Good morning, Naperville.

Naperville will host a two-week Halloween celebration beginning Oct.

16 with a candlelit scavenger hunt at the Woman’s Club and a family festival at Naper Settlement. Trick-or-treating, trolley tours, and a Halloween parade on Oct. 31 offer residents ways to enjoy the festivities — details and tickets are available online.

Naperville Convention & Visitors Bureau hosted its first familiarization tour since 2017 for meeting professionals to explore local hotels, venues & attractions including stops at Hotel Indigo, Naper Settlement and Chicago Marriott Naperville.

The event showcased Naperville’s strengths as a meeting destination.

The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago launched Y for All in Naperville to offer lower membership prices and expanded eligibility for families facing rising costs.

The program provides instant approval with no income proof required + ensures access to health, wellness, and community activities.

Naperville Park District invites adults aged 50-and-up to complete an online survey on active adult programs to help plan future offerings; the survey is available until Saturday, Oct.

31.

Kim Windsor, who has played bassoon with the Naperville Municipal Band for 25 years, is featured in the Behind the Horn series.

She continues to enrich local music while working as a photo editor at Animal House Shelter (a community resource) and sharing memories of her early career.

A pumpkin with the City of Naperville logo was displayed at the Municipal Center last October, sparking local nostalgia about its design.

The logo, created in 1974 by volunteers, features a wave-like river, a tree symbolizing green spaces, and low-rise buildings that reflect our residential community.

Lotus, an illuminated art installation by Nicolas Paolozzi and ArtForum, is on display at Paddleboat Quarry, 441 Aurora Avenue on the Riverwalk until Oct.

26; it features six towering lotus sculptures that invite residents to reflect on resilience + boost local downtown foot traffic.

Naperville's Ellman's Music Center offers piano lessons, sheet music, instrument rentals & repairs to help locals relax from busy days, as high schooler Serena Ung discovered when a brief piano session reset her mind.

A SmartAsset report shows that in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area, adults see about 72.5% of their pay go to living expenses — leaving roughly $20,315 for other spending.

The report compares these figures with other Midwest metro areas to highlight key regional differences.

Rush University System for Health and Endeavor Health announced plans yesterday to merge their operations into a unified system that will operate 12 hospitals and over 400 care sites — the merger aims to improve local access to care and advance research.