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Solar eclipse viewing requires special glasses
On Monday, August 21, a rare total eclipse of the sun will be seen along a 70-mile-wide path stretching from Salem, Oregon to Charleston,...
Faiths join hands to host free community Health Fair in September
UPDATE, Sept 1, 2019 / A free community health fair is being offered for the third year by the Islamic Center of Naperville and one...
August Editor’s Notes
For many years, the August issue of Positively Naperville has been a showcase of local pups during dog days, those hot, muggy days of...
How long will significant structures stand?
Considering all the local conversation and news reports regarding Old Nichols Library and the Moser Tower with the Millennium Carillon, we’re forever mindful of...
‘Save Old Nichols’ group will host open house on Aug. 14
Can the old Nichols Library be saved? Should it? How?
These questions and more will be discussed at an informational meeting from 7 to 8:30PM...
The Curious Curator – Happy home coming
To liberally re-purpose a quote from American humorist, Mark Twain, “Reports of my permanent move to Springfield are greatly exaggerated.”
Yes, I will be going...
August Briefs 2017 / Update March 2018
Shining purple across North America, #Leak Weak 2018 runs March 4-10, 2018
Update, March 4, 2018
Dear Friends and Family,
It is Leak Awareness week across North...
Today we’re remembering our friend Dick Locher
Above / One of Dick Locher's illustrations is featured in the Century Walk mural that graces the Naperville Art League Gallery as it faces...
Meson Sabika hosts benefit with American Red Cross for northern Illinois flood victims
Above / Mesón Sabika is partnering with Red Cross to host a fundraiser on Monday, August 7, 2017. The restaurant will donate 100 percent...
Statement from State Rep. Mike Fortner: ‘I will not run for reelection in 2018’
Above / State Representative Mike Fortner (R-49th District) currently serves Naperville in the State Capitol, located in Springfield, Illinois.
Statement from State Representative Mike Fortner (R-49th...
Illinois State Fair will host Bicentennial Craft Beer Competition August 11-13
Above / Back when Naperville celebrated its "nifty 150" in 1981, folks came up with a commemorative sesquicentennial beer to honor Stenger Brewery, 1848-1893,...
Greetings to PN / August 2017 / Vol. 16, No. 12
Above / The book bench depicting "Where the Sidewalk Ends" marks the spot of the rededication of the Century Walk mural coming soon to...
Riverwalk Duck Race returns to the rushing DuPage River Aug. 16
Above / First Community Financial Bank is getting a few of its duck racers in order for the Riverwalk Duck Race on Wed., Aug....
Stephen Pearcy will join Main Stage lineup for 2017 Last Fling on Sept. 2
Above / Stephen Pearcy will perform immediately prior to Bret Michaels on Main Stage at Naperville Jaycees Last Fling on Sat., Sept. 2, 2017.
Naperville,...
Loaves & Fishes Community Services welcomes two new board members
Above / Loaves & Fishes Community Services is located at 1871 High Grove Lane in Naperville.
(Naperville, IL – August 1, 2017) Loaves & Fishes Community Services...
Naperville Police arrest assault suspect
Above / Naperville Police respond to report of assault and arrest suspect. (PN File Photo)
NAPERVILLE, Ill. — On Friday, July 28, 2017, at approximately 6PM,...
Edward Foundation Golf Tournament breaks another fundraising record
Above / Meghan Moreno, left, Executive Director, Edward Foundation; Otis Wilson, Celebrity Guest and former linebacker, Chicago Bears; Mary Lou Mastro, System CEO, Edward-Elmhurst...
Naperville’s independent business community gets set to wrap up Waldo for another year
Above / Waldo, the famous 30-year-old fellow, hasn't aged a bit since he entered the local scene six years ago in his striped shirt...
Naperville Firefighters respond to structure fire on 87th Street, no civilians present
Above / Naperville Fire Department responds to structure fire in 27W200 Block of 87th St., between Naperville Plainfield and Modaff roads.
At 3:20AM today (July...
Try your luck with a five-buck duck in the Riverwalk Duck Race Aug. 16, 2017
Above / During the 2017 West Suburban Irish St. Patrick's Parade in March, three inflated rubber duckies floated information throughout the parade route about...
