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Posted by First Reading 7 months ago.
Ward 5 Ald. Sam Cahnman’s court hearing on a no-contact order has been changed to July 1, court records show.
The hearing is now scheduled for 1:30 p.m. in Sangamon County Circuit Court.
The case has been reassigned to Judge Joshua Meyer, after Associat...
Posted by First Reading 7 months ago.
The Chatham Village Board heard one complaint last week about a plan to implement a fee to pay for the village’s annual cleanup days.
The proposal would charge every utility customer $1 a month to bring back the cleanup days, which were eliminated f...
Posted by First Reading 7 months ago.
From helping village officials coordinate special events to assisting authorities during natural disasters, Rochester’s Community Citizens Corps is ready to serve.
The corps’ council gave a presentation on the group’s objectives during M...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Chatham Village President Tom Gray is touring the Trimble County Power Plant near Louisville, Ky. this week as part of a trip sponsored by the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency.Gray said municipal leaders and utility directors from the IMEA’s membe...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Mark Mahoney was back in city council chamber Tuesday, this time as the city’s public works director.
The former Ward 6 alderman, whose first day on the job was Monday, spent most of his first city council meeting as staff sitting in a chair on th...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
The Williamsville Village Board is urging residents to participate in an online contest to win a $10,000 grant for the village’s July 4 fireworks display.Liberty Mutual Insurance is hosting the “Bring Back The 4th” contest, which will aw...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Trustee Joe Schatteman has been named chair of the Chatham Village Board’s parks and public properties committee.He replaces Jeanne Boyle, who stepped down from the board earlier this month.
Trustees Chuck Herr and Tom Kavanagh will remain chairs of...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Ward 4 Ald. Frank Lesko will continue serving as Springfield’s new mayor pro tem.
Mayor Mike Houston this week named Lesko, a fellow Republican, to run meetings and sign paperwork in his absence.
Lesko first became mayor pro tem in January under during...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Um, no.
But that was the basis of a joke the city’s new fire chief, Ken Fustin, told after he was unanimously confirmed by aldermen Tuesday night.
“As most of you know, the mayor and I don’t exactly run in the same social circles. However, he and hi...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Tonight’s Chatham Village Board meeting could be the quickest yet.
The agenda includes no new or old business.
Village Manager Del McCord said two annexation ordinances slated for this evening did not receive the proper signatures.
The meeting start...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
New fees could be on the horizon in Chatham.
The Chatham Village Board Tuesday heard two separate proposals to charge fees for vehicles that police have towed and tree-trimming services in the village during Tuesday night’s administrative committee ...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
The Rochester Village Board’s annual renewal of waste hauler license applications sparked discussion about how the village regulates trash collection.
Currently, waste haulers must pay the village a $250 license fee, fill out an application and subm...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Chatham Village President Tom Gray honored outgoing trustees Jeanne Boyle and Jill Reynolds Tuesday night with plaques and kind words.Boyle and Reynolds did not seek re-election.
“Jill’s been my buddy forever,” he said. “I persuade...
Posted by First Reading 8 months ago.
Springfield aldermen and Mayor Mike Houston said good-bye Tuesday to the city’s top attorney, Jenifer Johnson.
Houston presented Johnson with a proclamation thanking her for her “decidication and commitment to the city of Springfield.” Johnson was a...
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
The Chatham Village Board was asked to remember a 13-year-old girl who lost her battle with cancer during the moment of silence before Tuesday’s regular board meeting.
Kailey Wilmarth, an eighth-grade student at Glenwood Middle School, died Tuesday....
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
Two newcomers will join the Chatham Village Board during tonight’s regular meeting.
Associate Circuit Judge John “Mo” Madonia is scheduled to swear in Ken Boyle and Dan Holden and incumbent Tom Kavanagh.
Boyle (pictured at top right) is ...
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
Springfield aldermen Tuesday will vote on the appointment of Rianne Hawkins as the new deputy city clerk.
Hawkins, a past president of Illinois Democratic Women, was among a handful of candidates who interviewed for the job, said Clerk Cecilia Tumulty.
Sh...
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
Newly elected Trustee Matthew Greer will be sworn onto the Rochester Village Board during tonight’s regular board meeting.Greer is the brother of Trustee Mike Greer. Incumbents Maribeth Eandi and John Shoudel also will be sworn in by Village Clerk S...
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
New mayor, new backdrop.
Regular attendees of city council meetings noticed a change inside city council chamber Tuesday.
A framed photo of Abraham Lincoln, which had been located behind the mayor’s seat on the dais for years, was replaced with a large ...
Posted by First Reading 9 months ago.
Chatham’s annual Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast is scheduled for 7 to 8 a.m. Thursday at Chatham Baptist Church.Staab Polk Funeral Home owner Paula Staab Polk, pictured at left and an active member of many Chatham organizations, is this year’s fea...
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