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Barb Schneider works inside the greenhouse at Schaefer Greenhouses in Montgomery and said many calls are already coming in about garden supplies and plants. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

Aurora area greenhouses springing into action as gardening season nears

April 5, 2025 at 11:22 a.m.

Veteran gardeners are waiting in anticipation of getting their favorite vegetables and flowers going as the Chicago area slowly awakens from its winter slumber.

Elise Phillipp of Yorkville, a junior at Aurora University, points to the message she wrote on a "community canvas" inside the Institute for Collaboration on campus as part of a new initiative leading up to a Day of Generosity on Friday. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

Aurora University kicks off weeklong initiative based on generosity, positive action

March 31, 2025 at 1:46 p.m.

The new initiative this week is leading up to a Day of Generosity to be celebrated at the university on Friday.

U.S. Rep. Bill Foster, D-Naperville, places a pin on the lapel of Randy Canene of Naperville, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, during a ceremony in North Aurora Sunday morning honoring veterans of the conflict. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

Event in North Aurora honors Vietnam vets for their service

April 1, 2025 at 10:45 a.m.

A special lapel pinning ceremony was held Sunday to honor Aurora area veterans who served during the Vietnam War.

Bruce Heidlauf, owner of Mill Race Cyclery in Geneva, stands near some e-bikes that he says make up more than 50% of his sales these days. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

E-bike sales picking up speed in Aurora area

March 29, 2025 at 10:38 a.m.

While longtime fans still remain married to their traditional bicycles, the growing popularity of e-bikes is clearly the focus among many Aurora area bike shops as sales continue to grow...

The race for seats on the East Aurora School District Board of Education is one of many contests Aurora residents will vote on when they head to the polls April 1. (Mark Black / For The Beacon-News)

Nine candidates running for three seats on East Aurora School District board in April 1 election

March 28, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

The candidates include incumbents Annette Johnson, Theodia Gillespie and Bruce Schubert and challengers Mary Fultz, April Fitzhugh, Lynda White, Vannia Valencia, Guy D. Bodie and Mayra S. Reyes.

Voters cast ballots in Aurora in 2022. Fox Valley residents will vote in a number of races in the upcoming April 1 election, including the contest for Sugar Grove Village Board. (Mark Black / For The Beacon-News)

Four running for three seats on Sugar Grove Village Board

March 24, 2025 at 9:14 p.m.

The candidates include Nora London, Anthony Speciale, Michael Roskopf and incumbent James White.

Voters will be going to the polls around the Fox Valley on April 1 to vote in a variety of contests, including the race for village president in Sugar Grove. (Mark Black / For The Beacon-News)

Race for Sugar Grove village president in April 1 election features Konen, Stillwell

March 24, 2025 at 2:02 p.m.

The race for village president in Sugar Grove in the April 1 election is between challenger Susan Stillwell and incumbent Jennifer Konen.

A group of middle school students get ready to pick out their laser tag guns Friday, March 21, at the Geneva Public Library. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

Geneva Public Library not so quiet as young people enjoy ‘an epic laser tag battle’

March 24, 2025 at 12:31 p.m.

Libraries are usually quiet places, but the Geneva Public Library was anything but silent on Friday night.

The Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club put on a show Saturday at the St. Charles Public Library featuring a wide variety of things built with LEGOs. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

For LEGO fans, show in St. Charles hits the spot

March 24, 2025 at 7:00 a.m.

The event presented by the Northern Illinois LEGO Train Club featured a variety of displays made with LEGOs.

Billy Murdoch, operations manager at AEC Supply, Inc., and Mary Ann Kutnick, longtime owner and office manager at Schaefer Greenhouses, recently completed the sale of the 99- year-old family business in Montgomery to AEC. (David Sharos / For The Beacon-News)

Schaefer Greenhouses, a Montgomery staple for nearly a century, sold to AEC Supply

March 21, 2025 at 8:56 p.m.

Schaefer Greenhouses, a longstanding family-owned business in Montgomery that has provided plants, gardening supplies, floral arrangements and more in the Fox Valley area for nearly a century, has been purchased...

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