For the seventh consecutive year, Aurora has been ranked as one of the best cities in America to celebrate Halloween! Maintaining its consistent top 10 ranking, Aurora placed eighth out of the 210 largest cities in the Nation To identify the Best Cities to Celebrate Halloween, finance website, SmartAsset, ranked
By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, Council members placed several agenda items on unfinished business to be discussed at the October 26 full City Council meeting. Mayor Richard Irvin wasn’t at the meeting and Fifth Ward alderman Carl Franco was mayor-protem.
By Al Benson Ghosts of Aurora settlers came alive Saturday, Oct. 16, at Aurora’s Big Woods Cemetery Walk. Aurora-based Big Woods School Foundation, a nonprofit, staged the first-ever walk at the Cemetery on Eola Road near Butterfield Road. The Walk was to raise funds for restoration of adjacent Big Woods
October 2 was National Custodial Workers Appreciation Day, and Aurora mayor Richard C. Irvin surprised custodial engineers in the State’s second-largest city with awards and gifts. “You are the people who help to move Aurora forward,” said mayor Irvin to the group of custodians who gathered for what they thought
Families show the street signs presented to them in Aurora Sunday, following ceremonies and a revealing of street signs to memorialize fallen heroes who sacrificed all in the line of duty in the U. S. Marine Corp.
In just 10 days in August, more than 125,000 people cast more than three million votes in support of their favorite causes. As a result, 40 communities, in 18 states, including L.I.FT. Aurora dba Culture Stock in Aurora, Ill., will get an assist from State Farm®. State Farm is proud
Diwali, known as the festival of lights, is one of the largest festivals observed all over the world and celebrates the triumph of light over dark, good over evil. The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) will celebrate Diwali October 25 to 30 with programs and events for a variety of
In Oswego Church of the Good Shepherd United Methodist, 5 W. Washington St. in Oswego, will hold a Trunk or Treat Halloween celebration from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, in the church parking lot. The public is invited. Admission and parking are free. Volunteers will hand out
You may think you know the story, but you’ve never seen it like this one. Paramount Theatre will present Cinderella, the beloved musical by the genius minds of Rodgers and Hammerstein, in a mesmerizing new production bringing a reimagined take on the classic children’s story that has enchanted families for
Patrons peruse items at a Fall craft fair held recently at Aurora Amvets Post 103 in Aurora.
Aurora pastors from left, Rev. Julie Grafe, Our Savior Lutheran Church and Rev. Dr. Brandon Perrine, New England Congregational, bless Teddy held by grandmother Margaret Nickerson Sunday at Our Savior.
Reverend Dan Haas, right, Aurora Police Department chaplain, prays for visitors at Aurora’s “Faith and Blue Weekend,”
Aurora Downtown will turn downtown into Sugar Skull City from October 15 to November 7 and fill downtown with Day of the Dead activities. The event’s second year features a three week celebration honoring the beloved Mexican cultural tradition of Day of the Dead, and coincides with events during First
The city of Aurora government will honor Aurora heroes who paid the ultimate price in war with honorary street dedications this weekend. Crowning events of Aurora’s month-long ‘Aurora Avanzando’ Hispanic Heritage Month initiatives, the three separate ceremonies to be held on Sunday, Oct. 10 are in tribute to the young
Bandito, the one-year-old Shih Tzu, donned in Cubs gear with his owners Selene and Oscar won the coveted fan favorite top prize.
Autumn is here and Aurora residents can dispose of their leaves for free as part of Aurora’s Annual Leaf Collection Program. The free Fall Leaf Collection Program will run Monday, Oct. 18 through Friday, Dec. 3. Leaves must be put into a 30-gallon paper yard waste bag and placed at
October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and the city of Aurora government is offering a free home internet security course for families. The City of Aurora’s Information Technology Department is collaborating with KnowBe4, the world’s largest internet security awareness training platform, to offer Aurora residents a free home internet security
Volunteers dump boxes of paper to be shredded Saturday at the annual Aurora Wards 8, 9, and 10 shred event.
The dog days of summer were back in full force in Aurora Sunday, Oct. 3 as more than 100 canines gathered at Phillips Park for the annual Aurora Pooch Parade. Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin was on hand to welcome the dogs and their owners to the popular annual event.
Latino youth were stars of the show in downtown Aurora Friday, Oct. 2. Hundreds of supporters came out for the youth-led Parade of Nations as part of the City’s Aurora Avanzando (Aurora Forward) Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration. Popular 9-year-old mariachi singer Ryan Cornejo opened the ceremony with a performance that
