Apparently to provide more parking for Crystal Lake South High School fans at the 1 PM Saturday football game, school buses were moved from the bus barn next to South owned jointly by Districts 47 and 155 to CLCHS. Bus … Continue reading
Category Archives: Zoning
Here is Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley’s take on the District 155 bleacher issue: Disappointed. The word that best describes the sinking feeling the City Council had when we learned of District 155’s actions in what may someday be referred … Continue reading
Wednesday morning was the time set for consideration of a Temporary Restraining Order on District 155’s football field brought by Amberwood Drive property owners, including Jean and McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi. Bianchi is not suing in his official … Continue reading
The table for those scheduled to participate in the meeting in the Crystal Lake High School District 155 Board Room were labeled with who should sit where. But there was no meeting. At 5:13 District officials were served with a … Continue reading
Prior to the scathing letter from Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley, District 155 invited Amberwood Avenue residents to a meeting Monday night at 6:30. … Continue reading
The following is rationale being offered by High School District 155 for not contacting the City of Crystal Lake about building the $1.2 million stadium bleachers at South High School’s football field: … Continue reading
In response to a Freedom of Information Request filed late last night the City of Crystal Lake has provided the following letters to High School District 155 dated July 30th and 31st: … Continue reading
Some more thoughts from District 3 Republican McHenry County Board candidate Mike Walkup about the County Executive form of government that Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks has gotten on the ballot: “One of the things that can happen if … Continue reading
Here the the appointments that are due to be approved Tuesday. The dates are when the terms will expire. AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND FARMLAND PROTECTION COMMISSION Harry W. Alten, Jr. 01/01/2015 Lenore R. Beyer-Clow 01/01/2015 Mary T. McCann 01/01/2013 McHENRY … Continue reading
The Village of Johnsburg is making efforts to make its rules more accessible to the public in their homes or offices. That’s what the email below says: In an effort to keep our community informed, the Village has been pursuing … Continue reading
Owners of a couple of hundred acres of land are asking to be annexed to the Village of Lakewood on Tuesday. The annexation is connected with the SportsPlex, which McHenry County’s Board has allocated millions of dollars in loan authority … Continue reading
Pat Kennedy has been attending meetings of the McHenry County Regional Planning Commission. What she has observed and her conclusions about it follow: I have been attending most of the McHenry County Regional Planning Commission meetings over the last several … Continue reading
Pat Kennedy has been attending meetings of the McHenry County Regional Planning Commission. What she has observed and her conclusions about it follow: I have been attending most of the McHenry County Regional Planning Commission meetings over the last several … Continue reading
Lisa Haderlein, Executive Director of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, took on McHenry County’s zoning department Tuesday night. The Northwest Herald’s Kevin Craver had a fine article on her and other citizen’s complaints, but I thought you might like … Continue reading
Lisa Haderlein, Executive Director of The Land Conservancy of McHenry County, took on McHenry County’s zoning department Tuesday night. The Northwest Herald’s Kevin Craver had a fine article on her and other citizen’s complaints, but I thought you might like … Continue reading
Last night the Crystal Lake City Council was scheduled to take up a strip mall and condos for the intersection of Bard and Huntley Roads. There is a short previous article about the re-zonig. I went home before the vote. … Continue reading
Last night the Crystal Lake City Council was scheduled to take up a strip mall and condos for the intersection of Bard and Huntley Roads. There is a short previous article about the re-zonig. I went home before the vote. … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members don’t like listening to people complain about intrusive neighborhood zoning requests. The Northwest Herald’s Kevin Craver touches on it in this article. Recently, there was the end run that Fritz Duda dis-annexed from the Village of … Continue reading
McHenry County Board members don’t like listening to people complain about intrusive neighborhood zoning requests. The Northwest Herald’s Kevin Craver touches on it in this article. Recently, there was the end run that Fritz Duda dis-annexed from the Village of … Continue reading