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The Young Naperville Singers choir will be performing in Naperville on April 30 at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church and May 9 at Neuqua Valley High School.

Decent: As they head toward their 40th anniversary, Young Naperville Singers still going strong

April 14, 2023 at 10:16 a.m.

The Young Naperville Singers are looking to the future as they prepare to celebrate their 40th anniversary, but that doesn't mean they've forgotten their past. The legacy of their late...

Michelle Furlow, a Naperville resident seen here with fiance Phillip Skelton, said she gave up drinking and took charge of her life when she realized she was on the path to alcoholism.

Decent: When COVID drinking led to slippery slope toward addiction, something had to give, Naperville woman says

April 7, 2023 at 2:48 p.m.

From paint and sip to sip and shop, drinking alcohol can be synonymous with having a good time. You only have to look at the number of breweries and pubs...

After struggling with problems related to autism as a young child, Jack Wolf now works at Turning Pointe Autism Foundation, the Naperville school his parents helped to found.

Decent: With autism diagnoses growing, Naperville’s Turning Pointe focuses on job training — and public awareness

March 31, 2023 at 12:56 p.m.

Sunday, April 2, may be World Autism Awareness Day, but every day at Turning Pointe Autism Foundation is an opportunity to support the autistic community while helping the public understand...

The longstanding fitness center at 775 Brom Drive on Naperville's Edward Hospital campus closed April 1, 2023. (Naperville Sun file photo)

Column: Edward-Elmhurst decision to close Naperville fitness center more complicated than it appears

March 27, 2023 at 9:40 a.m.

At the risk of stating the obvious, there are two sides to every story. When heartbroken members of Edward-Elmhurst Health and Fitness Center complained to me about the proposed closure...

Longing for spring and longing to head out into the garden are two different things when your lack of a green thumb -- combined with your lack of gardening interest -- turns your yard into this.

Decent: Experience tells me that pining away for spring doesn’t mean I’m ready get out in the garden

March 19, 2023 at 9:15 a.m.

Every year I'm a little surprised when the groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter on Feb. 2. It seems to me that would be a given since spring doesn't...

Columnist Hilary Decent and her husband took a Mexican cruise that included an art lovers tour, attracted in part by the tile-making class held in a hacienda.

Decent: Unexpected twists give whole new meaning to art lovers adventure tour

March 10, 2023 at 2:32 p.m.

Just because I'm a risk taker doesn't mean I'm adventurous. Moving across the pond to start a new life where I knew no one? Bring it on. But climb on...

Columnist Hilary Decent and her husband went the whole nine yards -- literally -- in choosing their attire for a fundraising party with an '80s prom theme.

Decent: ’80s-themed ‘prom’ party as fun a reason as any to revisit ruffles, shoulder pads and bad hair

March 2, 2023 at 7:13 p.m.

While dressing in the height of '80s fashion was fun in the actual '80s, it's a little stressful when you try to do it the 2020s. How is it that...

Mikel Mays, left, who launched Mays Music Centre of Excellence in Naperville after winning $2,500 through a "Shark Tank"-style competition at North Central College, sings with student Jeredie Junior Sinzinkayo.

Decent: Gospel music saved his life — and gave him a life — thanks to the power of the connection

February 24, 2023 at 10:07 a.m.

As Black History Month draws to a close, I thought I would take a look into the history of American African spirituals. But instead of plowing through history books to...

Naperville residents Wendy Rose and her son, Tyler, enjoy some mother-son time while painting a fence for Habitat for Humanity, one of several community projects they've done together as part of the Naperville chapter of the Young Men's Service League.

Decent: Young Men’s Service League in Naperville helps moms and sons bond over community service work: ‘I’m glad to have alone time with my son’

February 17, 2023 at 10:35 p.m.

The idea of joining a service organization with your mom may not be the first thing most teenage boys would consider doing, but 18-year-old Tyler Rose found there were hidden...

Judith and John Lee on their 40th wedding anniversary in 1996. The couple were married 63 years when Judith died in 2019, and their love story has been incorporated into their gravemarker in Naperville Cemetery.

Decent: Elgin sculptor’s gravestone reflects couple’s long love story with symbols from their lives together

February 10, 2023 at 5:51 p.m.

As Valentine's Day approaches, it's comforting to know some lifelong romances can continue to the grave and beyond. One of the more recent additions to Naperville Cemetery is an unusual...

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