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Montgomery officers receive badges: Two police officers in Montgomery receive their badges at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday at the Village Hall following a swearing-in ceremony by Village Board president Matt Brolley. Left, Eboni Lankard places a badge on her husband, Jason Lankard. Right, Scott Meyn receives his badge placement from Armando Sanders, deputy chief. Jason Crane/The Voice

Montgomery officers receive badges:

Two police officers in Montgomery receive their badges at the Montgomery Village Board meeting Monday at the Village Hall following a swearing-in ceremony by Village Board president Matt Brolley. Left, Eboni Lankard places a badge on her husband, Jason Lankard. Right, Scott Meyn receives his badge placement from Armando Sanders,...

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Naperville Chef Showdown: Chef Mark Grimes, middle, holds a trophy after Che Figata was announced the winner of the Loaves & Fishes’ second annual Naperville Chef Showdown fundraiser, Wednesday, April 17 in Naperville. The competition was between two teams led by chef Crispin Plata from Mesón Sabika and chef Grimes from Che Figata. The sold-out event supports Loaves & Fishes Community Services. Left to right, Loaves & Fishes Board member Dr. Laura Bokar, Fox Valley Institute; chef Mark Grimes, Che Figata; Loaves & Fishes Board member Joe Chura, Dealer Inspire. Runner-up was Meson Sabika, chef Crispin Plata. Loaves & Fishes Community Services

Naperville Chef Showdown:

Chef Mark Grimes, middle, holds a trophy after Che Figata was announced the winner of the Loaves & Fishes’ second annual Naperville Chef Showdown fundraiser, Wednesday, April 17 in Naperville. The competition was between two teams led by chef Crispin Plata from Mesón Sabika and chef Grimes from Che Figata....

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Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall, left, and Fire Chief Mark Puknaitis, right, present Emergency Communications manager Kalah Considine, center, with Naperville’s 2019 Telecommunicator of the Year Award.

Kalah Considine receives Naperville Award

The Naperville Police and Fire Departments have awarded the 2019 Telecommunicator of the Year Award to Emergency Communications manager Kalah Considine, who retired April 18, after 42 years of service to the City of Naperville. The announcement of this year’s honoree comes during National Public Safety Telecommunications Week, April 14-20....

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In North Aurora: Dale Berman, Village president, in his annual State of the Village address Wednesday, April 10 in the Oak Street Restaurant, gives a focus to the new vision statement of the Village government: An attentive municipal organization that connects with community, commerce, and nature. Carter Crane/The Voice

State of the Village of North Aurora includes a new vision statement

Dale Berman, North Aurora Village president, in his annual State of the Village address Wednesday, April 10 in the Oak Street Restaurant, gives a focus to the new vision statement of the Village government: An attentive municipal organization that connects with community, commerce, and nature. Carter Crane/The Voice...

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Ice cream dreams by Fourth of July: Workers clean the windows of the former Aurora Silverplate Manufacturing building in downtown Aurora at 6 E. Downer Place. The building is being restored and a planned ice cream shop has a target date to open by the Fourth of July. The site has been vacant for many years. Jason Crane/The Voice

Ice cream dreams by Fourth of July:

Workers clean the windows of the former Aurora Silverplate Manufacturing building in downtown Aurora at 6 E. Downer Place. The building is being restored and a planned ice cream shop has a target date to open by the Fourth of July. The site has been vacant for many years. Jason...

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Standing ovation for Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman

At the April 9 meeting of the Woman’s Club of Aurora at Belle Salle Banquets, Kristen Ziman, chief of the Aurora Police Department (APD), was presented with a $500 check to honor APD first responders by Club president Cathy Martin. Chief Ziman thanked members for the outpouring of support from...

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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

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

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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Tom Muth, Fox Metro Water Reclamation District manager, shows the District's 2018 Popular Annual Financial Report Monday to Aurora Noon Lions Club members. Muth, an Aurora Noon Lion member, said the report is intended to be a brief, but meaningful summary of the services that Oswego-based Fox Metro provides for 300,000 residents from Batavia to Yorkville. Al Benson/The Voice

Fox Metro Financial Report shared with Aurora Noon Lions Club members

Tom Muth, Fox Metro Water Reclamation District manager, shows the District’s 2018 Popular Annual Financial Report Monday to Aurora Noon Lions Club members. Muth, an Aurora Noon Lion member, said the report is intended to be a brief, but meaningful summary of the services that Oswego-based Fox Metro provides for...

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Four more years: Naperville mayor Steve Chirico captured four more years in a close race by defeating opponent Rocky Caylor with more than 51 percent of the vote. Chirico thanks all his supporters at a victory party Tuesday evening at Empire Burgers & Brew in downtown Naperville. Left, is Chirico’s wife, Julie. A video can be viewed at facebook.com/the voice.us. Jason Crane/The Voice

Chirico re-elected mayor in Naperville

Incumbent mayors Steve Chirico of Naperville and David Kaptain of Elgin won their respective re-election bids in the consolidated election Tuesday. Incumbent executive leaders Gail Johnson of Oswego and Gary Golinski of Yorkville, however, fell to defeat in their bids to remain in office. A variety of referenda, tax hikes,...

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The Standard Market in Naperville recently closed, including the grocery section, along with the Standard Market Grill restaurant and The CUBE wine, beer, and cheese bar. In Westmont, the Standard Market Grill, The CUBE, and Standard Tacos & Margaritas, 333 East Ogden Avenue, remain open and so does Bakersfield Wood-Fired Grill directly across the street at 330 East Ogden Avenue. Jason Crane/The Voice

Standard Market in Naperville closes; Westmont location still open

The Standard Market in Naperville recently closed, including the grocery section, along with the Standard Market Grill restaurant and The CUBE wine, beer, and cheese bar. In Westmont, the Standard Market Grill, The CUBE, and Standard Tacos & Margaritas, 333 East Ogden Avenue, remain open and so does Bakersfield Wood-Fired...

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Spring Bluff Farm in Kane County’s Blackberry Township has its roots in seven generations the last 175 years

Spring Bluff Farm: Ready for its 175-year anniversary

By Tim Norris –  After 175 years, Spring Bluff Farm is still in the hands of the Norris family. Spring Bluff Farm, purchased by Matthew Norris in 1844, is in Blackberry Township on Norris Road in Kane County. Its name is a reference to the gravel kames left by glaciers...

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Chas in the military: Stockade on the way to medical unit

When last we saw The Chas, a new Army recruit, he had been ordered to take a train to San Antonio, Texas, and report to Fort Sam Houston, where he would learn to be an orderly in a mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH). Unfortunately, he had gotten on the wrong...

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Particle accelerator project under way at Fermilab

Particle accelerator project under way at Fermilab

With a ceremony held Friday, March 15, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory officially broke ground on a major, new, particle accelerator project that will power cutting-edge physics experiments for many decades. The new 700-foot-long linear accelerator, part of the laboratory’s Proton Improvement Plan II (PIP-II),...

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Reader’s Commentary: For 83rd District residents, March 17, 2020 primary important

By Angela Clay Thomas –  February 15, State representative Linda Chapa LaVia accepted an appointment to lead Illinois’ Department of Veterans’ Affairs. Chapa LaVia’s departure from the 83rd House District, which includes most of the West Side of Aurora and portions of the East Side of Aurora and North Aurora,...

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New in 83rd District: Judge Michael Noland, 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Kane County, swears in Barbara Hernandez recently as the State representative in the 83rd District, mainly Aurora. She fills the vacancy created by the selection of Linda Chapa LaVia as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs by governor JB Pritzker, pending State Senate confirmation. Chapa LaVia had been in office since her election in 2002. Submitted photo

New in 83rd District:

Judge Michael Noland, 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Kane County, swears in Barbara Hernandez recently as the State representative in the 83rd District, mainly Aurora. She fills the vacancy created by the selection of Linda Chapa LaVia as director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs by governor JB Pritzker, pending...

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Aurora Public Library Executive director Michaela Haberkern offers a five-year plan

Aurora Public Library executive director Michaela Haberkern offers a five-year plan

By Miriam Meza –  Have you been following along with what’s new at the Aurora Public Library (APL)? You might know we have a new executive director, Michaela Haberkern. You probably have been wondering what her vision is, what her background is, or just want to know more about her....

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Cindy Sellen Just Food Initiative

Cindy Sellen brings talent, experience, to Just Food Initiative

Cynthia (Cindy) Sellen, joined The Just Food Initiative of the Fox Valley as the new part-time coordinator of development February 1. Her position will call on her expertise in fundraising and in relational marketing, as well as her experience in social services and education. Cindy and her husband, Peter, long...

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Montgomery seeks trustee

Montgomery Village president Matt Brolley is seeking a qualified Village resident to serve on the Village Board as a Village trustee to fill a vacancy from May 2019 through May 2021. The Village Board is the decision-making body responsible for enacting legislation and providing direction for all areas of Village...

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Amy Roth

Plans for Aurora include Route 59 commercial, buildings

The Aurora City Council March 5 Committee of the Whole meeting at City Hall included plans for Route 59 commercial corridor building, road resurfacing, and firefighters’ ballistic vests. • Plans for Route 59, old West Aurora building discussed. A Route 59 corridor plan that lays out a new look and...

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North Aurora Village trustee Mark Guethle said Prevailing wage helps the community.

Prevailing wage, Lippold Park, North Aurora discussion

By Jason Crane –  The North Aurora government’s Committee of the Whole meeting Monday included a discussion about prevailing wage for the Town Center Economic Incentive Agreement. Village documents show Preferred Real Estate, owners of the inline shopping center between Target and J.C. Penney in North Aurora Towne Centre, have...

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