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Reflections on the people, places and things in and around Naperville.
Did you know one of the top 10 most visited cultural attractions in the Chicagoland area can be found in Naperville? Since its inception in 1987, the DuPage Children’s Museum, located at 301 N. Washington St., has been welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. The goal of the museum is to stimulate curiosity, creativity, thinking and problem solving in young children through interactive exhibits and programs. The three story DuPage Children's Museum is made up of several different exhibit neighborhoods where visitors can explore art, math, science and how they work together in the…
In the United States, voting is a pretty simple process if you think about it. Once you are registered, which seriously is not a difficult process, you just show up and vote. You don’t have to worry about verbal or physical abuse or intimidation. Right? I don’t think anyone expects to encounter issues when they get to the polls. I didn’t and neither did Naperville resident Pattie Bolek. But Tuesday when Bolek went to vote she left the polls shaken. And I had my own experience that left me more than a little shook up. Bolek took her daughter Kaitlyn, 7, with her to her polling place at Zion …

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