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Category Archives: Wedgewood

Message of the Day – A Bird

Posted on 08/04/2012 by Cal SkinnerAugust 4, 2012
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Taking the back way home from CVS took us though Wedgewood, with its severely depleted wetlands. That’s where I saw this blue heron standing in the shallows. … Continue reading →

Posted in Bird, Blue Heron, Message of the Day, Reflection, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Text Girl’s Crystal Lake Crash Pictures

Posted on 10/26/2010 by Cal SkinnerOctober 26, 2010
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Here are the photos taken by Crystal Lake Police at the corner of Wedgewood and Country Club Drive: The curve exists because Lakewood Village Trustee Hal McKenney got what would have been the extension of Country Club Road to Huntley … Continue reading →

Posted in Accident, Country Club Drive, Crash, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Police, Text, Texting, Wedgewood | 3 Replies

CBS Helicopter Hovers Over Lakewood and Environs

Posted on 10/25/2010 by Cal SkinnerOctober 25, 2010
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We out raking leaves and putting them in those stupid bags in our oak-hickory forest (minus one 80-foot hickory) in Lakewood when we noticed a helicopter seeming doing a pattern over Country Club Additions. I joked with my son the … Continue reading →

Posted in Country Club Additions, Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Police, Texting, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Message of the Day – A Sign

Posted on 01/04/2008 by Cal SkinnerJanuary 4, 2008
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This sign is at the entrance to the high-end subdivision Wedgewood. It is located between the Crystal Lake Country Club and Huntley Road. Some teens figured out that if the “g,” second “e” and last “d” were removed from the … Continue reading →

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Message of the Day – A Sign

Posted on 01/03/2008 by Cal SkinnerJanuary 3, 2008
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This sign is at the entrance to the high-end subdivision Wedgewood. It is located between the Crystal Lake Country Club and Huntley Road. Some teens figured out that if the “g,” second “e” and last “d” were removed from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Message of the Day, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

In the Dark of the Night

Posted on 12/22/2007 by Cal SkinnerDecember 22, 2007
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So, we’re coming back from McHenry on the shortest day of the year. It’s about 5:30 and traffic is not moving well at the intersection of McHenry Avenue and Route 14. A marked police car with mars lights blazing pulls … Continue reading →

Posted in Com Ed, Cross, Crystal Lake Police, Electric Outage, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

In the Dark of the Night

Posted on 12/22/2007 by Cal SkinnerDecember 22, 2007
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So, we’re coming back from McHenry on the shortest day of the year. It’s about 5:30 and traffic is not moving well at the intersection of McHenry Avenue and Route 14. A marked police car with mars lights blazing pulls … Continue reading →

Posted in Com Ed, Cross, Crystal Lake Police, Electric Outage, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Developer for Shepley Gets 3-3 Vote at Planning and Zoning

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Cal SkinnerJuly 24, 2007
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Prior to the April municipal elections in Crystal Lake, I saw so many Shepley for Mayor signs on vacant property, I wrote a story called, “Developers for Shepley.” So, I wasn’t too surprised when the site on Huntley and Bard … Continue reading →

Posted in Aaron Shepley, Harvest Run, Turnberry, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Developer for Shepley Gets 3-3 Vote at Planning and Zoning

Posted on 07/24/2007 by Cal SkinnerJuly 24, 2007
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Prior to the April municipal elections in Crystal Lake, I saw so many Shepley for Mayor signs on vacant property, I wrote a story called, “Developers for Shepley.” So, I wasn’t too surprised when the site on Huntley and Bard … Continue reading →

Posted in Aaron Shepley, Harvest Run, Turnberry, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

After the Fire

Posted on 05/25/2007 by Cal SkinnerMay 25, 2007
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967 Wedgewood Drive in Crystal Lake is going to take massive renovation to make it livable again. What you see is some photographs after the big mid-day fire. Take about 3 in the afternoon, the pictures show a completely gutted … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Fire, Illinois State Fire Marshall's Office, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

After the Fire

Posted on 05/25/2007 by Cal SkinnerMay 25, 2007
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967 Wedgewood Drive in Crystal Lake is going to take massive renovation to make it livable again. What you see is some photographs after the big mid-day fire. Take about 3 in the afternoon, the pictures show a completely gutted … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Fire, Illinois State Fire Marshall's Office, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Home Burning in Crystal Lake

Posted on 05/25/2007 by Cal SkinnerMay 25, 2007
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With South Grade School letting out at noon Friday, lot’s of people saw the dark smoke from the fire south of the Wedgewood Subdivision. At least I think it was in Four Colonies. It might have been on the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Fire, Four Colonies, Smoke, Wedgewood | Leave a reply

Home Burning in Crystal Lake

Posted on 05/25/2007 by Cal SkinnerMay 25, 2007
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With South Grade School letting out at noon Friday, lot’s of people saw the dark smoke from the fire south of the Wedgewood Subdivision. At least I think it was in Four Colonies. It might have been on the south … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Lake, Crystal Lake Fire Department, Fire, Four Colonies, Smoke, Wedgewood | Leave a reply
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