
living history
Lindsay Judd, executive director of St. Charles History Museum, remembers the precise…
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Second to none
Aurora is the second-most populous city and has the second-largest Latino community in…
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Glen Ellyn
As a longtime Glen Ellyn resident and business owner, there’s nothing Jill Foucré…
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Discover Plainfield
Naperville’s southern neighbor, Plainfield, has undergone quite the transformation…
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Discover | Oswego
Julianne Sitch has spent much of her life on the soccer field, with her professional…
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Discover Lisle
MEET Jen Widerstrom Before she became the well-known fitness expert and coach she is…
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ELMHURST
MEET DAN CRONIN Born on Chicago’s West Side in 1959, Dan Cronin moved to Elmhurst with…
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Discover Hinsdale
MEET ROB JOHNSON Although he grew up in St. Louis—and spent his high school years in…
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Glen Ellyn
MEET MATT BOWEN When retired NFL player Matt Bowen, 43, talks about growing up in Glen…
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Discover Aurora
MEET MAYOR IRVIN When Richard C. Irvin speaks about Aurora, he does so with reverence…
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St. Charles
MEET RITA PAYLEITNER As St. Charles’s 2nd Ward alderman and chairperson of the planning…
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Discover | Oak Brook
MEET DICK PORTILLO The founder of local legend Portillo’s Hot Dogs and his wife, Sharon,…
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