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September's two-day event was the first time in three years that organizers were able to host the festival.
Events Friday in downtown Aurora include a chicken soup contest, bra donation drive, live music, drink specials and art exhibits.
The annual event includes performances and poetry.
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Streets signs will now bear the names of James and Dena Deligiannis and Avis Patterson Miller, decades-long beacons in Aurora.
The bridge, part of Aurora's plan to redevelop the downtown area, provides a safe river crossing for pedestrians and cyclists.
The funds will help convert 17.6 acres of turfgrass and invasive species into a natural area adjacent to Blackberry Creek.
Cop on a Rooftop is an annual fundraising event for Special Olympics Illinois.
Tutors at Dominican Literacy Center will meet one-on-one with students for weekly 90-minute sessions from September to May.
Karen's first cookbook, 6-MINUTE DINNERS is coming out, by purchasing the book you will be helping feed those in need around Chicago!
Area native Mario Vassall was given a rose Monday night and by Wednesday was leading Aurora staff in a workout on Wednesday.
Residents are invited to create artwork depicting pan de Muerto, a sweet bread that is made to celebrate the upcoming Day of the Day events.
The annual sale has raised more than $60,000 for the Mutual Ground shelter, which provides lodging and services for victims of abuse.
The studio will offer sign language services, translation and original content and production to better reach the signing community.
To celebrate National Night Out Aug. 2, several Aurora neighborhoods are coming together, and events will be held in all 10 wards.
Applications for the upcoming Citizen Police Academy, which runs for 11 weeks, are due by Aug. 12.
The Fresh First Program, collaborating with Aurora Farmers Market, gives kids healthy food options and local farmers a source of income.
The area nonprofit is committed to bringing "sustainable and just food systems, as well as resorting quality and equality" to food supply.
The drive-through-style collection, focused on toiletries, will take place in the front parking lot of the Aurora Police Department.
People interested can sign up to help deliver boxed meals to seniors on either July 13 or July 20.
To celebrate National Pollinator Week, the fest will feature educational programs, a farmers market and food trucks, among other activities.
The $350,000 in state funding the pantry received will go toward "much needed" capital projects that will safely transport and store food.
At Coach Wilbert Walters Park on Aurora's west side, the little library provides neighborhood kids with free books, replenished weekly.
To give shoppers a chance to pick up fresh produce during the week, two weekday markets are opening, featuring vendors from Sunday's market.
Blood donors in June will have the chance to win a three-night trip to Memphis, Tennessee.
Christian Capuchino, then 16, was among three people who fired dozens of shots at a person on Aurora's east side in 2020, police said.
People will also have the chance to pick up items at an evening distribution happening every third Tuesday of the month, officials said.
Northern Illinois Food Bank volunteers will visit four Aurora parks each weekday to provide kids and teens with nutritious boxed lunches.
As part of the annual fundraiser, scouts from Blackhawk Troop 11 deliver and retrieve American flags from the yards of Aurora residents.
Sara Medina, who enlisted in the Marines shortly after her graduation from East Aurora High School, was killed in a 2015 helicopter crash.
Corp. Sara Medina was killed in action in 2015 while serving in Nepal and will be honored in a street dedication ceremony near her home.
Organizers said uniformed police make the community feel uneasy, but Mayor Richard Irvin said he's baffled by the group's divisive decision.
The waterfall, located near a golf course and Phillips Park Zoo, lights up at night to reflect various holidays and special occasions.
Paddlers will take to the Fox River for Fox Valley Park District's Mid-American Canoe and Kayak Race, a tradition dating back to the 1960s.
Water Street Square in downtown Aurora will host the farmers market for the fourth summer in a row.
Aurora Noon Lions Club will be planting a swamp white oak tree from the Fox Valley Park District's nursery.
Aurora mall visitors will be able to interact with reptiles, invertebrates and amphibians, including a 20-pound alligator snapping turtle.
Cooler temperatures and requests from residents have postponed the free yard waste collection in Aurora to the end of the month.
A plane filled with more than two dozen duffel bags packed with supplies for Ukrainian refugees in Poland is departing the airport Tuesday.