Program aims to help seniors help others
In between helping out his family and working as a companion to an elderly man, Aurora resident and retiree Mark Tallarico also volunteers his time driving elderly seniors to the...
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Community garden in Aurora becomes staple during growing season
Years after the city of Aurora demolished three houses across the street from the Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry on Highland Avenue, the plots of land sat empty and unused. Aurora...
Fox Valley woman works to help dogs in need
Macy, a terrier/hound mix and her 4-week-old puppies - Penney, Tiffany, Jewel, Carson, TJ and Maxx - now are resting comfortably in the home of their foster mom South Elgin...
Janek: Yes, that is fake grass downtown – perhaps a solution to landscaping noise?
In case you've spotted the fake grass along Main Street near the Van Buren parking lot and perhaps wondered if they were filming a movie in downtown Naperville, maybe a...
No ‘paws’ in need for dog rescues
Lydia Turgeon hopes someday her new nonprofit, Always Room 4 More Paws, will not be needed, but now she rescues dogs from kill shelters and finds them new homes. With...
Community Foundation offers scholarships to hundreds in Fox Valley
As part of this year's Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley scholarship program, just over $1 million in scholarships has been awarded to 346 students who live in the...
Janek: Let the air-conditioning debate begin – when when to turn it on, when to turn it off
That first warm afternoon, when temperatures finally climbed high enough to say, yes, summer is here, I caved. I promised myself as we dragged through a cool and rainy May...
Metea football players to raise awareness of violence against women
Some choose to walk in sandals, others are in heels, but for the last couple of years, members of the Metea Valley High School football team have walked together along...
Janek: To err is human, a lesson we need to teach kids learning to be adults
Here we sit, on the launching pad of summer. Day one of 84 days of summer vacation for District 203 students starts next Thursday. Kids in District 204 will be...
Foundation looks to preserve Fox Valley music history
Tucked in the back corner of Batavia's Kiss the Sky, a throwback mom and pop record store, a group of avid music and history buffs gather every other month in...