Port Barrington
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Unions created middle classJun 24, 2011 3:00 am - Union membership has never been more than 30 percent of the workforce. What that 30 percent did was establish the middle class by raising wages, creating a 40-hour workw...
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Surge in hospital construction on horizonJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Elmhurst Memorial Hospital’s $450 million main campus opening Saturday is one of the first — and biggest — health care projects completed since the economic downtown. Co...
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LITH’s first flea market opens July 9Jun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Lake in the Hills’ first flea market is slated to open in two weeks, and organizers are racing to try to finalize plans for a car show on opening day. Organizer Anthony ...
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Survey: 66 percent would recommend MCC to othersJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - The general perception of McHenry County College is that it's convenient and affordable, but opinions vary on the quality of faculty and staff, a recent survey shows. Th...
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New fiscal year has begun, but Island Lake is without a budgetJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - Four weeks into the 2012 fiscal year, Island Lake officials still are without a budget. But trustees say the village is operating fine even without a new spending plan. ...
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A potentially explosive situation, defusedJun 24, 2011 12:00 am - By Larissa Chinwah lchinwah@dailyherald.com McHenry County Board member Randy Donley found a one foot-long aluminum pipe with a hole in one end and a cap on the other si...
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Eat like your ancestors didJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - Because we are all “programmed” with certain beliefs, we tend to do things over and over without much thought. Much of what we hear, and go on to believe, is out of date...
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Eugenics alive and well in AmericaJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - In-depth research for the article on forced sterilization neglects to mention that one of the founding persons and leader of the American Eugenics movement in the early ...
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Our property tax system has run amokJun 23, 2011 1:00 am - I was at the Sun City-Huntley meeting on July 18 listening to all of the trauma about how high Kane County taxes were. All I know is I live in Sun City in Grafton Townsh...
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Village clerk in Cary wants to take minutesJun 23, 2011 12:00 am - Cary Village Clerk Nancy Bragg does not take the minutes for village board and committee meetings, but wishes she did because, well, it’s part of her job, she said. “I w...