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An Italian restaurant is planned for the building at 7 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora City Council approves redevelopment agreement for downtown restaurant

May 29, 2024 at 4:06 p.m.

Aldermen approved a total $827,094 incentive to St. Charles-based Frontier Development, LLC, in partnership with a restaurant group owned by Chris and Megan Curren, for the restaurant in the 3,200-square-foot...

Mayor Richard Irvin on Tuesday looks over the new offices of the Aurora Police Department Crisis Intervention Unit. City officials held a ribbon-cutting for the new offices this week. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora police unveil new offices for Crisis Intervention Unit

May 29, 2024 at 9:02 a.m.

The new offices for the unit feature several rooms and a number of work areas.

Aurora looks at line of credit, grant program

May 24, 2024 at 9:12 p.m.

Aldermen will vote on renewing a line of credit used in short-term financing. They also will consider moving administration of the Finish Line Grant program from the city to Invest...

A young fruit tree in Geneva is covered in anticipation of the emergence of hungry cicadas. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Cicada emergence as varied as your location

May 24, 2024 at 5:03 p.m.

Depending on where you live, cicadas may already be here while in other spots they might never come at all.

Aurora officials think Italian restaurant will fit with downtown mix

May 23, 2024 at 4:47 p.m.

Aldermen are set to vote next week on a proposed redevelopment agreement with a St. Charles-based restaurant group to put an Italian restaurant in a 3,200-square-foot building at 7 S....

Dick Miller, holding the microphone, sings "God Bless America" as Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, left, and others in the City Council audience on Tuesday join in. Miller was being honored by the city as the grand marshal of this year's Memorial Day Parade in Aurora. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora honors World War II vet who will be grand marshal of city’s Memorial Day Parade

May 22, 2024 at 4:42 p.m.

World War II veteran Dick Miller, 97, will be grand marshal of the parade set to begin at 10 a.m. Monday at Benton and River streets in downtown Aurora.

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, seen here delivering his State of the City address in 2022, said on Tuesday the city is “absolutely pursuing a special census recount" after recent estimates by the U.S. Census Bureau say that Aurora has lost population. (Mike Mantucca / For The Beacon-News)

Mayor Richard Irvin says Aurora ‘absolutely pursuing a special census’ after recent estimates say city lost population

May 22, 2024 at 4:14 p.m.

His comments came in the wake of estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week that say that Aurora lost about 3,000 people between 2020 and 2023.

Aurora looks at renewing $10 million line of credit with Old Second National Bank

May 20, 2024 at 3:10 p.m.

Chris Minick, the city’s finance director, said recently the line of credit is used to provide short-term financing for things like the city’s contributions to economic development projects or land...

The building at 7 S. Broadway in downtown Aurora could be home for a new Italian restaurant under a proposed redevelopment deal between the restaurant's owners and the city of Aurora. (Steve Lord / The Beacon-News)

Aurora considers incentive for downtown restaurant

May 19, 2024 at 8:25 p.m.

The owners of the Graceful Ordinary, which opened several years ago in a remodeled bank building in downtown St. Charles, are looking to open an Italian osteria in a building...

Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin gives a speech in 2023. On Friday, Irvin said he was "thoroughly disgusted" with the U.S. Census Bureau after its recent estimates that say that Aurora has lost 3,000 residents since 2020. (John J. Kim / baiduhai)

After estimates say city lost population, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin says he is ‘thoroughly disgusted’ with U.S. Census Bureau

May 22, 2024 at 3:07 p.m.

Irvin’s comments came in the wake of estimates released recently by the Census Bureau that say that Aurora lost about 3,000 people between 2020 and 2023.

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