Aurora Lifestyle
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Along for the ride: Trail volunteers keep forest preserves safeFeb 05, 2024 11:22 am - If boosting your fitness, altruism or connection with nature is your 2024 resolution, you’re in luck. Trail volunteers biking in Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties, can nail all three.
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‘We think it’s a big deal’: Rare dual emergence of cicadas has some people buzzingJan 28, 2024 6:00 am - The main event is a few months away, but ecologists, educators and others in northern Illinois are busy preparing for their own big game of sorts — the pending emergence of billions of 17-year periodical cicadas.
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Why you may see larger, faster e-bikes on suburban forest preserve trailsJan 21, 2024 4:49 pm - Once the weather breaks, trail users in the Lake County forest preserve system could have more company with the removal of a ban on some electric bicycles. The forest pre...
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Eagles fly high over Fox River at ‘In Search of Eagles’Jan 20, 2024 5:34 pm - Representatives from several organizations were on hand to help visitors spot eagles during an “In Search of Eagles” program Saturday morning at the McHenry Dam, Algonqui...
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Recapping the year in birding: Local watchers experienced some mind-bending sightings in 2023Jan 17, 2024 6:43 am - For birders, the word invasion usually refers to birds from the north coming south. We treasure the occasional winters when large numbers of fleeting species such as cros...
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Lydia’s Piecemakers begins new ministry: The Prayer QuiltJan 16, 2024 9:58 pm - Lydia’s Piecemakers, a quilting group at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Aurora, is beginning a new ministry: the Prayer Quilt. At the request of a prospective recipient o...
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Things to do Jan. 19-25: Disney on Ice, Winterfests, Branford Marsalis and moreJan 16, 2024 3:26 pm - Disney on Ice Presents “Magic in the Stars” brings beloved Disney characters to Rosemont’s Allstate Arena before moving to the United Center next week. This is just one o...
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Suburban Mosaic: 5 Illinois teens among top science talent in nationJan 14, 2024 2:34 pm - Five Illinois teens are among 300 students from across the country selected as the most promising young scientists and named scholars in the Regeneron Science Talent Sear...
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Things to do Jan. 12-18: Winterfest, Travel & Adventure Show, Boat Show, fests, concerts and moreJan 11, 2024 10:01 am - Get out and enjoy the snow this weekend at WinterFest at Volo Bog. Or head inside to the Chicago Travel & Adventure Show in Rosemont, the Discover Boating Chicago Boat Sh...
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A warm welcome and a coat: Glen Ellyn church helps asylum-seekers headed to ChicagoJan 11, 2024 6:32 am - Situated less than two blocks from the Glen Ellyn train station, St. Mark’s Episcopal Church is doing what it can to welcome new arrivals as they make their way to Chicag...