Here’s the message from the campaign: Saturday, our next Governor Bill Brady will be at the Broken Oar Marina Bar & Grill (614 Rawson Bridge Road, Port Barrington, 60010) starting around 11:30AM. He will be getting escorted to the event … Continue reading
Category Archives: Fox River
I always get exercised when I see marginal highway projects in Downstate Illinois, while area residents are threatened (with the support of local officials) with a local toll bridge across the Fox River between Carpentersville and Algonquin. In 2007, we … Continue reading
After eating Mother’s Day brunch at a very crowded Port Edward in Algonquin, we went across Route 62 to Cornish Park along the Fox River. The river was high, as you can see, but certainly not as high as it … Continue reading
When the Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that the McHenry Locks connecting the lower Fox River to the Chain of Lakes would be closed Mondays and Tuesdays, along with fewer hours the rest of the week, Crystal Lake attorney … Continue reading
Got some before and after the storm photos from below the dam on the Fox River this week. Below is what the dam looked like on Sunday, March 18h. Then, the deluge. Two days later this what was seen from … Continue reading
On my roundabout way to NASA Education’s Veterans Stand Down Monday, I went past the bankrupt condos in Downtown Algonquin. I took a photo from across the river and wonder if whoever ends up finishing the project might reconsider facing … Continue reading
A friend took some photos of the Camp Algonquin paddle boat tragedy and gave me permission to use them. Meanwhile, I have discovered that the helicopters were from Chicago television stations, not the Coast Guard. And the lights in the … Continue reading
A friend took some photos of the Camp Algonquin paddle boat tragedy and gave me permission to use them. Meanwhile, I have discovered that the helicopters were from Chicago television stations, not the Coast Guard. And the lights in the … Continue reading
As I was looking at the front page coverage of the Camp Algonquin paddle boat tragedy, I thought of the story I wrote March 23, 2007, on the first boat on Crystal Lake. The ice had just gone out and … Continue reading
As I was looking at the front page coverage of the Camp Algonquin paddle boat tragedy, I thought of the story I wrote March 23, 2007, on the first boat on Crystal Lake. The ice had just gone out and … Continue reading
It’s not at the flood stage it was in May, but the Algonquin dam is open and there is not much of a drop over the spillway, as you can see in the picture I took yesterday about 11. Considering … Continue reading
It’s not at the flood stage it was in May, but the Algonquin dam is open and there is not much of a drop over the spillway, as you can see in the picture I took yesterday about 11. Considering … Continue reading
That’s as one would expect, I guess, but I thought you might like to see what I saw this morning. Above you can see it is wide open. The flood level seems to be about at the same level as … Continue reading
That’s as one would expect, I guess, but I thought you might like to see what I saw this morning. Above you can see it is wide open. The flood level seems to be about at the same level as … Continue reading
A letter from State Rep. Mike Tryon: Fox/Chain of Lakes Flooding UpdateWATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ALONG THE UPPER FOX RIVER IN ILLINOIS. THE RIVER WAS NEARING CREST TODAY IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FOX RIVER ABOVE ALGONQUIN. … Continue reading
A letter from State Rep. Mike Tryon: Fox/Chain of Lakes Flooding UpdateWATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RISE ALONG THE UPPER FOX RIVER IN ILLINOIS. THE RIVER WAS NEARING CREST TODAY IN THE UPPER REACHES OF THE FOX RIVER ABOVE ALGONQUIN. … Continue reading
Lots of it. Here’s what the Algonquin Dam looked like about 9 PM. That ripple in the river is where the dam is located. Click to enlarge. … Continue reading
Lots of it. Here’s what the Algonquin Dam looked like about 9 PM. That ripple in the river is where the dam is located. Click to enlarge. … Continue reading
OK, ornithologists. What is this unhatched egg my son found on Mother’s Day after we finished eating at Port Edward? It was on the edge of the Fox River in Algonquin. There were several of them that obviously the mother … Continue reading