The Oswego Police Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association (OCPAAA) and Rotary Club of Oswego will offer a free shredding service from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 5, at the Oswego Public Works Facility, 100 Theodore Drive. Three boxes filled with paper will be accepted, per vehicle, until the shred...
Batavia’s popular monthly noontime book program, Books Between Bites, will welcome nationally-known commentator and former ESPN senior writer, Lester Munson, Thursday, March 20 from noon to 1 p.m. at the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Avenue, Batavia. Munson will discuss the book “Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of...
The Aurora Navy League Council 247 will hold its Tuesday, March 18, dinner meeting at the private room of the Riverview Diner, IL-25 and Mill Street, Montgomery. A reception will begin promptly at 5 p.m. followed by a meeting at 5:30 p.m. with dinner afterward. The cost is $25 all-inclusive...
Internationally acclaimed pianist Huntley Brown of Aurora rocked St. Paul Lutheran Church in Aurora Friday evening, March 7. Several hundred people attended. With children’s choirs and vocals by daughter Nadia Brown, Brown headlined an annual fundraiser for Covenant Christian School in Aurora. Brown is chairman of the Aurora K-12 private...
The A+ Foundation for West Aurora Schools will honor the Distinguished Alumni Hall of Honor recipients on April 25 and 26. This year’s inductees, Dr. Paul Eccher (Class of 1981) and Col. Richard Taylor (Class of 1996), will be formally recognized during the celebration. The recipients are scheduled to spend...
The city of Aurora will be painted green for the annual Daniel D. Dolan St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Irish Flag Raising at 11 a.m. Sunday, March 16. The shamrockin’ celebration will take place in downtown Aurora, centered on Downer Place between Water Street and Stolp Avenue. The parade will...
By Russ George The Diabetes Club of Fox Valley’s March Meet and Greet, organized by media chairperson, Ann McBride, to expose our Club and our mission, will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 15, at Panera Bread, 1450 Douglas Road, at Route 34, in Oswego. Why not...
In anticipation of the April 1 general election the League of Women Voters Aurora Area (LWVAA) is sponsoring several candidate forums for the Aurora City Council and for the Oswego School District 308 Board and the Oswego Trustees. Thursday, March 13: Virtual Forum ZOOM and League of Women Voters Aurora...
The Free Plano Food Pantry, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Friday, March 21 at at First Lutheran Church in Plano, 200 N Center Street, will offer a box of canned goods, fresh fruit, and veggies, frozen meat, bread, milk, eggs, and more. All in need are welcome to visit...
By Mavis BatesKane County Board Member, District 4Aurora Kane County’s Public Safety Sales Tax Referendum is on the April 1 ballot, and all of the voters in Kane County will have a chance to vote on it. It’s our job, as Members of the Kane County Board, to make sure...
Alley Art Festival will celebrate 15 years Saturday, Aug. 30. The independently run event is currently seeking local artists to apply. Applications will be open to artists until June 1. The popular, grassroots art festival will feature artists and artisans from noon to 5 p.m. on both pedestrian-friendly Water Street...
The Hollywood Casino Aurora and the City of Aurora Office of Economic Development will be hosts to a job fair seeking highly motivated people to fill more than 50 open positions Saturday, March 15 rom 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Waubonsee Community College’s Aurora Downtown Campus, 18 S. River Street...
Kane County board member Mavis Bates told Aurora Lions Club members Thursday, March 6 that the county will run out of money for public safety without the Public Safety Sales Tax Referendum. Bates, District 4 Kane Board member, detailed the proposed county retailers’ occupation tax, intended to raise $51 million...
Naperville Park District is offering a fun lineup of spring-themed events and programs for all ages and many interests from March through May. Please note that while some programs are free, others have advance registration and fee payment requirements. In addition to these upcoming events, the Park District will offer...
Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May Street in Aurora, will celebrate Pi Day Sunday, March 16, with a pie potluck event at approximately 11:45 a.m., following 10:30 a.m. worship in the Gathering Place room. Pi, is commonly rounded to 3.14, making March 14 the usual day to celebrate the...
Water Street Studios, 160 S. Water Street, Batavia, will be host to their Second Friday event from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, March 14. The art exhibition will feature artists Raul Rodea, Gerardo Madrigal, Juan Francisco Sepulveda, Joe Hernandez, and Pierre Lucero in the first floor Dempsey Galleries and...
Fox Valley Music Consortium, a nonprofit group of performing musicians, will celebrate March with three concerts. The public is invited. Tickets vary by concert. •Sunday, March 16, the Fox Valley Orchestra will perform a classical concert at 2 p.m. at Marmion Abbey church, 850 Butterfield Road in Aurora. The program...
The Kane County Sheriff’s Office and the Kane County Health Department (KCHD) are partners to offer free Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training to the public to equip community members with lifesaving skills. Twelve sessions will take place at various times March 13, 21, and 24, with a total of 288 spots...
The Forest Preserve District of Kane County is excited to celebrate its first 100 years of public land conservation and invites everyone to help celebrate as we embark on our next century of conservation in Kane County. On June 8, the Forest Preserve District will celebrate this monumental milestone with...
By Russ George Members of the Diabetes Club of Fox Valley will hold their March membership meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 12, at Oak Street Restaurant, 945 Oak Street, in North Aurora. Meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. in the East Banquet Room. Dinner is optional on members’ own...
