Gary Swick News Today

Aurora GreenFest will return to Prisco Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. The free and green-minded festival will have a full day of activities, speakers, food trucks, and mo...

On Tuesday, April 2, the Elgin Chapter of the Izaak Walton League will host a program on the Fox River presented by Gary Swick. Swick is the president of the Friends of the Fox River. The Elgin resid...

Some have wondered if new football coach Robbie Gould will show Saturday for the Indoor Fishing Flea Market at Rolling Meadows High School; that question leads Go & Show this week.

Kane County nonprofit organizations Friends of the Fox River and the River Corridor Foundation will host two separate meetings next week to inform the public about the controversial recommendation to ...

A new short documentary, “Watershed Warriors,” focuses on Friends of the Fox River and the progress the organization has made to reclaim the waterway as a natural resource for the people, wildlife and plants that live within its watershed.

A new short filmed titled "Watershed Warriors" highlights the efforts of suburban residents who have worked to clean and improve the Fox River. The film will be screened Thursday in Elgin.

Federal regulators just approved a merger between Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern, with Chicago as part of the route linking Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.

As part of the Start in Your Yard initiative, the Wild Ones of Greater Kane County, Gail Borden Library and the Elgin Sustainability Commission are hosting the four-part series "Under Our Feet."

Friends of the Fox River will host "Dam Night Out," with a focus on Fox River dams, on Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Two Brothers Roundhouse in Aurora and Riveredge Park bike and pedestrian bridge.

The Friends of the Fox River received financial support from the Barrington-based Signal Hill Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in the amount of $500.