North Aurora Lifestyle
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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...
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Fox Valley Habitat to dedicate 70th suburban home on March 11Feb 28, 2023 10:00 pm - Montgomery-based Fox Valley Habitat for Humanity will dedicate its 70th suburban home on Saturday, March 11, at 10 a.m. at 654 Spruce St. in Aurora. A program will featu...
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Geneva nonprofit Fox Valley Hands of Hope shifts mission to grief counseling, mental health aidFeb 24, 2023 5:00 am - As more for-profit hospice programs became available and state certification regulations for that type of care created more challenges in the past few years, the not-for...
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Around town: New restaurants opening in GenevaFeb 23, 2023 10:00 pm - Hacienda looks busy It was good to see a full parking lot near the new Mexican restaurant, Hacienda Real, in the Geneva Commons the past two weekends. Empty restaur...
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Literacy Volunteers of Illinois seeks volunteer tutors for incarcerated teensFeb 22, 2023 10:00 pm - Literacy Volunteers of Illinois is seeking men and women who are compassionate, flexible and nonjudgmental to become volunteer tutors for the young men incarcerated at t...
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'Lasting friendship' brings cheer to Marklund in the form of kids' visits, valentinesFeb 17, 2023 5:00 am - With about 65 first graders chanting “Clarey! Clarey! Clarey!” residents and staff at Marklund Hyde Center campus in Geneva could say without hesitation it was the most ...
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Geneva church to screen 'Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution' Feb. 24Feb 15, 2023 10:00 pm - On Friday, Feb. 24, the Friday Flicks series continues with the documentary "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution" at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Geneva. Fifty y...
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Aurora Lutherans to join 5,000 volunteers packing 1 million meals in Naperville anti-hunger effortFeb 14, 2023 10:00 pm - An estimated 5,000 volunteers will converge on North Central College in Naperville on Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 18-19, to pack 1 million dry meals to defeat hunger world...
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Chicago Winter Bike Swap returns to Kane County Fairgrounds SundayFeb 11, 2023 12:00 am - Bicycle enthusiasts are expected to make the trek to the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles Sunday for the Chicago Winter Bike Swap. This is the second straight year...