Mego: Naperville needs to be first to embrace 'Towel Day'
Naperville enjoys being the best town for this or that, and simply loves being the first town to do something. Well, I think I've identified something else we can be the first to do. I don't think...
View ArticleManker: Give him an eagle mascot costume, watch him soar
When you volunteer to help with Field Day at your children's school, you go in knowing you could be assigned just about any task: shepherding kids from station to station, applying temporary tattoos...
View ArticleMom flooded with memories as her chick heads toward future
One Sunday afternoon a few weeks ago I sat down with a stack of flyers and permission slips to make notes on the family calendar: One day our daughter had a pizza lunch with her "bus buddies;" the...
View ArticleMego: Memorial Day a time for remembrance, reflection, optimism
This weekend is not just the unofficial start of summer, and a signal to clean out the grill. Monday is Memorial Day, the day to remember and honor all those who died in service to our armed forces....
View ArticleMego: Sunday's kite fest one of Naperville's most delightful events
Somewhere on the easternmost coast of China, perhaps 2,500 years ago, someone took a piece of silk and a few strips of bamboo and fashioned the world's first kite. Since then, uncountable numbers of...
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View Article9,000 glitter-encrusted mussels agree: Naperville's best at everything
Naperville recently won another accolade to add to its very lengthy list: America's Second-Best City to Live in as rated by Niche, a company that ranks communities and schools nationwide. Second-best?...
View ArticleNaperville carillon a mistake but no choice now but to fix it
Naperville's Millennium Carillon should teach us some valuable lessons. The first is exciting ideas are not necessarily good ideas. In fact, it can be argued the more exciting an idea is the more you...
View ArticleMego: Best gift you can give dad is to live a good, honest life
What occupies the minds of most fathers is their hopes for their children. Although they never show it, many dads find raising a child a scary business. John Newton, who eventually became a preacher,...
View ArticlePreservation and utility at core of historic Nichols Library debate
Sometimes when we're walking down Washington Street or sitting in our cars in slow-moving traffic, we'll glance up at the stately old building and again read the words etched into the...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Time to unring carillon bells
Time to unring carillon bells When I first heard the idea of a carillon in downtown Naperville, it seemed like it would be a nice thing to hear from time to time. I imagined beautiful bells chiming...
View ArticleManker: Summer's too precious not to spend it outside with the kids
What a strange fluke of timing that the kids have already been out of school for almost a month before the first day of summer even arrived.That means summer camps and other activities have already...
View ArticleKeaton: Suits for Success gives former prisoners new start in life
It was not so much a leap of faith as a series of small steps that led Bill Denwood and Steve Hirmer to create a nonprofit group aimed at helping recently paroled men and women avoid returning to...
View ArticleMego: Making old library part of new building 'ghoulish'; let it die with...
I'm probably as nostalgic as anyone about the old Nichols Library on Washington Street. When my family first moved to town, it became a sanctuary for me. The culture of Naperville was radically...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: STEPS program, cut the carillon, school funding,...
District 204 decision divides disabled We are parents from the District 204 STEPS program. We received an email from Dr. Karen Sullivan on June 8 stating that she would be dividing our adult students...
View ArticleCarillon preservation not a priority for all in Naperville
In 2007, after years of disheartening construction delays and cost overruns, Naperville at last completed the 14-story Moser Tower housing the 72-bell Millennium Carillon. It was the rarest of...
View ArticleManker: Naperville's ever-changing tree line poses fireworks viewing challenge
With the July 4 holiday nearly upon us, it's time for those annual rites of midsummer – fireworks, Ribfest and Ribfest fireworks. Most importantly, that means it's also time to tackle that annual...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Roundup, Naper Settlement, Carillon, dog rescue
Science disputes parks decision I am extremely disappointed the Naperville Park District caved to pressure from non-scientists regarding the use of Roundup on playgrounds. I suspect no one who signed...
View ArticleMego: July 4 should be a reminder to us - and the city - to live up to our...
This Sunday marks the halfway point in the year 2017. It is also, of course, the day on which the Second Continental Congress approved the resolution by Richard Henry Lee that the colonies break away...
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