Aurora alley lighting grant:

The city of Aurora has received a $10,000 grant from the ComEd Powering Safe Communities program to install LED solar-powered motion sensor lights on garages and in backyards where there are no light poles. The city will give more than 100 light bulbs to neighborhood groups in Ward 2, 3 and 4, which will distribute them to members. Volunteers from Rebuilding Together Aurora will install the lights for free. Aurora is one of 23 communities to receive the ComEd grant. For details, contact Aurora’s neighborhood group support team at (630) 256-3327 or neighborhoodsupport@aurora-il.org.

Holocaust survivor to speak:

Holocaust survivor Marthe Cohn is scheduled to share her story at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 during an event hosted by Chabad Jewish Center of Naperville at the Embassy Suites hotel, 1823 Abriter Court. Cohn was a devoutly religious 19-year-old French girl in 1939 when the Nazis invaded France. She graduated nursing school then joined the French resistance and was recruited to be a spy because of her fluency in German and her Aryan appearance. Cohn also will sign copies of her memoir, “Behind Enemy Lines: The True Story of a French Jewish Spy in Nazi Germany.” Tickets are $15 before Sept. 15 and $20 at the door. For details or to buy tickets, call (630) 344-9770 or visit jewishnaperville.com.

Blue bulbs support police:

The Holiday Inn Express and Suites in downtown Aurora is offering free blue light bulbs to Aurora residents to display as part of Project Blue Light Aurora in support of police officers. Residents are asked to display the blue lights on their porches to show support for work police do to keep the community safe. At the Holiday Inn, 111 N. Broadway, lights will be available 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. seven days with proof of an Aurora address while supplies last.