Mego: Best part of summer? Real food grown locally that tastes good
There are so many great things about the summer. For one thing, you can finally get rid of that case of chilblains you picked up over the cold, wet springtime. Yes, I know that you don't have...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Shrink government, appropriate funds, state budget mess
Consolidation a good idea I like Councilman Kevin Coyne's idea of looking at consolidating townships into the city. I lived in Colorado, and we never had this extra layer of government. I love the...
View ArticleManker: Cubs games serve as backdrop for dad-child bonding experience
If I've learned anything as a parent, it's that one's children are not all the same. Not even close. If there's another thing I've learned as a parent, it's that our oldest will never – NEVER – learn...
View ArticleJanek: Let the air-conditioning debate begin - when when to turn it on, when...
That first warm afternoon, when temperatures finally climbed high enough to say, yes, summer is here, I caved. I promised myself as we dragged through a cool and rainy May that if and when the warm...
View ArticleMego: Town motto can be a laughing matter, but maybe not for Naperville
Some town mottos are less about advertising than they are about humor. The motto of the city of San Andreas, Calif., for example, is "It's not our fault." Gettysburg, S.D., decided that it would go...
View ArticleReaders Respond: Reactions to long lines at emissions center, city employees...
In response to the huge numbers of people waiting to get into the Illinois Vehicle Emissions Testing Station in Naperville, requiring police to direct traffic: •Considering that the state is basically...
View ArticleManker: Sometimes it pays off to cut loose and have fun
Birthdays are like opinions. And belly buttons. Everybody's got one. Mine having recently passed (birthday, not belly button), I was reminded once again how different our birthdays are as we grow...
View ArticleReaders Respond: Naperville Township referendums, Hobson School sale
Naperville Sun readers have plenty of opinions when it comes to the news of the day. Here are some of the comments as they appeared on stories posted on www.napersun.com and our Facebook page. Readers...
View ArticleMego: Naperville's plan to burn leaves dangerous and unnecessary
There are many things local governments do more efficiently, and less expensively, than individuals can. Fighting house fires, for example. Fire departments make sense even to the most rabid...
View ArticleManker: Less than a week till Father's Day ... tie, golf or grilling gear...
This Sunday is Father's Day, a public service announcement we bring you for two reasons: To serve as ample warning of the many cliché golf, grilling and bad-tie references ahead in the coming days and...
View ArticleJanek: Yes, that is fake grass downtown - perhaps a solution to landscaping...
In case you've spotted the fake grass along Main Street near the Van Buren parking lot and perhaps wondered if they were filming a movie in downtown Naperville, maybe a sequel to "The Truman Show,"...
View ArticleMego: Any day that's free of worry, strife and broken appliances is Father's Day
I recently came across an old picture of me sitting in a big chair next to a fire. In my lap were two toddlers, a boy and a girl. The boy was my son, who is now married and lives about seven miles...
View ArticleReaders Respond: Comments on city's fake grass, Muslim backlash and a...
Naperville Sun readers have plenty of opinions when it comes to the news of the day. Here are some of the comments as they appeared on stories posted on www.napersun.com and our Facebook page. In...
View ArticleManker: Learning to trust means turning over the lawnmower to your son
Trust is a powerful thing – hard to earn, and sometimes even harder to give. Last summer I wrote about passing the lawn-mowing baton to our oldest, who was then 11. Two months into another...
View ArticleMego: National FOID card might be key to curbing future Orlando-style gun...
Washington always insists on doing things the hard way. This week, prompted by the shootings in Orlando, both the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate put forward bills to try to keep firearms out of the...
View ArticleReaders Respond: Comments on the roadside safety check, clerk inspired by...
Naperville Sun readers have plenty of opinions when it comes to the news of the day. Here are some of the comments as they appeared on stories posted on www.napersun.com and our Facebook page. In...
View ArticleManker: Return to the commuter rat race not as bad as it could be
Three years away from the commuter rat race in and out of Chicago every day will make you appreciate those close-to-home jobs with 10-minute commutes. Turns out, you appreciate them even more when...
View ArticleLetters to the Editor: COD's auditor selection questioned
COD's external auditor choice raises questions The College of DuPage recently hired the firm of CliftonLarsonAllen (CLA) to conduct the college's annual external audit. This firm is well known for...
View ArticleJanek: Summer's not a thing, but something to be enjoyed moment by moment
So far this summer, Bridget and Carmen from "cardholder services" have called me about a hundred times and asked how my summer was going. Maybe it just feels like it's been a hundred times but I know...
View ArticleMego: Brits getting taste of what America experienced 240 years ago
I wonder if all the debate over the United Kingdom's exit from the European Union has given Britains any insight into the American independence movement and the revolt of the colonies we celebrate...
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