Local Columnists
February 11, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Village officials in Fox River Grove should think long and hard before moving forward with a proposal that would regulate how many visitors that certain home-occupied business owners can invite over at one time and how often.
February 9, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
All week I’ve been fascinated by an essay from an American mother who lived in France that appeared in last weekend’s Wall Street Journal under the heading, “Why French Parents Are Superior.”
February 8, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Why do I love reading?
February 5, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
During The Land Conservancy of McHenry County annual meeting Jan. 29, the city of Woodstock was honored with a “Living with Trees” award.
February 5, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Leadership manifests itself in a great many ways.
February 4, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
If you knew nothing else about the goings-on in the Land of Lincoln but tuned in Wednesday to listen to Gov. Pat Quinn deliver his State of the State speech, you might just get the idea that Illinois has so much cash in hand, it can afford to go on a spending spree with no repercussions.
February 3, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
The smudge-strewn, dog-eared manila folder had rested for years in the lower reaches of a wide, two-drawer file cabinet.
February 2, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Whether you’re Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Muslim or any person of faith, you should care what happens in the battle over the provision in health care reform requiring Catholic institutions to provide health insurance for birth control.
February 1, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Contrary to some of the mail I receive, I have not become my mother.
January 31, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
You're probably aware of the child sex abuse scandal involving the Penn State University football team by now, but you might not have heard of the scandal that hit the Syracuse University basketball program this fall.
January 29, 2012 - 8:19 a.m.
We worry about our Nicor bill, the dings that someone knocked into our car at the grocery store, and the way that dryer shrank a favorite pair of jeans.
January 29, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Nancy Fike, McHenry County Historical Society director for more than 30 years, plans to retire in August, and the board has begun its search for a replacement.
January 28, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
As Mario Casciaro’s first-degree murder trial unfolds, imagine being able to watch and listen as witness Shane Lamb described his confrontation with Brian Carrick.
January 27, 2012 - 7:16 a.m.
Ah, the mystery of it all.
January 26, 2012 - 5:30 a.m.
Last week, I speculated that taxpayers, possibly McHenry County taxpayers, would be tagged with defense bills in State’s Attorney’s Lou Bianchi’s lawsuit against the special prosecutors who failed in their two cases against him.
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