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Unless you were a Naperville resident back in the 1970s or earlier, you might be hard-pressed to recognize this Naperville building. It's Edward Hospital as it looked on Aug. 25, 1972, when this photo was taken. The medical facility has undergone more than a few changes over the years. It started as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1907 before making the transition into a hospital in 1955. Since then, the medical center has undergone numerous changes and expansions and now has an entire campus, the latest addition to which is the cardiovascular center at Washington Street and Martin Avenue, which opened this year. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Edward Hospital in 1972 unrecognizable as the facility we know today

June 27, 2025 at 9:00 a.m.

Edward Hospital in Naperville has grown into a huge complex from the modest, former sanitorium it started as in 1955.

Letters to the Editor: McBroom’s arguments for new IMEA contract ‘ring hollow’; what does democracy mean and how do we protect it?

June 26, 2025 at 8:53 p.m.

Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.

Letters to the Editor: Vote-by-mail’s not the reason Republicans are losing elections; chromosomes not a simple solution for trans sports issue

June 20, 2025 at 1:20 p.m.

Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.

Befitting this weekend's sweltering temps — and the official start of the summer solstice — we bring to you this photo of the Burlington Park lagoon taken in the 1890s. The park, now the site of the Burlington Park Forest Preserve, was located on Naperville's far north side and a summer recreation destination opened by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad line in 1880. For the price of a 50-cent, round-trip ticket, Chicagoans could take the train there for a day of fun in the sun. In addition to the lagoon for fishing, boating and swimming, created by damming the DuPage River, patrons could partake of a shooting gallery, carnival games, bowling alley, dance hall, photo gallery, merry-go-round, food pavilion, refreshment stand and beer bar, according to the history compiled by the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County. Baseball games and races could be viewed from a grandstand. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Escaping the heat back in the 1890s might mean a trip to the Naperville’s Burlington Park lagoon

June 20, 2025 at 11:31 a.m.

Befitting this weekend's sweltering temps — and the official start of the summer solstice — we bring to you this photo of the Burlington Park lagoon taken in the 1890s.

Elgin man charged after shooting at his estranged wife in Naperville, police say

June 18, 2025 at 4:25 p.m.

An Elgin man accused of firing a gun at his estranged wife outside her Naperville home has been charged with attempted first-degree murder, officials said.

Naperville residents receive college/university degrees

June 18, 2025 at 11:11 a.m.

Naperville residents have been awarded college and university degrees.

14-year-old had loaded, semiautomatic gun at downtown Naperville ‘teen takeover,’ police say

June 17, 2025 at 6:10 a.m.

A Naperville 14-year-old was found to be carrying a loaded, semiautomic pistol when stopped by police during a "teen takeover" event Saturday night in downtown Naperville, officials said.

Letters to the Editor: Chromosomes should dictate who competes against who

June 13, 2025 at 12:11 p.m.

Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.

As anyone who has lived in Naperville for any length of time knows, Naperville loves a parade. In fact, there's a downtown mural dedicated to that very idea. This photo captures a scene from the Naperville Home Coming parade held in June 1917. According to Naper Settlement, the four-day event was organized to salute the town's accomplishments since its incorporation 60 years earlier. Alas, as the Settlement noted in an online account, it ended up being a bittersweet gathering as it also "served as a farewell to those young men going off" to fight in World War I, which the United States had entered just two months earlier. (Naperville Heritage Society)

The Way We Were: Naperville loves a parade — true now, and true 108 years ago

June 13, 2025 at 9:11 a.m.

Photo taken from a parade held for the Naperville Home Coming celebration in 1917, 60 years after the city was incorporated.

Female college students studying on floor in dorm room

Naperville residents receive college/university degrees, named to honor rolls and dean’s lists

June 12, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

Naperville residents have completed college/university degrees or named to their school’s academic honors list.

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