The annual Recycling Extravaganza with SCARCE will take place from 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 13 at the DuPage Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Accepted items include: Car and other large batteries (no household batteries), working bikes and bike-related items, 4 paper bags of documents for shredding, electronics, TVs...
Electronics, clothing and shoes, cooking oil, and florescent tube lights will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 14 at 820 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton Public Works Storage Lot. Acceptable items: Clothing, shoes, sheets, bedding, towels and other household textiles in any condition. No heavily soiled items. Shoes...
Electronics, clothing and shoes, cooking oil, and florescent tube lights will be accepted from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 11 at 820 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton Public Works Storage Lot. Acceptable items: clothing, shoes, sheets, bedding, towels and other household textiles in any condition. No heavily soiled items. Shoes...
Joe Adkins of Wheaton shows his State heaviest pumpkin of 1,760 pounds in his back yard.
Aurora • RiverEdge Park, 360 N. Broadway, and McCullough Park, Illinois Avenue and Lake Street, music, games, food, kids activities, will start at 7 p.m.. Fireworks will be Monday, July 4 at 9:15 p.m. over the Fox River with viewing at McCullough Park and RiverEdge Park. • Fourth of July...
The City of Wheaton government, SCARCE, and DuPage County will present the recycling event from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 2 in the Commuter Parking Lot at Carlton and Liberty. All DuPage County residents can drop-off items. Document shredding, limit of three boxes. Syringes, epi pens, medications, sharps,...
The Wheaton Police Department's Polar Plunge team, Frosted Donuts, officially took the plunge Saturday.
An electronic recycling event will take place at 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, March 13 at 820 W. Liberty Drive, Wheaton Public Works Storage Lot. The event is open to all DuPage County residents! All other electronics will be accepted at no charge, including computer, laptop, DVD players, game consoles,...
Aurora • Through December 26 Phillips Park Festival of Lights Everyone can drive through one of the largest free light shows in northern Illinois. The Festival of Lights at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, has more than 25,000 cars every year to view dozens of displays totaling more than...
Aurora • Through December 26 Phillips Park Festival of Lights Everyone can drive through one of the largest free light shows in northern Illinois. The Festival of Lights at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, has more than 25,000 cars every year to view dozens of displays totaling more than...
Aurora • Through December 12 Neighborhood Festival Funding Grant The city government of Aurora offers financial assistance to organizations planning neighborhood events in 2020. Funding, which is limited to $1,500 per applicant, is made available to assist groups which will be host to public events designed to educate, benefit, organize,...
Aurora • Through December 12 Neighborhood Festival Funding Grant The city government of Aurora offers financial assistance to organizations planning neighborhood events in 2020. Funding, which is limited to $1,500 per applicant, is made available to assist groups will be host to public events designed to educate, benefit, organize and/or...
Aurora • Through Friday, Nov. 15 City of Aurora’s annual Gifts from Home The City of Aurora’s annual Gifts from Home program offers our hardworking active members of the military a reminder from their hometown during the holidays. Gifts from Home thanks Aurora residents who are actively serving in the...
Aurora • Thursday, Oct. 24 • 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. Evening Networking Party Aurora Business United and The Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club will have a networking Party on World Polio Day at AC’s Pub, 2124 W. Galena Boulevard, Aurora, behind Dunkin Donuts and Subway. There will be free Appetizers,...
Aurora • Friday, Oct. 18 • 7 p.m. – 11 p.m. Aurora Historical Society Fall Fund Raiser The fall fundraiser for the Aurora Historical Society will be a Halloween party to include costumes, food, dancing, music, refreshments, a cash bar, and historical characters. The party will be at One East...
Aurora • Saturday, Oct. 12 • 8 a.m. – noon Aurora Farmers Market It will be the last weekend for the 107th season of the Aurora Farmers Market, directly across from City Hall and Water Street Mall, at 65 Water Street. For more information call 630.256.3370. • Friday, Oct. 18...
Aurora • Saturday, Oct. 5 • 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Community Hero Day Community Hero Day is a free, family friendly event, that will take place on the grounds of the Aurora Regional Fire Museum, 53 N. Broadway. The day will include a variety of safety-related information, pop-up shops,...
Aurora • Through October 20 Broadway Series: “Newsies” Straight from the headlines of turn of the century New York comes the true story that had Broadway roaring before it even opened. Joseph Pulitzer is plotting a way to increase the revenue of his declining newspaper; while down in the streets,...
The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park will be host to a “Heroes of 9/11” dedication ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 11, to unveil a permanent outdoor exhibit comprised of two structural steel beams from the former World Trade Center buildings in New York. The memorial pays tribute to those who lost...
