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Naperville Sun

Monday, June 23, 2025

Anderson’s Bookshop celebrates 150 years of independent bookselling in Naperville: ‘We will always find that book for you’

Five generations have helmed Anderson’s Bookshop in downtown Naperville since it opened 150 years ago as part of a family-owned drugstore.

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Despite proposed selloff of federal land, survey shows support for parks unifies people from all walks

Future of national public lands is precarious, but Americans across demographic and ideological lines value parks: "People champion their parks."

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‘Teen takeover’ event in downtown Naperville attracted 150 people, resulted in 5 arrests, police say

After Naperville police allegedly found a 14-year-old carrying a loaded, semiautomatic pistol at a downtown “teen takeover” event, authorities are urging safety and, again, stressed they have zero tolerance for illicit behavior.

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Fireworks 2025: All the Fourth of July shows in the Chicago area

Here’s our guide to July 4 fireworks displays in the Chicago area, with shows from almost a hundred communities.

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Naperville News Digest: Knox Presbyterian Church garden walk to benefit food bank; tennis tourney for adults, kids features round-robin format

Roundup of small news items for the Naperville area.

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‘There’s really no stopping’ Creighton recruit Ava Drehs, the 2025 Naperville Sun Softball Player of the Year

Drehs broke Neuqua Valley’s single-season and career records for strikeouts.

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Introducing the 2025 Naperville Sun Softball All-Area Team

Naperville Central’s Riley Silvers is among the players on the first team.

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Letters to the Editor: Vote-by-mail’s not the reason Republicans are losing elections; chromosomes not a simple solution for trans sports issue

Letters to the editor submitted to the Naperville Sun.

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The Way We Were: Escaping the heat back in the 1890s might mean a trip to the Naperville’s Burlington Park lagoon

Befitting this weekend’s sweltering temps — and the official start of the summer solstice — we bring to you this photo of the Burlington Park lagoon taken in the 1890s.

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