By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence Tuesday, May 23, at the Aurora City Council meeting to many individuals and organizations for their efforts in honor of National Preservation Month. Honored were owners of nine houses and three large redeveloped properties. The redevelopment
Aurora mayor Richard Irvin (second from left) is joined by executives of Seefried Properties, Endeavour Edged Electric, and ComEd at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Aurora Tech Park campus.
With temps up, Summer seems all ready to be here. I’m ready for Summer fun, and my calendar is filling up quickly with events to help me enjoy the longer days. Here’s where I’ll be this Summer, so I thought I’d share these community events that shine the light on
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council conducted a special City Council meeting, Tuesday, May 16, following the Committee of the Whole meeting. The reason for the meeting is to approve the mayor’s appointment of aldermen to the standing committees of the City Council and his designation of the chairpersons
The former Luigi’s Pizza building on Prairie Avenue in Aurora is demolished Tuesday, May 16.
Aurora police Sgt. Scott Carter, right, greets visitors to a second annual Aurora Police Department Coffee with a Cop Wednesday, May 10 at Java Plus Cafe in Aurora.
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin presented a proclamation to retiring Aurora alderman-at-large Sherman Jenkins at the Aurora City Council meeting, Tuesday, May 9, in honor of his service to the City. Mayor Irvin proclaimed September 27 as Sherman L. Jenkins Day, his birthday, in the city of
By Mary GoetschAurora, Ill. Thursday, May 11 marks the federal end to pandemic restrictions and related funding programs. If school closures, public library closures, and restricted business were the precursor to online living, then after May 11, there should be no more of this situation. I see Fermilab (in Batavia)
Fox Metro Water Reclamation District (WRD) will accept old, unwanted medications at their booth at the Aurora Greenfest Saturday, May 13. It is important that we keep those old medicines out of our precious water supply and prevent any misuse of these drugs. Please don’t flush those pills down the
Aurora firefighters honor nurses Monday, May 8 for National Nursing Week.
April 27, 2023Dear editor; I think that gaslighting in the City of Lights (Aurora) needs to be addressed. Gaslighting is a way of twisting truth with a finesse about it. It uses hyperbole to get you to believe what is not exactly true. In America, the big one is that
Ms Martinez’s fifth-grade class was one of five classes at Bardwell Elementary School on Aurora’s East Side which planted new birch and elm trees for the ‘Bloom Where You are Planted’ Arbor Day Ceremony.
Elected officials and Aurora Mayor’s Office staff members honored more than 50 administrative professionals at City Hall recently in honor of National Administrative Professionals Day.
New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora, will be host to acclaimed Chicago-based Orion Ensemble in a May 14 “Schubertiad” concert to celebrate the work of Franz Schubert. The concert will be at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 14. Tickets are $30 for adults. Concluding its 30th anniversary
Tulips on display in April is an annual event at the Sunken Garden in Phillips Park in Aurora.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence Tuesday, April 25, to members of the West Aurora High School AFJROTC (Air Force Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps) girls unarmed drill team for winning the 2023 national championship. The City Council unanimously approved the following agenda
The moon has been a source of fascination and wonder for humans for many centuries. On a clear night, the full moon can be a breathtaking sight! It is a reminder of our place in the universe, and it inspires us to dream of all the possibilities that lie beyond
Strong leadership, bold ideas, and a shared responsibility to improve the quality of life for the nearly 8.6 million people who call the greater Chicago region home are a few of the reasons why the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) presents the annual Regional Excellence Awards. CMAP executive director
By Jason Crane The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) presented one of seven Regional Excellence Awards to Fox Valley Developers for their Bloomhaven development, former Copley Hospital in Aurora, and city government of Aurora, at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, Tuesday, April 18. The
Shannon Cameron, executive director at Aurora Area Interfaith Food Pantry in Aurora, is a speaker at Citizens Police Academy of Aurora Alumni meeting at APD headquarters April 11.
