Category: Aurora Beacon-News Opinion

Talking with teens these days is always eye-opening, and my time spent with dozens of students at East Aurora High School last week was certainly no exception.

&The annual East Aurora Football “Old Timers” meeting and banquet a celebration among men with a continuing love of their teammates, their coaches, their school and their “side of town.”

Alex Weisman, fresh off an impressive Broadway run, takes on the titular role in the Tony Award-winning “An Act of God,” now playing through Nov. 10 at the Copley Theatre in downtown Aurora.

When Aurora native Mike Meyer is not shooting video for corporations or nonprofits, including the Paramount Theatre, he can be found hanging out at haunted attractions.

There’s nothing like a story about a nomadic snake to capture our attention. I personally think it has something to do with the heebie-jeebies we get whenever there is a surprise encounter between man and reptile.

Community Organizing and Family Issues’ mission for “economic, racial and social justice” is to train, organize and support parents to help shape public decisions that greatly impact families of color.

Shom Joshi, a senior at Waubonsie Valley High School in Aurora, is concerned about the amount of misinformation that has flooded this election year, about partisan biases and about heightened rhetoric that is leading to disengagement and extreme bipartisanship.

Jennifer Konen offers her thoughts on the Crown Community Development Project, also known as The Grove, which the Village Board recently approved.

ImaBridge Africa faith-based organization works to build bridges between the haves and the have-nots.