North Aurora Lifestyle
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Interfaith Community Iftar brings different traditions togetherMar 13, 2023 11:00 pm - For the fifth year, the Congregational Church of Batavia will host an Interfaith Community Iftar on Saturday, April 1. What is Iftar? Iftar is the meal at which Muslims...
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Eighth annual A Cup of Hope raises $208,000 for Northern Illinois Food BankMar 13, 2023 11:00 pm - Northern Illinois Food Bank and its Executive Women's Council announced that the eighth annual "A Cup of Hope" fundraiser raised a record $208,000 to enhance hunger reli...
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CHIP IN Batavia to host annual prom dress giveaway March 18Mar 12, 2023 11:00 pm - CHIP IN Batavia and the Batavia Public Library are back with their popular Prom Dress Giveaway event on Saturday, March 18. CHIP IN's mission is to assist low income an...
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100 years and counting: Geneva grotto thrives, thanks to restoration work by local volunteersMar 10, 2023 5:00 am - Vandals generally carry out their wasteful and costly attacks under the cover of darkness or in places where the chance of someone suddenly showing up during the crime i...
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Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners to learn about 'food forests'Mar 08, 2023 10:00 pm - The Batavia Plain Dirt Gardeners will hold its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, March 21, with a program on "Creating a Food Forest and a Permaculture Landscape." It wil...
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'I don't want to let these kids down': Aurora man helps raise $25,000 to fight childhood cancerMar 07, 2023 10:00 pm - Jim Gilbert of Aurora is getting used to having his head shaved every March. He was among about 35 Aurora-area residents who had their heads shaved Sunday in exchange fo...
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To develop its own climate plan, Kane County is asking for community feedbackMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - Kane County announced this week it will host three community listening sessions to help create its first Climate Action Implementation Plan, which the county will develo...
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Volunteers needed to deliver meals to DuPage and Kane seniorsMar 06, 2023 12:00 am - The DuPage Senior Citizens Council in Lombard needs volunteers to help deliver shelf-stable meals to seniors in DuPage and Kane counties from March through October. Vol...
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Report: Illinoisans worried about staffing shortages in schoolsMar 03, 2023 4:00 am - Knowing the pool of teacher candidates isn't what it used to be, Steve Pearce visited job fairs at two state universities this week in hopes of finding the right candida...
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Red-winged blackbirds are back in the area and sounding offMar 02, 2023 5:00 am - Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named h...