Arlington Heights Opinion
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Digital TV shouldn't have been delayedFeb 17, 2009 10:00 pm - Since Jan. 2008, Americans have prepared for the Feb. 17, 2009 DTV conversion date. More than 107.5 million U.S. households or 94.3 percent are ready for digital TV prog...
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Extend tax credit for Catholic schoolsFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - The Chicago Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools (OCS) has distributed its "Year in Review" Report 2009 detailing its accomplishments, data and progress in three focu...
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Family businesses will be missedFeb 16, 2009 10:00 pm - Due to the economy, many local family owned businesses are shutting their doors. One that will be truly missed and has been at the corner of Route 83 and Route 60 in Mun...
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Northwest suburbs need more bike lanesFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - I just finished reading Saturday Soapbox "Hurray for Hoffman Estates' bike plan and I was wondering ... why aren't all the mayors in the Northwest suburbs considering bi...
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Abusing a spouse is never funnyFeb 10, 2009 10:00 pm - On the Jan. 22 comics page, the comic strip Mark Trail depicts a husband angry with his wife for letting her pet deer in the house. The man issues his wife a warning. In...
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She'd rather pay the crossing guardsFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - The city of Rolling Meadows has money to pay an overpriced secretary, but they cannot afford to pay the crossing guards who assist children crossing the streets every sc...
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Want to check that high school again?Feb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I read with interest your article of Jan. 22 titled 'Prospect Grad Honored by NYC Theater School,' about actor and director Richard Pinter. If, as the article stated, Pi...
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No consensus exists over Quentin RoadFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - I was very disappointed to see your article "Most neighbors support Quentin Road expansion" in the Feb. 4 edition of the Daily Herald. Your article was based on one side...
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Township grateful for generous spiritFeb 08, 2009 10:00 pm - My sincerest appreciation is extended to the individuals, families, organizations and corporate sponsors who again came forward this past Thanksgiving and Christmas to h...
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Who really pays for cigarette tax?Feb 07, 2009 10:00 pm - The smoker doesn't suffer by the added taxes. They will pay whatever the pice for their nicotine addiction. It's the family of the smoker(s) that suffer. That money coul...