Crystal Lake Opinion
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Painful result a lesson to othersNov 25, 2008 10:00 pm - The only thing I know for sure is that the older I get, the less I know. Unlike, of course, when I was a teenager and knew it all. That maybe the reason the three teenag...
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Thanksgiving to be spent with familyNov 24, 2008 10:00 pm - I remember not so long ago when Thanksgiving and Christmas were the two days of the year where everything closed and families everywhere could gather and enjoy the day t...
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Grant Park was an inspirationNov 19, 2008 10:00 pm - It is Friday, Nov. 7, and I am still coming down from the aromatic high of Election Day in Grant Park. The temperate beauty of the unseasonable weather, the calm and col...
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Rotary Club helps special needs kidsNov 17, 2008 10:00 pm - I'm writing this letter on Oct. 31, 2008. This Halloween season our nation is spending billions of dollars on parties, candy and costumes. All the kids are going trick o...
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Ideas for safer construction zonesNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I can't believe that IDOT allows a right turn on red and doesn't have a left turn on arrow only sign in all construction zones. The intersection of Harnish and Randall r...
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Thanks for great Peanut DayNov 09, 2008 10:00 pm - I want to publicly thank the citizens of Crystal Lake and honor our High Donor, Snap On Tools, for their support of the Crystal Lake Kiwanis Peanut Day efforts. The peop...
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See Carpentersville politics at homeNov 06, 2008 10:00 pm - The Daily Herald's beat reporter for Carpentersville, Larissa Chinwah, recently wrote a scathing editorial on how village board members were being "derailed by personal ...
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Police should be more forthcomingNov 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Sunday's lead headline was the inevitable result of the coalescence of five horrific events: "Tragedy and loss." Four teenagers die in a car crash in Burlington Township...
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Makeup days for strike unfairNov 03, 2008 10:00 pm - The students in Huntley Unit District 158 will not have Wednesday, Nov. 5, off due to it's a makeup day for the teachers going on strike. Same for Feb. 13 and June 3. I ...
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Our endorsements in Fox Valley racesNov 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Federal President - Barack Obama (D) U.S. Senate - Dick Durbin* (D) U.S. House 8th - Melissa Bean (D)* 14th - Bill Foster (D)* 16th - Don Manzullo (R)* State Illinois Se...