New Eagle Scout: Eddie Deems
Mike Zafran, left, president, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, presents Boy Scout Eddie Deems with an honors certificate and patch during Deems' Eagle Award Court of Honor ceremony
West Aurora High School seniors earn Eagle Awards
Three West Aurora High School seniors earned Boy Scouting’s Eagle award on Saturday, April 20 afternoon from Troop 104 at Living Hope Church in North Aurora. The award is Scouting’s highest and most coveted award and the last major step in the advancement program. Since 1912, more than 2,000,000 Boy...
Erik Longo of Aurora, Eagle Scout
Erik Longo of Aurora, right, receives his Eagle Scout neckerchief from his father, Fred Longo, of BSA Blackhawk Troop 11 Sunday, April 7, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Handmade replica Viking shields on display, made by Boys Scouts
Boys Scouts of Blackhawk Troop 11 in Aurora pose Dec. 21, 2023 with handmade replica Viking shields they helped build for Geneva History Museum's "Viking's Voyage" gallery exhibit.
Aurora Boy Scouts burn American Flags
Aurora Boy Scouts Matthew Miller, left, Aurora; Connor McMenamin, Montgomery; and Grayson Arndt, Oswego, burn a discarded American flag Saturday at Ascension Living Fox Knoll Village retirement community in Aurora.
Boy Scouts cleanup at Hesed House homeless shelter
Boy Scouts pitched in at Hesed House homeless shelter in Aurora Saturday, Aug. 26. From 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., 13 Scouts and eight adults wielded hand saws and power tools to clear overgrown brush and plants near Hesed’s women’s shelter. The project was designed to improve safety at the...
Logan Hubble, new Eagle Scout
Sugar Grove resident Logan Hubble, center, pins his mother Monika, right, during Logan's promotion to Eagle Scout rank Sunday, Aug. 6 Left is Logan's father, Michael.
Boy Scouts of America leaders awarded
Boy Scouts of America 2023 District Awards of Merit were awarded to leaders, from left, Steven Hochstetler, Steven Wesseln, Mark Brakeall.
Boy Scout Troop 3: Pancake breakfast March 6
Boy Scout Troop 3 at New England Congregational Church in Aurora will hold a pancake breakfast fundraiser from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6. The public is invited to the event in Friendship Hall at the Church, 406 W. Galena Boulevard in Aurora. Scouts will serve pancakes with...
Connor Harms, Antonio Del Toro, Eagle Scout recipients
By Al Benson North Aurora Boy Scout Troop 104 celebrated its first Eagle Scout award winners, and there were two. Connor Harms, 18, of North Aurora and Antonio Del Toro, 17, Aurora, received their promotions to Scouting’s highest rank at an Eagle rank court of honor November 20. The ceremony...
Boy Scouts post flags
Aurora brothers and Boy Scouts Cole, left, and Jack Eigsti, right, salute an American flag last year in a Post the Colors fundraiser by Blackhawk Boy Scout Troop 11 at Wesley United Methodist Church in Aurora.
Scout posts flags in Aurora
Erik Longo, 13, of Aurora, posts a rental flag on a resident's lawn in Aurora on Monday, Memorial Day, during a "Post the Colors" fundraiser by Blackhawk Troop 11.
