Blue Star Program treats military families to free admission to museums
After her husband, a 26-year U.S. Army officer, was sent to Afghanistan for four months in 2013, Liz Jones decided to pack up her young son and three dogs and...
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Architecture tour shows off Fox Valley churches
To teach religious lessons to the youngest members of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles, Pastor Mark Larson often makes use of the colorful stained glass windows that flank each...
Nonprofit seeks to change kids’ environments
Creating peaceful and nonviolent environments for children surrounded by caring adults led 20-year Batavia resident Kimberly Svevo-Cianci to form the Changing Children's Worlds Foundation back in 2011. After serving as...
Kendall County pantry director welcomes changes
Back in 2008, after only a few months, Maria Spaeth went from volunteering a few hours a week with the Kendall County Food Pantry to assuming the position of executive...
Signs point to grads and home sales
Every spring, I see the same thing. Not exactly a trend, but it certainly is a thing. Comparable to how tulip blooms follow the daffodils appearance each year, graduation signs...
Classic cars spring to life in warm weather
Let's face it, we all eagerly await spring. But the time is especially sweet for local members of car enthusiast clubs. About 30 members of the Windy City Miata Club...
St. Patrick’s volunteer ‘just marvelous with residents’
Nearly every weekday, Aurora resident Jennie Sirois follows the same routine. Each morning, she heads over to St. Patrick's Residence, the nursing and rehabilitation facility in Naperville, to volunteer. There...
Boy Scout adult volunteers are honored with Silver Beaver Award
Oswego resident Bill Doody's childhood involvement with the Boy Scouts began when he was in second grade. It came to an abrupt end seven years later when his parents moved...
North Aurora Water Wonders adds rain garden
A rain garden is set to be the latest addition to the banks of the Fox River in North Aurora this spring thanks to an effort by the nonprofit group...
Are Naperville street names a roll call for politicians?
Were the four Naperville mayoral candidates, Steve Chirico, Jim Haselhorst, Doug Krause and Marty Walker looking for some immortality instead of just the top spot in town? Possibly. Chirico was...