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At Monday night’s Indian Prairie School District 204 Board of Education Meeting, the board heard about the ongoing hiring challenges facing the district. Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Dr. Louis Lee presented his findings during the District’s Annual Hiring Report. The Need For Employees The demand to fill more positions is greater than ever. Dr…. Read more »
This past weekend, the DeEtta’s decorating duo of Alexa Abaroa and Julie Thompson finished runners up at the 21st annual Pillsbury Bakers’ Plus Creative Decorating Competition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Abaroa is the lead cake director at DeEtta’s Bakery, located at 428 W. 5th Ave in Naperville. She was excited to team up with Thompson… Read more »
Meson Sabika is running a special fundraiser today, Tuesday, Sept. 27, for flooding victims in Pakistan. Proceeds To UNICEF for Flood Relief 100% of the restaurant’s sales from today will go to UNICEF to be utilized to help with the flooding relief. It’s estimated that more than 33 million people have been impacted by the… Read more »
D204 Facing Hiring Challenges Indian Prairie School District 204 is facing unprecedented challenges in hiring, like many other districts in the state. At Monday night’s Board of Education meeting, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources Dr. Louis Lee presented the District’s Annual Hiring Report. He showed data from an Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) Survey,… Read more »
Former Aurora mayor Robert James O’Connor died at home on September 15, the city of Aurora reported Monday. He was 78. Longtime Public Servant O’Connor was the 58th mayor of Aurora, serving from 2016 to 2017. He was also a nine-term alderman-at-large for the city, first elected in 1985. During the entirety of his 36-year… Read more »
Naperville City Manager Doug Krieger joined several city council members as well as members of the Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) community on Saturday to gather for a groundbreaking in honor of the start of construction of a new mosque at 3540 248th Avenue. “It’s an absolute privilege and honor for me to represent the… Read more »
After months of construction, the Downtown Naperville Alliance (DNA) celebrated its updated streetscapes with the Progress in Progress Celebration. “Today is our Progress in Progress Celebration. Downtown Naperville had some construction work happen, crews had to get underground and work on some of the infrastructure that was in desperate need of repair and replacement. And… Read more »
The Naperville location of Shuckin’ Shack Oyster Bar is now open. First Shuckin’ Shack In Illinois The new seafood spot comes to town thanks to Kyle Howard. According to a press release, the Geneva resident left his 20-year corporate career to open the chain’s first franchise location in Illinois. Owning a restaurant was a long-time… Read more »
ICN Holds Mosque Groundbreaking The Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) held a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday for its new mosque. The location at 3540 248th Avenue will be ICN’s fourth within Naperville. Members of the ICN community, several Naperville city council members, members of the design team, and City Manager Doug Krieger were among those… Read more »
North Central Football Back at Home North Central fans had to wait until Week 3, but Saturday finally brought the home opener for Cardinals Football on a beautiful early fall afternoon. Brad Spencer took charge of his first game as head coach at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium as his team took on the Elmhurst University Blue Jays,… Read more »
The Naperville Saints football family is coming together in support of two of their players whose fathers died within a two week span. Both the Hanslik family and Giannone family suffered a loss, and the team is rallying to help raise funds in their time of need. TD For Two Tonight the group will be… Read more »
Naperville Shopping Center Tax Naperville City Council voted 5-4 in favor of a resolution expressing the city’s intent to consider imposing a sales tax of up to one percent for businesses in the Westridge Court and Heritage Shopping Centers for as long as 23 years. The purpose would be to generate as much as $20… Read more »