Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois (GSNI) plans to open a new resource center at 3425 Orchard Road in Oswego. The organization has sold its current building at 200 New Bond Street in Sugar Grove and seeks to be operating in its new location in early 2020. The new center is
Girl Scouts: What are they up to these days? There are impressive projects by some girls. One girl scout in Naperville, Amelia, has chosen Days for Girls (DFG) as her Gold Award project. She has embraced the mission to create a freer, dignified, and educated world by providing girls access
September 22, 2019Dear editor; These past few years I have presented my concerns to various bodies of government in the city of Aurora government. As any good learner or scientist, I have been willing to have my hypothesis proven wrong. My questions go unanswered. Instead, they call me old, a
Recent studies, such as the KidsMatter State of the Kids survey, show that today’s youth experience stress in their daily lives from a variety of sources, from bullying to homework to time spent on social media. The Naperville Park District is a partner with Lisa Lombardi Coaching Inc. to offer
Did you miss our Signing Storytimes last week at the Santori Public Library of Aurora? Are you looking for more early-literacy initiatives for your little person? Stop by any of our branches to get started on 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten. The Aurora Public Library (APL) is excited to introduce this
Matthew Bernardi is a senior at Metea Valley High School in Aurora and has been involved with Scouting since he was two years old. He strives to help everyone and to make our community and world better every day, and he thought hard about how to do that with his
Summer calm shifted in Autumn-like activity recently at Mooseheart when the campus’ students walked to school to begin the 2019-2020 school year. Although no tests had been taken, no homework had been assigned and all desks were just being occupied, the anticipation and expectation for the year was apparent when
Cars and spectators participate in the Oswego East High School Auto Club event Saturday, Aug. 24 at the School. The Auto Club, led by sponsor Tyler Friedland, a teacher at the school, holds the annual event to raise funds for the Club. The initial event, May 7, was rained out.
Naperville mayor, Steve Chirico, and the Naperville City Council extend an invitation to Naperville high school students to fill student positions on several Naperville government boards and commissions. The deadline to apply is Monday, Sept. 16. Interested students should apply online by clicking the apply button on the appropriate board
West Aurora School District 129 started the 2019-2020 school year with a new tradition, the presentation of a West Aurora Challenge Coin. Challenge coins, which began as a military tradition, have become a widely-recognized way of showing membership and boosting morale. West Aurora has minted a limited number of coins
One of our goals at the Aurora Public Library is to promote early literacy among our community, whether it is by having Parent’s Corners at all three locations with valuable resources to help parents, 1000 Books Before Kindergarten initiative that offers a self-paced program, or our popular storytimes! Each storytime
The Plano Community Library, 15 W. North Street, will be host to many events. For more information and to register, visit planolibrary.info or call 630-552-2009. • The Friends of the Library Book Sale:The Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held in the meeting room during regular library hours
August 13, 2019Dear editor; Again in 2019 the school children in Aurora are being helped by a great company: Affordable Roofing. The company gave the children much-needed school supplies to be helpful. The donation happens every year and the supplies are put to good use. I would like to personally
