The Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board will be host to the 17th annual African American Heritage Scholarship Dinner Friday, Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. at Belle Salle Banquets, 1920 E. New York Street. During the dinner, the Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board will: • Induct the 2023 Class
Lunar New Year began Sunday, Jan. 22, and Aurora honored the occasion with a New Year’s Eve celebration to usher in the Year of the Rabbit.
The last Tuesday of January (January 31 this year) is National Vacation Planning Day or NVPD. According to the U.S. Travel Association, “It is a day to encourage Americans to plan their vacation days for the whole year at the start of the year, and inspire them to use those
Drum Major MLK Awards were distributed Monday evening at East Aurora High School onMartin Luther King, Jr. Day.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to details for a proposed $1.2 million grant for the IT Department for the installation of 32 cameras and 21 license-plate reader systems at the Tuesday, Jan. 17 Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting. The cameras and license-plate reader systems would be
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council unanimously approved plans for the creation of a new City department at the Aurora City Council meeting, Tuesday, Jan. 10. City of Aurora government officials explained plans for the creation of the new department, Public Facilities. The department will be comprised of existing
Editor’s note: The second of two parts this week follows part one in the December 15, 2022 edition of The Voice by Charles Coddington which was a focus on two of the “Big Eight” manufacturing hubs in Aurora, All-Steel and Austin-Western Company. Aurora used to be a major manufacturing hub
The 16th season of the Aurora Festival of Lights ended successfully. Open since the day after Thanksgiving Day, the popular drive-thru light show closed Christmas Day with vehicles waiting in lines more than a half-mile long to see the one-mile of dazzling lights … and a few famous friends waiting
Help the environment by making sure real Christmas trees are reused as mulch and isn’t taken to a landfill. Beginning Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 real Christmas trees will be picked up for free during weekly trash and recycling collection. For two weeks, from Monday, Jan. 9, 2023 through Friday, Jan.
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin and members of the Aurora City Council, honored first responders and Aurora residents at the Aurora City Council COW meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 20. The Mayor’s Award of Valor was presented to six Aurora police officers responsible for rescuing nine-year-old Tyshaun LaFlore in
With the forecasted weather over the next week, the City of Aurora is opening a centrally-located overnight temporary warming center to provide a safe, warm space for those in need. Beginning tonight, Tuesday, December 20, the Aurora Transportation Center, 233 N. Broadway, will be open each night from 7 p.m.
Eight new businesses opened at Fox Valley Mall just in time for holiday shopping. Aurora mayor Richard Irvin was host to an unprecedented ribbon-cutting ceremony at the mall that featured awards presentations and a unified cutting of the ribbon followed by individual ribbon cuttings at each business. Representing a variety
Holiday lights and silhouettes reflect the Aurora Christkindlmarket Friday, Dec. 2 at RiverEdge Park in Aurora.
Christmas carols ring through the air at the Aurora First Fridays Cocoa Crawl Friday, Dec. 2.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council approved more than a half-billion dollar City budget for 2023 at a special City Council meeting following the Committee of the Whole meeting, Tuesday, Dec. 6. Ward 3 alderman, Ted Mesiacos was the only dissenting vote. The approved Ordinance adopting the annual budget
It was another record-setting weekend in Aurora as viewers from near and far flocked to the Aurora Festival of Lights Drive-Thru. Just over 5,000 vehicles passed through the popular light show last weekend, a thousand more than last week’s opening weekend. Approximately 15,000 onlookers traveled from near and far, coming
The Aurora African American Heritage Advisory Board (AAHAB) is accepting nominations for its annual African American Leader of the Year Award, along with applications for the 2023 Henry Cowherd Scholarship and the inaugural Mr. and Miss Black Aurora Pageant. African American Leader Of The Year Award: Nominations are being accepted
Aurora held its annual Winter Lights parade and celebration Friday, Nov. 18 to open the season’s delightful course.
Snow Angels are needed for Aurora’s Operation Senior Shovel Program, which clears snow for senior citizens and residents with disabilities during the winter season. Nature will provide the snow, the City of Aurora provides the salt, and volunteers will provide the shovel or snow blower and the goodwill to a
By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. We voters who take the difficult road of disagreeing with the Aurora City Council on the Casino plan to move, are in the good company of former State governor, Pat Quinn. He made the statement he decided not to run in the Chicago mayoral election
