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"To make Palatine a bike-friendly community."
That single idea has been the key focus of the nonprofit Bike Palatine Club since its beginning.
Launched in 2009 as a volunteer task force with Mayor Rita Mullins's blessing and support from the Palati...
Updated: Apr 26, 2020 at 01:19 AM
The congressional race in the Illinois 6th District will be a close one, as your front-page article today attests. As a voter in the 6th, I appreciated your coverage of the recent primary and look forward to your fall election coverage.
While tradit...
Published: Apr 10, 2020 at 02:00 AM
Bike with village leaders Saturday, July 20, at the Palatine Community Bike Ride. This family-friendly event is sponsored by the Bike Palatine Club and is open to all community bike riders.
Join Palatine mayor Jim Schwantz, District 15 Superintende...
Updated: Jul 16, 2019 at 10:59 AM
CycleFest, The Tour of Palatine, kicks off Saturday, Aug. 25, from Towne Square at Smith and Slade streets.
Sponsored by the Bike Palatine Club, this bicycling event is geared for all ages and features three routes of 9, 15, 23 and 33 miles for ind...
Updated: Aug 07, 2018 at 12:35 PM
In response to Ralph Banasiak's letter, "CLAP for safety on foot, cycle": Mr. Banasiak was comprehensive in his writing. One safety concern that he did not, conveniently, mention is whether he and his riding buddies stop or do not stop at stop signs...
Updated: Dec 10, 2017 at 02:11 PM
I want to thank writer Marni Pyke and the Daily Herald for your early November articles on the increasing number of accidents involving vehicles and bikers/walkers in the suburbs. The total injuries and fatalities are alarming. Without more public a...
Updated: Dec 04, 2017 at 01:43 PM
Helmets off to Palatine - bike helmets, that is!
Congratulations for making our village more bicycle-friendly with 12 miles of roadway markings - new bike lanes, shared parking/cycling lanes and bike route signage.
This project began nearly seven ye...
Published: Jul 26, 2016 at 06:00 AM
As an eighth-grade math teacher in Palatine, I take issue with Jake Griffin’s interesting but incomplete explanation of the increase in tax levies in a recent front-page article. He reported that a Daily Herald analysis of Illinois Department of Rev...
Published: Nov 28, 2012 at 05:00 AM
Life Scout James Niggemann 17, of Boy Scout Troop 91 in Palatine is working on his Eagle Scout leadership service project to benefit Winston Campus Junior High School.
Niggemann's service project will result in the beautification of the courtyard a...
Updated: Oct 22, 2012 at 03:05 PM
MATHCOUNTS teams from Plum Grove and Winston Campus Junior Highs are headed to state after excelling in their regional competitions, which were held Saturday, February 4, at Oakton Community College.
For the fourth year in a row, Plum Grove's MATH...
Updated: Feb 23, 2012 at 10:06 AM