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Aurora Noon Lions Club receives Aurora City report

On November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 By admin

Aurora officials shared city economic development updates with Aurora Noon Lions Club members at the Club’s November 17 meeting. Alex Alexandrou, Aurora’s chief management officer and chief of staff, and Trevor Dick, assistant director of the mayor’s Office of Economic Development, were keynote the Lions’ meeting at St. Mark’s Lutheran...

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Reader’s Commentary: Dismay: Aurora Casino deal

On November 8, 2022November 8, 2022 By admin

By Mary Goetsch, Aurora, Ill. I am dismayed over the Aurora City Council’s vote to subsidize the Hollywood Casino move. I was there in spirit with the Aurora Grassroots Alliance, hoping that in addition to others opposed to the $50-to-$58 million bond issue through the Tax Increment Finance District (TIF),...

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Aurora breaks ground on two affordable housing units

On October 15, 2022October 15, 2022 By admin

After sitting vacant for 13 years, Lincoln Elementary School will soon be filled with new people and good energy under a different name. The City of Aurora held a Groundbreaking Ceremony for the new Fox Valley Apartments, an affordable apartment complex located at both the former Lincoln Elementary School and...

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Aurora Crime Stoppers shares success at City Council

On October 11, 2022October 12, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council members listened to success stories and a request of funds for Aurora Crime Stoppers, at the Tuesday, Oct. 11 City Council meeting. Board president of Aurora Area Crime Stoppers, Vernon LaVia, and Board member, Mike Funkey, reminded the City Council the 501(c)(3) non-profit...

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German Flag Raising-Ceremony in Aurora

On October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 By admin

The City of Aurora government was host to the inaugural German Flag Raising-Ceremony, October 3, in recognition of the day and the heritage of Germans in Aurora.

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Trick-or-Treating hours Oct. 31 set in Aurora

On October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 By admin

Official Trick-or-Treating hours in the City of Aurora are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 31. The 6th Annual Halloween at City Hall will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the same day at Aurora City Hall, 44 E. Downer Place. The event will 10+ City...

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City of Aurora’s custodians celebrated

On October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 By admin

The City of Aurora’s custodians in the Facilities Division receive honors for their work on National Custodian Appreciation Day last week.

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Payroll Week salute

On September 13, 2022September 13, 2022 By admin

City of Aurora government payroll staff members Alicia Alcaraz, Erin Milller, Araceli Zuniga

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Aurora Committee of the Whole considers proposal for former Carson’s site

On June 21, 2022June 22, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane Members of the Aurora City Council listened to a proposal to redevelop the vacant and mostly-unused former Carson Pirie Scott building at 970 N. Lake Street at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, June 21. • Four individuals used their voices for...

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Juneteenth flag-raising in Aurora

On June 14, 2022June 13, 2022 By admin

The city government of Aurora, in collaboration with the Aurora African-American Heritage Advisory Board, and the Aurora Divine 9 Alliance, will be hosts to its inaugural Juneteenth flag-raising next at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 19 at One Aurora Plaza, 8 E. Galena Boulevard. In June 2021, Juneteenth was signed into...

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Aurora Committee of the Whole hears plan to demolish, build, school buildings

On June 7, 2022June 8, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council listened to a plan to demolish the East Aurora School District Resilience Center at 417 5th Street and construct a space to facilitate extracurricular activities for students and parents at the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, June 7....

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Hail to the Chief in Aurora, Aurora City Council

On April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane Mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin, proclaimed May 3 as Aurora Fire Chief Gary Krienitz Day in Aurora at the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, April 26. Chief Gary Krienitz is set to retire May 3 after a 25-year career. Appointed chief in February 2016, Krienitz...

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Hindu civilization in focus in Aurora

On April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 By admin

Fox Valley Mall in Aurora became a destination location for hundreds of Indian Americans in the western suburbs. A national traveling exhibit focusing on the Hindu civilization and its contributions to the world made a stop in the State’s second-most populous City, Aurora. Darshana: A Glimpse into Hindu Civilization is...

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Autism Acceptance Month in April an Aurora focus

On April 26, 2022April 26, 2022 By admin

April is Autism Acceptance Month and a time to enhance the awareness and acceptance of the one in 54 Americans living on the Autism Disorder Spectrum. The city of Aurora government honored the special month with a proclamation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first National Autistic Children’s Week,...

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New Latino businesses cut ribbons; dreams come true

On March 22, 2022March 22, 2022 By admin

Dreams came true for two millennial Latinos when they cut the ribbons for their new businesses in Aurora. Edwin Arroyo was brought to tears when he spoke during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for his new barbershop on Aurora’s West Side. The Zero Barbershop, 620 West Park Avenue, is a hard-earned accomplishment...

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Aurora City Council approves Juneteenth as paid holiday

On February 8, 2022February 9, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government City Council meeting Tuesday, Feb. 8, Council members unanimously approved a Resolution designating Juneteenth as a paid holiday for city of Aurora government employees, beginning in June. Non-emergency offices will be closed. In June 2021, Juneteenth was signed into law as both...

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Aurora Committee of the Whole considers disputed annexation agreement

On January 18, 2022January 19, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane Eight individuals expressed concern to the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) Tuesday this week regarding a proposed annexation agreement near their homes which could include a warehouse with 37 truck docks. The proposed annexation agreement of 4.84 acres at the northwest corner of Sunrise...

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Newly-appointed Mike Nelson announces full year of parades in Aurora

On January 4, 2022January 5, 2022 By admin

By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting Tuesday, consent was given to a resolution approving the appointment of Michael Nelson to manager of the Events Division within the Mayor’s Office of Community Affairs Department. He will serve as liaison for all city of...

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Aurora receives honors again for best Kane County water

On December 21, 2021December 22, 2021 By admin

By Jason Crane The Aurora City Council honored Aurora’s Water Production Department Tuesday, Dec. 21 at the Aurora City Council Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting for achieving first place in the Kane County Water Association Water Taste Contest. It is the eighth time Aurora’s water received the award for...

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Aurora enthusiasm expressed: Historic government budget

On December 7, 2021December 8, 2021 By admin

By Jason Crane At the Aurora city government Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday, mayor of Aurora, Richard Irvin expressed enthusiasm about the historic City government budget of more than a half billion dollars, $529 million. Mayor Irvin said, “For the first time in years, probably over a decade, I...

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