With April 1st fast approaching, it doesn’t look as though Mayor Soto’s wish to have a decision on Hainesville’s police protection by the end of March will happen. Instead, the policing bodies offering to patrol and protect the citizens of the Village were invited to put on their dog and pony show in front of the [...]
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Round Lake Beach’s ‘Mini’ Roundabout
March 29th, 2010 
Gene Carey On March 15th we wrote about a couple of Roundabouts coming to our area (not specifically in our District, though) as part of this summer’s road improvements. Round Lake Beach is no laggard when it comes to innovation and already has their very own, brand new, ‘mini’ Roundabout at West End and Wildwood Drive. If [...]
So, You Missed This Years Easter Egg Hunt!
March 29th, 2010 Gene Carey We are getting quite a number of visitors searching for the Round Lake Area Easter Egg Hunt date (held this past Saturday) which indicates many of you missed out on all the fun. Not to worry, though! RE/MAX Center always puts on a huge Easter Egg Hunt with over 7500 eggs including 300 prize eggs. Over the past few [...]
Don’t Throw That Used Oil In The Garbage!
March 28th, 2010 Gene Carey Years ago when I was a district manager for Jiffy Lube International, our stores all excepted used oil from residents of the neighborhoods. At that time we received two cents per gallon for our used oil when it was picked up so it made sense to accept it. Over the years I have saved my old [...]
Round Lake Area Park District’s Indoor Garage Sale
March 27th, 2010 Gene Carey With temperatures reaching 70* this coming week many of us will be doing some ‘house-cleaning’ to get rid of ‘stuff’ we no longer need and to make room for new ‘stuff’. If you have some items of value then mark your calendar for Round Lake Area Park District’s Indoor Garage Sale being held at the [...]
Underwater Homeowners Catch A Break
March 27th, 2010 Gene Carey With only about 170,000 of the 1.1 million eligible homeowners who began the process of restructuring their loans over a year ago succeeding, the Obama administration announced plans to back up new loans to the tune of $14 billion. Loans involving over 100 lenders would be backed by the Federal Housing Administration. If the lender agrees to rewrite a new loan at better [...]
Dr. Constance Collins New R. L. Superintendent
March 22nd, 2010 Gene Carey Tonight the Round Lake Area District 116 School Board selected Dr. Constance Collins as the new Superintendent of Schools. She was one of three finalists being considered for the position. Ben Martindale, whose term as CEO expires in June said that Collins would take over July 1st. This leaves Oak Park School District 97 looking [...]
