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Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Sherman Police Department’s awards committee earlier this month honored three residents for their efforts to help with crime prevention and community service.
Pastor Mark Emerson, the department’s chaplain, was recognized for his response ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The village of Rochester next month will start to draft its budget for the next fiscal year and has scheduled four village board meetings to go over the proposed spending plan.The dates are March 17, March 24, March 31 and April 7.
The meetings all will t...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Chatham Village Board Tuesday night approved agreements with village engineers and the Illinois Department of Transportation for initial work required for a bike/pedestrian trail in the tunnel under the Plummer Boulevard railroad overpass.
Last year, ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Chatham Village Board’s administrative committee Tuesday night shot down requests for local convenience stores to obtain a license to sell hard liquor.
Convenience stores in Chatham currently are allowed Class C liquor licenses, which allow the ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Rochester has joined several local communities in using an electronic notification system to send safety and weather alerts to residents.
The village’s Nixle alert system took effect Saturday.
The Nixle service will allow the police department to cr...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
There will be no Chatham Village Board meeting Tuesday night.
The board meets only once in December, so the Dec. 14 meeting was the last of 2010.
When the full board reconvenes on Jan. 11, they will meet 30 minutes earlier. During their last meeting, trus...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The weather outside may be frightful this time of year but that’s not stopping Sherman Village President Trevor Clatfelter from pursuing some outdoor fun for residents.
An outdoor ice rink is one amenity he hopes to add to the village.
“ItR...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Sherman Village President Trevor Clatfelter has become a first-time father.
Clatfelter and his wife, Michelle, welcomed son, James Harrison Clatfelter, into the world on Wednesday afternoon.
Village officials report mom and baby are doing well.
The couple...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
It’s number-crunching time in Williamsville as officials plan for the 2011 budget.
Village President Tom Yokley and the board put a notice on the village’s website, encouraging residents to voice their suggestions and ideas for how the village...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield City Clerk Cecilia Tumulty conducted a lottery this morning to determine which Ward 5 candidate would be listed first on the April 5 ballot.
Both incumbent Sam Cahnman and Ryan Tozer were at the clerk’s office at 8 a.m. on the first day ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Sherman Village Board last week approved an agreement with Niemann Foods Inc. to build the village’s first grocery store.Village officials and Niemann Foods representatives held a press conference Tuesday morning at the site of the planned 25,00...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
All’s quiet in the Springfield City Clerk’s Office, reports Bernard Schoenburg.
No one filed in the first hour of the last day of filing. The deadline is 5 p.m. to submit petitions to run for Springfield mayor, treasurer, city clerk or alderma...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Cameron Counts says he doesn’t have enough signatures to run for Ward 6 alderman.
In an e-mail, Counts, 36, said he will be 20 signatures short of the 215 required to file for office. Today is the deadline.
“But this might not be the last you&...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Here is a quick mid-morning update on the city’s election.
Candidates filing this morning include:
*Jim Langfelder, for re-election as city treasurer.
*Steven Dove, for another term as Ward 9 alderman.
Former Williamsville village president Bill McC...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Springfield Mayor Tim Davlin wasn’t in a talking mood after Tuesday’s city council meeting.
There were many questions — but no answers.
Questions swirled about whether he will seek re-election. There’s also the matter of federal tax liens agai...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The mayor’s 15th annual prayer breakfast was held this morning at the Hilton in downtown Springfield.
Mayor Tim Davlin took a moment to give thanks to city government workers.“As I reflect back on the last eight years that I’ve been up here, I c...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
More than 20 Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts packed the Chatham Village Board chambers Tuesday night to learn about municipal government.
The scouts, member of Troop 310 and Pack 79, took turns asking trustees prepared questions, including “Can anyone mak...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Fresh off of a seven-day trip to Ashikaga, Japan, Chatham Village President Tom Gray noted many similarities between Chatham and Japan’s municipal governments.“It’s amazing. If you went into their council chamber… it looks exactly ...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
The Rochester village hall/library complex soon will become more energy efficient.The village board Monday night approved an $18,015 contract with B&B Electric of Springfield to remove light fixtures in the building and replace them with energy-effici...
Posted by First Reading 1 year ago.
Tonight’s Sherman Village Board meeting has been rescheduled to next week due to the election.
The meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Nov. 9 at the village hall, 401 St. Johns Drive. The agenda will be posted here.
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