Plenty of red, white, and blue on the parade route in Aurora’s Independence Day celebration Wednesday in front of the Paramount Theatre is a constant theme. See the video at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice Aurora Independence Day parade participants: The Aurora Lamplighter singers, a barbershop quartet, offer songs along the parade
Participants in an interfaith vigil Saturday in Aurora for families separated at the border show solidarity light with their phones on Water Street Mall. Approximately 300 concerned citizens attended on a warm evening. Speakers and a moment of silence for the families suffering marked the evening. Rabbi Friedman, Reverend Bell,
Thoughts, notes, quotes, and bits of information which could prompt growth; none of which may reach headline status, however, nuggets often have their places and may yield simple charm: • Most of us enjoy fireworks, both for historical purposes and a happiness factor with colors, delights, fulfilling expectations of dramatic
The West Aurora Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Group will meet Wednesday, July 18, at 6:30 p.m. at the 5th Ward Meeting Room, 1921 W. Galena Boulevard, West Aurora Plaza. Guest speaker will be Jim Jarvis, vice president of programming and sales for Aurora Civic Authority, which includes the Paramount Theatre, Copley
Organizers of the inaugural Aurora Pride Parade last week submitted a Letter of Intent to the city government of Aurora requesting to hold the next Aurora Pride Parade Sunday, June 9, 2019. “The inaugural Aurora Pride Parade is now a celebration for the history books,” said Chuck Adams, founder and
State senator Michael Connelly (R-Naperville) will be host to a series of Coffee and Conversations around the 21st District this month. Connelly invites all constituents to attend one of the events. A Coffee and Conversation is an informal forum where constituents can talk to Connelly about topics important to them,
Workers brave 90+ degree heat in the city of Aurora government’s partnership with the Will County government to fill four semi-trailers with used electronics at a free electronics recycling event, Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the city’s of Aurora’s public parking Lot W, 309 N. River Street.
Aurora Noon Lions Club president Rodrigo “Bobby” Menendez, left, gives a welcome to Aurora resident Ken Leask, right, Monday, as a new member. The Club meets at noon on the first and third Mondays at Luigi’s Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora. Al Benson/The Voice
Outgoing Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club president Ben Black, left, passes the Club’s charter to incoming president, Linda Callaghan. Her term will run through June 30, 2019. She said she is looking forward to working with the wonderful group, and will continue with the Club’s contributions to the community. The Club
EJ Tackett shows a big, ceremonial, check Monday after he captured the championship of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Xtra Frame Parkside Lanes Open in Montgomery. The Huntington, Ind. resident won $10,000 for the championship after he defeated Bill O’Neill, 210-171, in the championship match. AJ Johnson of Oswego took
Six members of the Boys Baseball of Aurora (BBA) were inducted into the 10th Hall of Fame Saturday at Turner’s Field in Aurora. That brought the total to 89 inductees. The first year for the HOF was in 2009. The six inductees: Andy Weis, as a player in Minors, Majors,
World War II veterans pose for photos. The Kendall County Salute to Veterans steak fry June 22 at the Kendall County Fair Grounds featured veterans of all ages, including World War II veterans. From left, first row, Ray Moore, Don Schindlbeck, Clarence Roth, Wayne Borneman; second row, Bob Johnson, Dick
The release of a butterfly that had just emerged from its cocoon is an appropriate way to honor the life of the late Fran Caffee at Fox Valley Park District’s Blackberry Farm Sunday. A Burr Oak tree was planted on Caffee’s memory and it should live for 300 years. Its
The iconic Oscar Mayer Wienermobile makes an appearance at the Mariano’s grocery store Sunday near 75th Street and Naper Boulevard in Naperville. There are six similar vehicles traveling throughout the country handing out a limited number of hot dogs and wiener whistles. Jason Crane/The Voice
• Kane County’s Recycling collection event: The Kane County Electronics Recycling Program one-day event will be Saturday, July 14 from 8 a.m. to noon at 540 S. Randall Road. There will be document shredding available with a limit of four boxes. Electronics, books, and latex paint will be accepted at
Jose Martinez was honored at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday as the Independence Day/Fourth of July parade grand marshal. Martinez, an Auroran, recently risked his life to pull a man out of a burning vehicle that crashed in front of the Martinez house on New York Street in Aurora.
By Al Benson – Two Aurora Methodist churches will come together Sunday to begin services and serving as one church: Flowing Forth United Methodist Church! Flowing Forth UMC was created in a union of historic Fourth Street UMC, 551 S. Fourth Street in Aurora, and Flowing Grace UMC, at Aurora
There will be a free concert from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 1 at Fox Valley Kicker Club, 1015 Harvey Road, Oswego. The band Starlifter, a United States Air Force Band, is a seven-piece group of talented Airmen-musicians. The group performs virtually every musical idiom, from rock and
“Let’s ring freedom bells!” said president John F. Kennedy when he established the national Independence Day bell-ringing observance in 1963. At that time Congress set aside two minutes on the Fourth of July when citizens all across the country would simultaneously ring bells of all kinds. The Aurora Historical Society
Aurora children can receive free lunches each weekday during the Summer, thanks to a new collaboration with Northern Illinois Food Bank’s Summer Meals Program. The Meals on the Move program is a mobile meals route that provides free and nutritious boxed lunches to children and teens up to the age
