I found the following information on the Chicago Tribune’s Real Estate page on the internet. It has an interative map of McHenry County (and all other parts of the six-county Chicago metropolitan area) that tells what has happened to real … Continue reading
A press release from the McHenry County Department of Transportation: Hill Road Bridge Closed Beginning January 31, 2012 WOODSTOCK, IL – The McHenry County Division of Transportation (MCDOT) will close the Hill Road Bridge over North Branch Nippersink Creek just … Continue reading
The Sunday Chicago Tribune last week had a data base of Chicago Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel’s contributors. Just for fun, I thought I’d look up those from zip codes covering parts of McHenry County. Here’s what I found. They are in … Continue reading
Because Lakewood Village Board members decided to require residents to pay off the last year of the golf course purchased the year before the Property Tax Cap went into effect, Lakewood has the highest percentage tax rate increase of any … Continue reading
On a slow Memorial Day Weekend, I thought you might be interested in the early May press release from the U.S. Attorney’s office in Milwaukee: Five People Charged in $14 Million Mortgage Fraud Acting United States Attorney Michelle L. Jacobs … Continue reading
3-7 this Wednesday, April 28, 2010, afternoon at Memorial Hall, 10308 Main St Richmond, the plan will be presented to the public. No formal presentation, but I would imagine that engineers will be present to answer questions. Here are the … 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
Open on the weekends, when thousands of people stream to vacation homes or just to see the fall colors in Wisconsin, the McHenry County Republican Headquarters opened in Richmond is seeing some ten folks an hour drop in. Most want … Continue reading
Open on the weekends, when thousands of people stream to vacation homes or just to see the fall colors in Wisconsin, the McHenry County Republican Headquarters opened in Richmond is seeing some ten folks an hour drop in. Most want … Continue reading
This blur is a Richmond policeman manning a speed trap just east of Route 31/12 on Route 173. He was parked across from the golf course when he clocked someone going east faster than the speed limit. I think it … Continue reading
This blur is a Richmond policeman manning a speed trap just east of Route 31/12 on Route 173. He was parked across from the golf course when he clocked someone going east faster than the speed limit. I think it … Continue reading
The developer paid $17 million for the northwest corner of the intersection of Routes 31 and 72, but he needs a subsidy from District 300 taxpayers to make the “Fashion Corner” work. By anyone’s definition, this is a prime retail … Continue reading
The developer paid $17 million for the northwest corner of the intersection of Routes 31 and 72, but he needs a subsidy from District 300 taxpayers to make the “Fashion Corner” work. By anyone’s definition, this is a prime retail … Continue reading
The growth wave radiating from Chicago resulted in the ousting of numerous outer ring city and village officials last spring. In one phase of an ever-repeating cycle, municipal officials “give away the store” to one or more developers. Citizens become … Continue reading
