The Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry and Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry will join forces Friday to end Summer childhood hunger. The two food pantries, both in Aurora, will take part in the annual Matching Pallet fundraiser, with a goal of $25,000, an amount that will be matched by six businesses:
Aurora • RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, Illinois Avenue and Lake Street, patriotic music, games, food, kids activities start at 6 p.m. . Fireworks will be Wednesday, July 4 at 9:35 p.m. over the Fox River with viewing at McCullough Park and RiverEdge Park. • Fourth of
Joseph Nussbaum, Nicholas Zillier, and Christopher Ensign (not in photo), receive the Naperville Fire Chiefs Award at the Naperville City Council meeting June 19. They are Centennial Beach lifeguards who saved a 14-year old from drowning and used the AED (Automated External Defibrillator). City government of Naperville photo
Banana Split in Aurora celebrates 35 years of serving ice cream to the Aurora community, Thursday, June 21. Owners Randy and Lisa Brown received honors for their accomplishment in front of their store. Randy Brown expressed his appreciation of the community support and the 237 who were employed over the
• Aurora Electronic Recycling: The City of Aurora, in partnership with Will County, will be host to a free Electronics Recycling Event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 30 in the City’s public parking Lot W, 309 N. River Street. All items are free to recycle, including televisions,
Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
Opening day of the annual Geneva Swedish Days includes children’s crafts. Parents help children enjoy the first day Tuesday this week. The festive days will culminate with a parade Sunday. Attempts to capture bubbles, far left, are a part of the fun Tuesday. Dustin Krueger/The Voice
The Fabulous Pixie Stix participate in song and spoof in the parade Sunday through the streets of Aurora. More than 60 parade units added an upbeat tempo through downtown in higher temperatures than 90 degrees. See a Reader’s Commentary here, and see video at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
Aurora’s popular Movies in the Park Summer Series has returned with a fun lineup of movies for June and July. Co-sponsored by the Phillips Park Zoociety, the Movies in the Park summer series features free films on an outdoor jumbo screen under the stars. Movies will begin at 8 p.m.
Sugar Ray performs at Oswego’s PrairieFest 2018 Saturday. The four-day event was the 30th year of celebration which ended with a parade. Ronda Bennett photo
Downers Grove North High School students and Parkland, Fla. delegation show a check at the end of the evening at DuPage Unitarian Universalist in Naperville Saturday. See article here. Carter Crane/The Voice
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
Aurora mayor Richard Irvin announced recently that Jose Martinez, a hometown hero who rescued a man from a burning car, will serve as grand marshal of Aurora’s 2018 Fourth of July Independence parade. “Jose is truly an inspiration to everyone in our community,” said Irvin. “He put his own life
Aurora • RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, Illinois Avenue and Lake Street, patriotic music, games, food, kids activities start at 6 p.m. . Fireworks will be Wednesday, July 4 at 9:35 p.m. over the Fox River with viewing at McCullough Park and RiverEdge Park. • Fourth of
By Anthony Stanford – Talk about a great day to hitch a ride on the Bookmobile! June 12, special guest reader Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, a huge fan of books, participated in the Aurora Public Library (APL) “Stories at the Zoo” series at the Phillips Park Zoo. An animated mayor
Participants in Hinsdale Uniquely Thursdays receive the benefit of good weather Thursday, June 14 in the first of 10 successive weeks in Burlington Park downtown. The event includes music and food. Jason Crane/The Voice
By Jason Crane – The Aurora Santori Public Library was host to an event Saturday, to remember the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.. Civil rights songs were performed by members of Brother Chi and the Alchemists, Amy Roth and Dan Smolla. Nearly 90-years-young, civil rights activist Ernest E.
Brother Chi and the Alchemists members Amy Roth and Dan Smolla sing civil rights songs Saturday, at the Aurora Santori Public Library. A video of the event can be seen at facebook.com/thevoice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice
• Restoration at Bliss Woods: A habitat restoration work day will be held at Bliss Woods Forest Preserve in Sugar Grove Saturday, June 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Pulling garlic mustard and hedge parsley will be on the agenda. Please wear long pants, long sleeves, gloves, and sturdy shoes.
Golf outing for East Aurora July 19 The Aurora East Educational Foundation will be host to its 17th annual benefit golf outing Thursday, July 19, at the Phillips Park Golf Course, on Ray Moses Drive in Aurora, near the intersection of Hill Avenue and Montgomery Road. The golf outing is
