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Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Rochester trustees are slated to approve a new spending plan for the 2011 fiscal year during a special meeting tonight.
The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. in the executive conference room inside the village hall/library complex.
The new budget includes a ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Tim Davlin has about a year left in his current term as mayor of Springfield.
After Tuesday’s city council meeting, Davlin was asked whether he has thought about running for re-election to a third four-year term.
“Nope, right now I’m jus...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield continues to hold a slight lead over Peoria in a playful wager between the two cities’ mayors to determine whose community has the better census return rate.As of Monday afternoon, Springfield had a mail-in participation rate of 76 perce...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield’s 10th annual State of the City luncheon will be held May 3 at the President Abraham Lincoln Hotel & Conference Center.
The luncheon, sponsored by the Commercial Real Estate Network of Capital Area Association of Realtors and the Gr...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Williamsville Village Board Monday night unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposal to cut municipalities’ share of state income tax revenue.
Gov. Pat Quinn’s proposed spending plan would lower municipalities’ current 10 percent sha...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Chatham’s emergency notification system now automatically sends tornado watches and warnings and other weather alerts to residents via text message or email.
The feature is just in time for severe weather season, Chatham’s geographic information s...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Rochester made the right move in sticking with Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power for water, Rochester Water Trustee Harry Hendrickson says.
Rochester previously partnered with Chatham to explore alternatives to CWLP water. The village event...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Two weeks after the Chatham Village Board approved moving forward with construction of a new water plant, Trustee Chuck Herr publicly thanked everyone involved.“I know from sitting here for nine years, the amount of work that’s gone in by this boa...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
After about a year hiatus, Sherman’s village newsletter is back.The quarterly publication was among cuts the village adopted to get through a tough year, which included a severe loss of sales tax revenue and delayed income tax money payments from th...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield’s quest for a high response rate for the 2010 Census has gotten personal for Mayor Tim Davlin.
The Peoria Journal-Star’s ‘Word’ on the Web blog reports that Davlin has challenged Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis in a contest to d...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Most area residents having trouble with their census forms need look no further than their local village hall for assistance.
The U.S. Census Bureau has set up Questionnaire Assistance Centers throughout the area to help people complete their forms and an...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
City Water, Light and Power has joined Facebook.
“We’ll be posting the latest and greatest here….street closures, energy seminars, outage information, restoration updates and more,” according to a post on the site.
CWLP also is on ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
A day after National Census Day, Sherman has the area’s highest census mail participation rate.
As of this afternoon, 83 percent of Sherman residents have returned their census forms.
Sherman Village President Trevor Clatfelter said he’s pleas...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Google users today were likely taken aback by he popular search engine’s new name.
In honor of April Fools’ Day, Google officially dubbed itself “Topeka.”
The joke is a nod to Topeka, Kan., which renamed itself Google, Kan., for th...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Chatham trustees have the week off since March is a five-Tuesday month.
Board meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, while the board’s committees meet on the first and third Tuesday.
Trustees will next meet on April 6 at 6 ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The city of Springfield will turn off all non-essential lights at its government offices Saturday in recognition of Earth Hour.
Earth Hour — scheduled for 8:30 p.m. Saturday – is a worldwide event that serves as a call to action on climate change....
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Mayor Tim Davlin was vacationing in Jamaica after all.
Weeks after refusing to tell The State Journal-Register details about a vacation he took as the fate of dozens of employees hung in the balance, the mayor explained his trip to Jamaica this morning to...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Chatham Trustee Matt Mau was the only village board member Tuesday night who voted against moving forward with construction of a new water plant and severing ties with Springfield’s City Water, Light and Power.
After the meeting, he further explaine...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Rochester tonight is hosting an informational meeting for the 11 households that will be affected by the Black Branch Creek sanitary sewer replacement project.
“We just want to provide the opportunity for the local residents to meet the contractor...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The St. Andrew’s Society of Central Illinois’ 2010 Highland Games will take place in Chatham Community Park.
The Chatham Village Board approved the St. Andrew’s Society use of the park earlier this month.
The games are scheduled for May ...
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