Here’s an update from Bradford W. Meador, Manager, Property Management, Great Lakes Facilities Service Office, on what’s happening with the disagreement between the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Postal System about the taking of parking spaces from the Algonquin … Continue reading
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A press release from the Woodstock Police Department: FATAL ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION Woodstock, IL – On Monday August 22, 2011 at 8:34 AM the Woodstock Police Department and the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the area just West of Route 47 … Continue reading
Over 40 years ago I noticed a lot–hundreds of acres–of land changing hands west of Richmond. I was McHenry County Treasurer and my office changed the addresses on the Address-o-Graph plates. We got the deed transfers which had the new … Continue reading
$12,500 to build a gazebo in Geneva to commemorate the first cross country road is perhaps a hint that the state’s financial situation is not as bad as the doomsday folks would have you believe. The Sun-Times article says it … Continue reading
The Illinois Legislative Research Bureau is a godsend to Illinois legislators smart enough to use it. One such person is State Senator Martin Sandoval (D-Chicago). It appears he has had the LRU replicate the type of cost-benefit study I got … Continue reading
That’s what people who take Walkup Avenue across Route 176 are telling me. How long is it going to be before the two inches of asphalt are laid? How long must traffic slow to a crawl, not once, but twice, … Continue reading
That’s what people who take Walkup Avenue across Route 176 are telling me. How long is it going to be before the two inches of asphalt are laid? How long must traffic slow to a crawl, not once, but twice, … Continue reading
Randy’s Cycle place at the corner of Huntley and Main Street is selling off its inventory, starting today. “The sale is initiated only after careful consideration,” a message to a customer read. “The state highway department will be taking over … Continue reading
Randy’s Cycle place at the corner of Huntley and Main Street is selling off its inventory, starting today. “The sale is initiated only after careful consideration,” a message to a customer read. “The state highway department will be taking over … Continue reading
Last week traffic was jammed on Crystal Lake’s Route 14 because Illinois Department of Transportation road crews were patching and repaving the road. First day of the work week and IDOT employees are out again. This picture was taken ab … Continue reading
Last week traffic was jammed on Crystal Lake’s Route 14 because Illinois Department of Transportation road crews were patching and repaving the road. First day of the work week and IDOT employees are out again. This picture was taken ab … Continue reading
You have to wonder about the road improvement priorities of Governor Rod Blagojevich. I don’t often take Route 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry. To put it bluntly, its surface is abysmal. Near Terra Cotta, the big valley, I’ve labeled … Continue reading
You have to wonder about the road improvement priorities of Governor Rod Blagojevich. I don’t often take Route 31 between Crystal Lake and McHenry. To put it bluntly, its surface is abysmal. Near Terra Cotta, the big valley, I’ve labeled … Continue reading
Hi, Guys- Got an idea this morning that might be worth some consideration. Even though I thought your imposition of the quarter of one percent sales tax on me and other collar county residents was a really bad idea, maybe … Continue reading
Hi, Guys- Got an idea this morning that might be worth some consideration. Even though I thought your imposition of the quarter of one percent sales tax on me and other collar county residents was a really bad idea, maybe … Continue reading
This one is in water in a pot hole on Route 31 last Sunday before it started snowing. It’s of a tree on the east side of the road. There was no wind in the valley except for that created … Continue reading
This one is in water in a pot hole on Route 31 last Sunday before it started snowing. It’s of a tree on the east side of the road. There was no wind in the valley except for that created … Continue reading
Sunday morning we drove back from the Milwaukee area. Because of the bad weather predictions I couldn’t even sleep in. Across the bottom of the television screen church closings were being announced. Even under the ad for John McCain, the … Continue reading
Sunday morning we drove back from the Milwaukee area. Because of the bad weather predictions I couldn’t even sleep in. Across the bottom of the television screen church closings were being announced. Even under the ad for John McCain, the … Continue reading
This May 25th letter from too few of Illinois’ federal legislators to General Assembly leaders and Governor Rod Blagojevich urges those officials to find the $2.1 billion needed to capture the $6.1 billion in federal transportation grants approved in 2005. … Continue reading