Batavia High School may do away with class rankings
The class rank system for graduating seniors is obsolete and should be abolished at Batavia High School, School District 101 officials have been told. "Colleges don't care anymore (what an...
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North Aurora Days may be on the move
North Aurora Days could move from Clock Tower Plaza to Fearn Park next year, allowing bigger carnival rides and consolidating the annual festival, the Village Board learned. "The businesses at...
Sharing the light of Hanukkah
It would be hard to find a holiday concert program as eclectic as the "Two Divas and Three Klezmers Chanukah Extravaganza" performed Saturday at Congregation Beth Shalom. Cantors Hasha Perman...
Batavia School District may revamp fees for joining student organizations
Students in Batavia School District 101 could pay less – or even nothing -- next year to join speech team, fishing club or other co-curricular student organizations. The Board of...
Beth Shalom’s ‘musical tour’ of Judaic Europe open to all
Congregation Beth Shalom will present a musical tour of Judaic Europe Dec. 3 – and everyone is invited to participate, regardless of religion or ethnic backgrounds. "This is the season...
Jenny McCarthy, Donnie Wahlberg to lead St. Charles’ Electric Parade
St. Charles' celebrity "ambassadors in residence" will lead this year's Electric Parade down Main Street Saturday. Reality TV stars Donnie Wahlberg, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg and members of their family were chosen...
New da Vinci exhibit opens at DuPage Children’s Museum
"Study the science of art and the art of science," Leonardo da Vinci advised more than 500 years ago. DuPage Children's Museum's new traveling exhibit on da Vinci's artistic and...
Open house brings up old school memories in Geneva
Memories filled the hallways of the old Fourth Street School building in Geneva this week, raised by dozens of former students and teachers who came to celebrate the building's centennial....
Donations, volunteers roll in to keep holiday light spectacle alive
Fans of the Larsen's Christmas Light Show in Campton Hills will be able to enjoy the 11th annual holiday light display this year without blocking traffic on Beith Road —...
North Aurora retirement home to hold community Halloween party
Some area retirement homes invite residents' grandchildren to trick-or-treat inside their complexes. One is inviting everyone's grandchildren to trick-or-treat and enjoy a Halloween party. "We consider ourselves a part of...