Sometimes, everything someone touches turns to gold. Luckily, for Shannon Gutierrez gold happens to be her favorite color. Gutierrez is the owner of Wyckwood House, which is now open in the renovated, former School District 129 offices at 80 S. River Street in downtown Aurora. Gutierrez, of Aurora, rewrote the
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to an update on the rollout of the new fireworks provisions and enforcement options at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, May 17. Assistant chief of staff for the city government of Aurora, Alex Voigt, said, “In
You’re an old-timer in Aurora, dear reader, if you: Knew the sites of the original City Hall and the original Post Office. Rode the Aurora city buses. Bought a hamburger at Prince Castle (two locations). Patronized the Sylvandell bowling alley. Drank an ice-cold root beer (with a half inch head
By Frank Patterson How do you wake up in the morning? Many begin their day with Good Morning, Aurora, or, its Wednesday Spanish-language version, Buenos Dias, Aurora, the podcasts with hosts Curtis Spivey and Monica Vasquez, respectively. Spivey, the show’s creator, describes the podcast as “the great American morning show.”
By Jason Crane The owners of 10 Aurora properties received the 2022 Mayor’s Awards for Excellence in Historic Restoration at the Aurora City Council meeting Tuesday, May 10. May is National Historic Preservation Month. The 10 properties are: 106 Le Grande Boulevard; 112 S. Fourth Street; 324 West Park Avenue;
Youth enjoy ice cream at the Food Truck delight at First Friday’s in Aurora Friday, May 6.
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a presentation of the law for redistricting Aurora’s wards at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, May 3. The report was presented by Ross Secler and Frank Calabrese on the redistricting of the City Council which
At a Holocaust Remembrance Day program Wednesday, April 27, Rabbi Edward Friedman of Temple B’nai Israel in Aurora, left, chats with Rev. John Bell, pastor at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Aurora mayor Richard Irvin, center, is joined by Kashif Fakhruddin, president of the Islamic Center of Naperville (second from left), and fellow Muslims, during a special proclamation presentation for the month of Ramadan.
Workers toss trash into a double line of compactor trucks on a rainy Saturday, April 30, at Lindsay Windows in Aurora during an annual Fifth Ward cleanup from 8 p.m. to 11 a.m.
Two of the most iconic classic rock bands from the 1970s and 1980s, Kansas and Ambrosia, will perform live Sunday, July 24, at RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway in downtown Aurora, downtown Aurora’s beautiful outdoor music venue. Gates will open at 5 p.m. and the show will start at 7
By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council gave consent to a permit for the development of Fourteen Forty Nine Senior Estates Subdivision to be constructed in the same site of the demolished Jericho Circle subdivision at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, April 19. City
The city of Aurora government’s Neighborhood Standards Division was host to its annual Spring Electronics Recycling Drive-Thru at no cost to residents, Saturday, April 16.
By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, presented the Mayor’s Award of Excellence to many individuals at the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, April 12. The theme was A Night of Culture and Champions: • Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month Proclamation with members of the Illinois Sikh
Emily Hinton from Aurora snaps a photo of her son, Ben, in front of a paper crane memorial as part of Aurora’s First Fridays event.
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, April 5, Council members discussed a resolution to enter into a donation agreement with the Aurora Rotary Club Foundation (the foundation arm of the Rotary Club of Aurora) for their inventory of lights displays. City
An inaugural St. Patrick’s Day flag-raising ceremony in Aurora Thursday, March 17 offers a tribute to Aurora area residents of Irish heritage.
German American Events, LLC is thrilled to announce that the Christkindlmarket will return to the western suburbs! Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin mentioned in the State of the City address “Moving Aurora Forward: The Facts. The Future,” the market will have its 2022 season debut at RiverEdge Park, in downtown
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, March 15, Council members gave consent to an Ordinance granting a conditional use permit for a cannabis dispensing facility on the property at 35 N. Broadway, which is the PME School of Cake Decorating &
Thursday, Aurora Downtown and Wyckwood House will be host to Boss Babes for a special St. Patrick’s happy hour event from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Wyckwood House, 14 W. Downer Place in downtown Aurora. Shannon Gutierrez, owner of Wyckwood House, and Marissa Amoni, manager of Aurora Downtown, started
