So far I have found three places where one can obtain a free Northwest Herald. I’ve spoken of Colonial Cafe before. I love its citrus mandarin salad with or without chicken. Next I found a box just as one enters … Continue reading
Category Archives: Northswest Herald
The Northwest Herald rolled out endorsements for two McHenry County Board districts this morning. In District 1, challengers Andrew Gasser and David Stieper were selected over incumbent Robert Nowak. Time will tell if their promise not to take health insurance … Continue reading
Former Publisher of the Northwest Herald Bob Shaw and his brother William have reached a settlement with Shaw Media for $5.25 million, according to a Crain’s Chicago Business article. The two owned 35% of the company, whose leading asset is … Continue reading
A press release from the campaign for Bill Prim for Sheriff reacting to the press release from Patriots United that Andy Zinke has pulled out of the organization’s debate: PRIM CALLS ZINKE DEBATE PULLOUT “FEEBLE,” SAYS VOTERS ARE THE LOSERS … Continue reading
Here’s something to chew on for the weekend. It’s attorney Mary Gardner’s memo on behalf of The First Electric Newspaper‘s attempt to enforce a Freedom of Information request filed for the investigative report by the McHenry County Sheriff’s Department’s exonerating … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald concluded its endorsements for County Board yesterday. Here are the results: District 1 Yvonne Barnes, Anna May Miller, Nick Chirikos and Robert Nowak were endorsed. Chirikos is the only Democrat on the ballot. Passed over was incumbent … Continue reading
Former Group Editor, among other titles, at the Northwest Herald has moved on. He still lives in Cary, but now he is Publisher of Pioneer Press, a chain of weekly newspapers owned by the Chicago Sun-Times. The chain used to … Continue reading
You may remember that Kevin Craver’s Northwest Herald article about District 2 McHenry County Board candidates focused on the vote to increase the property tax levy by the maximum of 1.5% Cost-of-Living increase allowed by the Real Estate Tax Cap. … Continue reading
Today, we move to the fourth installment on the motion filed by former Deputy Sheriff Zane Seipler’s lawyer Blake Horwitz requesting sanctions against McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren for releasing confidential information. This is occurring in Seipler’s Federal wrongful termination … Continue reading
Front page news on both of Chicago’s papers today was the Cook County Board’s vote to phase out its hefty sales tax under the now out-of-office Todd Stroger. The Crystal Lake City Council’s March, 2008, 75% city sales tax increase went … Continue reading
I don’t know if anyone at the Northwest Herald was there in 2002 when I ran for governor on the Libertarian Party ticket, but Sunday’s editorial writer provided a flashback for me. When I announced my candidacy, the main pitch … Continue reading
The following appears to be new information about the suit that Supreme Court Justice Robert Thomas filed against the Kane County Chronicle, a Shaw Suburban Media Group, which also owns the Northwest Herald: “Robert Thomas, the chief justice of the … Continue reading
Some folks might have thought my story Monday about the closing of the Cary Post Office was an April Fool’s Day joke. But it was published on April 5th. Now, almost two days after the posting of that McHenry County … Continue reading
Shaw Publications had decided that it is cheaper to have rival Paddock Publications print its area newspapers than to continue to do it themselves. That was announced on the Daily Herald’s web site today. When’s it going to happen? Pretty … Continue reading
Actually, the notice referred to “most comments.” That’s what the message said under the three most commented upon postings on Tuesday. Maybe the message was there before. If so, I didn’t notice. From personal experience I know that comments have … Continue reading
Actually, the notice referred to “most comments.” That’s what the message said under the three most commented upon postings on Tuesday. Maybe the message was there before. If so, I didn’t notice. From personal experience I know that comments have … Continue reading