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By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Harlem and Belvidere North softball teams have played some entertaining NIC-10 games in recent years. Strong pitching usually was an overriding factor and that was the case again April 11, when they tangled at the Harlem Community Center complex to open the 2016 […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter STATELINE – Roscoe’s boys bowling team rose one place in the standings during the Saturday final round and came in second at the state middle school bowling tournament in Joliet. Harlem’s girls were fifth after the preliminary round on Friday and remained there through Saturday’s finals. […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Harlem senior Jessica Dahle was recognized April 12 during a reception in the Commons at the high school, as she signed a national letter of intent to attend North Central College in Naperville. Basketball is her game and she was a standout on […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Harlem’s varsity baseball team recently found itself with nine days off because of bad weather. That meant lots of indoor practices. Despite the downtime, the Huskies managed to score a big 6-4 victory over Belvidere North on April 11, in the 2016 conference […]
By Melanie Bradley Editor MACHESNEY PARK – Harlem High School student Grant Hume was named the winner of the annual Young at Heart festival admission button contest and was presented with a $100 prize and certificate in recognition of his effort at a press conference at Harlem last Wednesday morning. […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the April 11 Loves Park City Council meeting, Mayor Darryl Lindberg read and presented a proclamation declaring April 30 as “Great American Cleanup Day,” the 28th year of this volunteer event. Frank Manzullo of KNIB (Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful) was on hand […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – It’s called “Puri 173,” covers 93 acres and is located northwest of the Interstate 90/39 interchange at Illinois 173. The southern 59.4 acres are zoned commercial general while the northern 33.9 acres being zoned light industrial. Preliminary plans call for subdividing the three […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter ROCKFORD – The local VietNow Rockford Charter Chapter recently received some long awaited news. The Chapter, some years past, “adopted” MIA mom, Dorothy Boyer and named their Chapter after her son, Alan Lee Boyer, who was listed as Missing in Action in Laos in 1968. Alan’s […]
Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Members of the village board have approved their 2016-17 budget – on first reading – without most donations that typically have been granted to community, non-profit organizations. But two elected officials, Mayor Jerry D. Bolin and District 4 Trustee Aaron Wilson, have teamed up […]
Now excepting entries THE PARKS – This year’s annual Young at Heart Parade will step off at 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 28. The theme this year is “honor and respect the uniform,” and the parade color scheme is navy blue and tan. Everyone welcome – big groups, small groups, […]
