Naperville Park District invites the community to celebrate New Year’s Eve at the Millennium Carillon. The 2019 Celebration at the Carillon is a free event, with two opportunities to celebrate the New Year, one for the whole family, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and one for those who want to celebrate
Father Matthew McMorrow of St. Joseph Parish in Aurora, Ill., a first-year participant in the 68th Anniversary of Lehnertz Avenue Christmas Display offers a crib blessing.
A boy portraying a shepherd tends goats in the first live nativity at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Aurora Saturday, Dec. 14.
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to a blood drive, 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30. To schedule a donation, please sign up at the Library or at planolibrary.info. Appointments are preferred, but walk-ins are welcome. All donors will receive a $5 library
Aurora • Through December 26 Phillips Park Festival of Lights Everyone can drive through one of the largest free light shows in northern Illinois. The Festival of Lights at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, has more than 25,000 cars every year to view dozens of displays totaling more than
Jayceon Tolson, 5, of Aurora receives a gift from sign-language Santa Dan Basalone of Lisle at Aurora Noon Lions Club’s annual yule party Thursday, Dec. 12, for deaf and hearing-impaired students.
The Oswego Senior Center, 156 E. Washington Street, Oswego, will be host to many events for seniors. All events will take place at the Oswego Senior Center, unless otherwise noted. • Community Tax Volunteers are Needed! Oswego Senior Center is looking for volunteers to provide free tax assistance through the
The Batavia American Legion Post 504 thanks the general public for being so generous during it’s “Gifts for Yanks” poppy collection on Veterans Day weekend. The Post thanks the Batavia merchants who were kind to allow the Post to collect at their business’. They are: Apple Villa Rest., Briana’s Restaurant,
The mascots for Plano Schools were happy to take part in the recent Rockin’ Christmas parade and other festivities. • P.H. the Panther from P.H. Miller School; • Cheetah from Centennial School • Josie the Jaguar from Emily G. Johns School; • Ted the Tiger from Plano Middle School. Superintendent
Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water Street in Batavia, will celebrate the New Year with our community of Resident Artists and instructors. January 2020 will mark the beginning of new art classes, new Resident Artists, a new website, and more! Participants will not miss out on the unique experience to
Along with the African American Men of Unity the Aurora Fire and Police Departments will join the Wednesday, Dec. 18 Festival of Lights volunteer efforts to make the night a huge success! Traffic is usually slower during the week, however, because we are lacking seven days of open Festival of
The Cocoa Crawl, a part of Aurora First Fridays, sponsored by Aurora Downtown Friday, fills sites, sidewalks, and stores.
Santa will stop by shops along Broadway in downtown Aurora this month in the return of the program Santa on Broadway. Children can enjoy a visit and pictures with Santa from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the following dates and locations: • Saturday, Dec. 14, Santa will stop at
A costumed-volunteer Santa Claus, Dan Basalone of Lisle, will use American Sign Language to “talk” Christmas wishes with 50 deaf kids and caregivers from East Aurora and West Aurora public school districts at 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12 at the ninth annual pizza party and gift giveaway at Luigi’s Pizza,
The West Aurora Cemetery Board of Trustees will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28. at the home of a Board member. This historic cemetery, 543 Wilder Street in Aurora, is the oldest cemetery in Aurora and contains the graves of many of Aurora’s founders. Military burials
A drive down Lehnertz Avenue and Lehnertz Circle, on Aurora’s northeast side of Aurora, at Sheridan Street and Lehnertz Avenue, likely will elicit the spirit of the season. The homeowners have joined to tell the story of Christ’s birth, with displays in front of every home from Sheridan Street, across
Aurora • Through December 26 Phillips Park Festival of Lights Everyone can drive through one of the largest free light shows in northern Illinois. The Festival of Lights at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, has more than 25,000 cars every year to view dozens of displays totaling more than
Val W. Zimnicki of Taxpayers United of America holds documents in a press announcement Thursday, Dec. 5 in Geneva which reveal excessive government pensions.
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events this month. 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
Encouraging residents to donate new toys for children in the community, State representative Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, will be host to another annual Marine “Toys for Tots” Toy drive at her District Office, 1677 Montgomery Road, Suite 116, in Aurora. Kifowit has a collection bin for the Marine Toys for Tots
