<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Algonquin Blog</title><link>http://nwherald.com</link><description>Algonquin Blog</description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Westfield School top fundraiser in Olive Garden leukemia program</title><description>Westfield Community School collected $5,000 in change for the Olive Garden's Pasta for Pennies program, which benefits The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The school collected more money than any other participating school in the state.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/10/15/26131075/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/10/15/26131075/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Local author to hold booksigning Wednesday evening</title><description>Algonquin native Theresa Schwegel will be signing copies of her newest book, "Last Known Address," Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. at the Borders in the Algonquin Commons.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/29/99972617/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/29/99972617/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:45:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Huntington Drive to be resurfaced starting Monday</title><description>ALGONQUIN &#x2013; Huntington Drive will be resurfaced from Stonegate Drive to Briarwood Lane starting Monday, Sept. 21.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/17/r_l7wcvc_tqry7nuzjou3wyw/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/17/r_l7wcvc_tqry7nuzjou3wyw/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fox River clean up coming Saturday</title><description>ALGONQUIN - Volunteers are invited to help clean up the Fox River in downtown Algonquin Saturday, Sept. 19, at the second 'It's Our River Day." The event is sponsored by the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and the village and will feature guest speakers to go along with the clean up. Gloves and bags will be provided. It runs from 1 - 4 p.m. Saturday at Cornish Park, just south of Route 31 along the Fox River.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/13/08873168/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/13/08873168/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:03:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Proposed gas station on LITH, Algonquin border reveals new plan Monday</title><description>The proposed Road Ranger gas station in Algonquin at Algonquin Road and Wentworth Drive will go before the village's Planning and Zoning Commission Monday night, just weeks after Lake in the Hills trustees opted not to give the business street access on its side of the border.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/13/20578924/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/09/13/20578924/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:15:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Algonquin Running Group to hustle for hunger</title><description>The Algonquin Running Group will sponsor the Algonquin Hunger Hustle on Sunday, Aug. 30.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/23/42470889/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/23/42470889/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 01:57:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youth ministry hosting yard sale</title><description>The St. Margaret Mary Youth Ministry is sponsoring a community yard sale next weekend.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/20/72054725/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/20/72054725/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:30:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Check, Please! Filming at Port Ed's</title><description>The popular WTTW Chicago-area dining show will feature Algonquin's Port Edward restaurant in an upcoming episode.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/12/09196036/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/08/12/09196036/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 01:25:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Riverside Square not up for HUD grant</title><description>A Geneva man recently ran a public notice in the Northwest Herald saying his company, REO Recovery Solutions LLC, was applying for a Neighborhood Stabilization Program grant for the Riverside Square development.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/07/22/90715296/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/07/22/90715296/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:01:22 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Special-needs kids invited to carnival</title><description>Children with special needs and their immediate family members can get in free to Thursday's Algonquin Founders' Day Carnival.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/07/19/29683996/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/07/19/29683996/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:03:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Watch D300 graduations online</title><description>If you can&#x2019;t attend the District 300 graduations this weekend, you can watch them online the next day.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/06/02/28424787/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/06/02/28424787/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:27:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poster contest underway</title><description>Algonquin children are invited to design a poster depicting water conservation.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/18/92416170/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/18/92416170/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 21:09:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>No sanitizers in D300</title><description>Parents have asked District 300 administrators to put hand sanitizers in school bathrooms in light of the H1N1 swine flu outbreak, but so far the answer has been no.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/16/46821176/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/16/46821176/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 00:54:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>D-300 Relay for Life event moved to Jacobs</title><description>The first-ever District 300 Relay for Life has been moved this Friday from Randall Oaks Park to the inside of Jacobs High School because of the chance of thunderstorms.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/14/38621464/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/14/38621464/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:57:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Celebrate Algonquin's history</title><description>If you&#x2019;re looking for something to do this weekend, consider a walking tour of Algonquin&#x2019;s Old Town district.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/11/04388566/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/11/04388566/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 23:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Election was easy in Algonquin</title><description>Five Algonquin officials were sworn in Tuesday night, but none were new to the board. In fact, not one of them faced any competition in the April election.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/05/04345806/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/05/05/04345806/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 02:20:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Free haircuts for the unemployed</title><description>Anthony Orlandino wants to help the unemployed, but so far he doesn&#x2019;t have many takers.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/30/72594651/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/30/72594651/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 02:29:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calling all artists</title><description>The Algonquin Public Arts Commission is looking for artists to participate in its second annual fine art show, &#x201c;Algonquin's Art on the Fox.&#x201d; </description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/27/17686234/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/27/17686234/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:26:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>High school chef wins scholarship</title><description>Jesse Szewczyk is not Chef of the Year, but he still won $14,000 in scholarship money for being selected as one of the top 10 high school chefs in the country.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/07/75575946/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/07/75575946/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:38:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's spring. Start cleaning!</title><description>It&#x2019;s April 1, and spring cleaning is underway in Algonquin.</description><link>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/01/49896879/index.xml</link><guid>http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/04/01/49896879/index.xml</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:44:33 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>