Author: Anthony Yench

The Holiday season is here! Every year Naperville homeowners go all out when it comes to decorating their homes. In case you didn’t get the chance to check them out yourself, here’s a taste of the festival decorations that were on display this year. From everybody at NCTV17, Happy Holidays! Thank you for all the…

With below freezing temperatures and snow starting to fall, it’s important to take the right steps to keep our four-legged friends safe. “It’s pretty dangerous, especially for the smaller dogs, like little dogs like Chihuahuas and some of those type dogs, they don’t have a lot of body fat in order to have a lot…

Chabad of Naperville celebrated the start of Hannukah with a mega celebration on Sunday. Helicopter Gelt Drop The first big event of the day, back by popular demand after debuting last year, came from the sky. “One of the exciting events was a helicopter that dropped chocolate gelt, chocolate coins which traditionally we eat chocolate…

Naperville Tornado Relief is hosting a picture with Santa event this Saturday, December 17, to raise money to help clean the remaining debris from the yards of those impacted by the June 2021 tornado that hit Naperville. Photos With Santa Santa will be available for photos from noon to 3 p.m at BaseCamp Pub in…

The Naperville Garden Club showed its holiday spirit with a decorative twist through its annual Cup of Cheer event on December 1 and 2. What Is Cup Of Cheer? “Cup Of Cheer is the major fundraiser for the Naperville Garden Club, and we’re really excited. This is our 60th year that we’ve been putting this…

Boys Troop 889 and girls troop 1776 are back at the Wheatland Salem Church selling Christmas trees.  “We’re selling trees and basically with every shift, you can earn money for your scouting account, which you can use for things like reregistration and signing up for camp outs. And it’s just a generally fun way to…

Friends and family are now welcome to enter the colorful world of Illumination: Tree Lights as the Morton Arboretum celebrates a milestone year of the event. “It’s the 10th anniversary of Illumination: Tree Lights at the Morton Arboretum. So, this is an especially spectacular year because everything is bigger and better and more immersive than…

On Tuesday, Nov. 15, DuPage County announced the activation of a new 24/7 hotline: 211, a phone number for DuPage County residents to call for social services. “211 Is the number to call when you don’t know who to call,” said Julie Renehan, DuPage County Health and Human Services Chair. The free information system was…

Last Friday, Santa arrived at the Fox Valley Mall for his annual visit. “So welcome to our Santa arrival celebration. We’re welcoming Santa’s first day at Fox Valley Mall. We have balloon twisters, face painters, live reindeer, and tons of fun activities for families to do to celebrate Santa’s first day,” said Kristina Arias, marketing…

The DuPage County Trade Apprenticeship Expo returned to IBEW Local 701 in Naperville after a two-year absence due to the pandemic. About The Expo “We started it in 2018, but of course had a little blip there. But we are just excited every year to introduce the younger generations to the trades. We found the…

Indian Prairie School District 204 will be offering free therapy sessions to students at some schools thanks to a grant from the Edward Elmhurst Community Investment Fund. At last night’s IPSD 204 board of education meeting, instructional specialist Dr. Tara Bell and director of middle school core curriculum Tarah Fowler announced that the district had…

On Sunday, members of the community got the chance to visit the Islamic Center of Naperville for its Open Mosque Day. Hope After The Pandemic “This is the first time we’re actually having it again after COVID. The opportunity is for our neighbors to come and visit the Islamic center of Naperville, find out more…