DuPage County Lifestyle
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Friendship Village residents make masks for staff membersApr 13, 2020 11:00 pm - Residents at Friendship Village senior living community have stepped in to help the people who are always helping them. Last week, a group of resident seamstresses took...
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Help the helpers: Resale shop closures, fundraiser cancellations leave WINGS in financial crunchApr 13, 2020 6:00 am - Social service agencies need your aid to succeed It's a tough time for social service agencies. The COVID-19 crisis, along with social distancing, the rise in unemployme...
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Aurora students snare scholarship funds with recycling projectApr 13, 2020 5:30 am - The name rhymes, the function worked and the machine was enough to earn scholarship money and a chance at a national prize for a group of Aurora junior high students. E...
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State moving 200 people from Aurora homeless shelter into hotelApr 13, 2020 1:00 am - The area's largest homeless shelter outside of Chicago is moving its operation and about 200 residents to a hotel fully leased by the state. Homeless people who were sta...
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Naperville family renovates rooms for whole-house accessibilityApr 12, 2020 9:00 am - “Home” is supposed to be the place where we are most at ease. It should be the place where we are most comfortable in our own skins, where we can relax, be ourselves and...
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Plain White T's play Cupid on 'Listen to Your Heart' premiereApr 12, 2020 7:00 am - Life in "The Bachelor"-verse can seem pretty far removed from the reality that many of us know, but Monday night's premiere of "Listen to Your Heart" will feature some f...
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Pandemic may wreak havoc with couple's June wedding plansApr 12, 2020 6:00 am - When my son and his girlfriend got engaged during a New Year's trip to New Orleans 15 months ago, it never occurred to any of us that a pandemic would hit the entire wor...
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Frida Kahlo's work reveals beauty in natureApr 11, 2020 5:00 pm - Anyone who is familiar with Frida Kahlo's work knows just how important the Mexican painter's garden was to her. Flowers, fruits, vegetables and other plants are constan...
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'Mind over matter' fuels Naperville veteran's help to othersApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - Wayne Fischer points to two things that got him through his 12 months and 20 days as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam: one, a thought, the other, a team. “Mind over...
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Bensenville's Two Chefs Cafe gives away 500 Easter meals to families in needApr 11, 2020 1:00 am - A long line of vehicles stretched down South Center Street well past Green Street Saturday in Bensenville as Two Chefs Cafe and Catering gave away 500 Easter meals. The ...