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The Y – YMCA is developing tomorrow’s leaders
The YMCA achieves its mission one person at a time. The greatest source of energy for the YMCA is our staff. Our staff contributes...
Exchange Happenings – National Exchange Club President
The National Exchange Club Convention recently was held in Reno, Nevada. At this convention, Scot Warren, Exchange Club of Naperville, was inducted as the...
Focus on Safety – Safety tips for all ages
Can you believe it is back to school time? Summer just flies by! This time of year is a great time to talk to...
Veterans in Touch – Are you vested?
Over the past three years the Hines Community Outreach Team (HCOT) has come to Judd Kendall VFW Post 3873 in Naperville on the first...
Dog Days Covered
When you’re hot, you’re hot. And July was hot.
For a number of years, Positively Naperville has celebrated the end of 40 dog days of...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Rich memories of Cheap Trick
I read the news today… Oh, boy!
Not to entirely pilfer The Beatles catalog of words, but the news of Cheap Trick coming to Naperville’s...
Naperville’s Pulse in Springfield – What’s so great about Illinois?
One of my Republican colleagues in the House likes to start out each day’s activity on the floor by telling us something good about...
Pet Words of Wisdom – Prepare to help pets every season
When summer begins mid-June, it seems as though it will last a long time. By August, it’s hard to believe the end of summer...
The Curious Curator – A Century (plus) Business
While Illinois was celebrating its Centennial of Statehood in 1918, Charles William Friedrich was establishing himself in the Naperville furniture and funeral director business....
Equal Fun for Everyone – WDSRA: Opening a world of untapped potential and a lifetime of possibilities
Once in while I meet someone who has no idea what Western DuPage Special Recreation Association (WDSRA) is or does.
That is when I go...
Science Corner – The three families
Did the title make you think of powerful people, and wonder who the second and third families are? This is a science corner, and...
Video Voice – On the go with NCTV17
As we reach the mid-way point of summer, many Napervillians hit the road for a much-anticipated summer holiday or a trip to visit relatives.
When...
Transitions – The human pleasures of retail
Tucked away in remote desert locations are airplane graveyards where thousands of planes of defunct carriers such as PanAm, TWA and Eastern, bake in...
Real Life – Three days of solitude
From my upstairs porch rocker, I watch the world awaken.
Seemingly endless rain has rendered the yard muddy, the air sodden. A small frog, unfazed...
How do we know that what we do matters?
Every nonprofit agency has an internal debate as to how they know their work “matters.” Recently our Senior Leadership Team revisited our internal metrics,...
The Y – Focusing on the future
At the Y, we have been spending a lot of time looking at our future. The Y has listened and responded to communities’ most...
Raise Your Play IQ – Better together: let your child be your guide
by Alix Tonsgard
Two fundamental beliefs that guide everything that we do at DuPage Children’s Museum are that children learn best when they are directing...
Journey with Autism – Memories live forever
Of all the bright, almost blinding, life events I have experienced, the most radiant of all is spending time with special fantastic friends. I...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Moon
My life path is one that is chock full of twists and turns. Fresh out of high school I began a career in the...
Fire Prevention 24-7 – Looking forward to fun
Registration now open!
Come for the Run and Stay for the Fun!
Beginning at 8:30AM Sat., Sept. 29,, the Naperville Professional Firefighters for a Cause and...
