history. It moved to its current location, the...

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Children react in a previous Storytime Prom at the Aurora Public Library. Submitted photo

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Storytime Prom at Aurora Public Library Eola Road Branch

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Children react in a previous Storytime Prom at the Aurora Public Library. Submitted photo By Miriam Meza – Remember high school prom? The rotating disco ball, wearing an outfit that made you feel like a million bucks and dancing the night away? Well, grab your dancing shoes and your sweet...

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Mary Poppins at West Aurora

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West Aurora High School Drama Troupe 2013 will perform its Spring musical, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins, based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney film, May 2, 3, and 4 at 7 p..m, and May 5 at 2 p.m., in the West Aurora High School...

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Students share at Sunrise: Nearly a dozen Waubonsee Community College students spent their Spring break in Houston with “Helping Hands and Hearts” a group helping to rehab homes damaged by hurricane Harvey that devastated Houston two years ago. The group shared its experience with members of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club recently at Mother's Pancake House in Aurora. The Club helped finance the trip. The students talked about the long hours, the skills they learned, their sore muscles, the devastation they saw, the suffering of the inhabitants, and most important, the fun they had as a group, and the good feeling they had about what they did. The Club members expressed their appreciation and admiration for the students who spent their Spring break to help those in real need. Here are eight of the 10 students who made the trip and the two chaperones. Tom Clark photo

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Students share Helping Hands experience with Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club:

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Nearly a dozen Waubonsee Community College students spent their Spring break in Houston with “Helping Hands and Hearts” a group helping to rehab homes damaged by hurricane Harvey that devastated Houston two years ago. The group shared its experience with members of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club recently at Mother’s...

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Robert Green, traffic engineer for the city government of Aurora shares information Monday with the Rotary Club of Aurora members about the future of traffic trends and technology. He said the future of traffic engineering is merging with information technology. Green said L.E.D. lighting for traffic signals saves money but doesn't melt snow, which the incadescent bulbs do. A solution is being sought. The City is working with Illinois Department of Transportation to help the traffic flow on Broadway in downtown Aurora. Jason Crane/The Voice

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Future of traffic trends and technology in Aurora shared with the Rotary Club of Aurora

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Robert Green, traffic engineer for the city government of Aurora shares information Monday with the Rotary Club of Aurora members about the future of traffic trends and technology. He said the future of traffic engineering is merging with information technology. Green said L.E.D. lighting for traffic signals saves money but...

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The el Dia del Nino celebration (children's day) at the Aurora Public Library in 2018 will be followed by this year's celebration April 28. Submitted photo

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Children’s Day at Aurora Public Library April 28

On April 18, 2019April 18, 2019 By admin

The el Dia del Nino celebration (children’s day) at the Aurora Public Library in 2018 will be followed by this year’s celebration April 28. Submitted photo By Miriam Meza – Do you remember being a child and being excited for the many celebrations throughout the year? Whether it was...

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State Houses pass bills: Teacher minimum pay

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By Grant Morgan – A second bill raising the minimum annual salary for Illinois teachers to $40,000 found legislative success last week. Senate Bill 10, sponsored by senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), passed on a 45-11 vote Thursday, April 11. It would provide a five-year ramp to increasing Illinois’ minimum...

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Waubonsie Valley High School/Metea Valley High School ice hockey team of Aurora receives a salute from the Aurora City Council

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State champion: Waubonsie Valley High School/Metea Valley High School ice hockey team of Aurora receives a salute from the Aurora City Council Tuesday evening at Aurora City Hall for recently capturing the Illinois State high school hockey championship in the Combined Varsity tournament. Both schools are in District 204. There...

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First Ward alderman Kristina “Tina” Bohman and Eighth Ward alderman Richard “Rick” Mervine receive tributes at Tuesday’s Aurora City Council. Jason Crane/The Voice

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Tributes at Aurora City Council

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First Ward alderman Kristina “Tina” Bohman and Eighth Ward alderman Richard “Rick” Mervine receive tributes at Tuesday’s Aurora City Council. They did not seek another term in office. Jason Crane/The Voice ...

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Linda Callaghan, left, president of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club, welcomes Brian Failing, executive director of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, who gave a report on the state of the museum to the Rotary Club at Mother’s Pancake House in Aurora. Failing has been executive director for three years. Visits to the museum have increased from 3,000 annually to 11,500. Tom Clark photo

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Aurora Regional Fire Museum state of the museum presentation to Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club

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Linda Callaghan, left, president of the Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club, welcomes Brian Failing, executive director of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, who gave a report on the state of the museum to the Rotary Club at Mother’s Pancake House in Aurora. Failing has been executive director for three years. Visits...

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High school students share plans with Rotary Club of Aurora:

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Students and representatives from three Aurora-area high schools gather Monday for a photo at the Rotary Club of Aurora meeting at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora. Several times each year, student guests are invited to attend Rotary meetings to share their high school experiences, extra curricular activities, and plans after...

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Boxcar communities in Midwest Aurora Public Library April 25 presentation

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By Miriam Meza – The Aurora Public Library (APL) will be host to Dr. Antonio Delgado for a presentation entitled “Mexican Boxcar Communities of the Midwest.” The presentation will be from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 25 at the Santori Library, 101 S. River Street, Aurora. Dr. Delgado...

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Plano Library projects: Crochet, movie, kids’ stories

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The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • Knit and Crochet Group, Thursdays, 10 a.m. to noon. This informal group works on its own projects, discusses types and colors of yarns, and...

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Carly Perillo of Sugar Grove is the Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association scholarship winner

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Carly Perillo of Sugar Grove, 2018 Aurora Area Retired Teachers Association scholarship winner, addresses the group Tuesday at Gaslite Manor in Aurora. A Rosary High alum and student at both Waubonsee Community College and College of DuPage, Perillo thanked the members of the association. She said she will use her...

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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 about an inter-racial friendship which triggers a series of events that will change both of their lives forever.Bibi is a former classroom teacher, reading teacher, and literacy coach in the East Aurora School District 131, who lives in Chicago and has written books for children and teens. Jason Crane/The Voice

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Author of Crossing the Line shares excerpts of novel inspired by events leading up to 1919 Chicago race riots with Kiwanis Club of Aurora

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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...

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