Amy Mack
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Wow! Green eggs and hams on paradeMar 13, 2008 11:00 pm - OK, lads and lassies, get ready to don your green and get your Irish up. I hear you'll find more than a few hams on parade in the East Dundee St. Patrick's Day parade al...
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Yo, candidate. Don't call me. I'll call youMar 11, 2008 11:00 pm - Hey, political guys and gals, listen to this: Click. Buzzzzzzzzz… And don't call back. Please. That's the message from a Huntley resident after she was inundated with re...
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Looks more like Deer Valley!Mar 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Next time I ask if you can top that, I'll know to duck! Not only can you top that, but you do so in amazing fashion. On Friday, I shared our photographer George LeClaire...
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So just how many deer does it take to stop traffic around here?Mar 06, 2008 10:00 pm - Oh, deer. Ohhhhh ... DEER! And lots of them. If there was any doubt we've blended suburbia and the once-rural landscape of the Fox Valley, just take a look at George LeC...
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What to have on hand in an emergencyMar 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Are you ready? No matter what? For anything? The monthly, eerie wail of the emergency warning siren at 10 a.m. Tuesday, the first Tuesday of the month, seemed a bizarre ...
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Ex-baseball player finds himself behind different plateMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - Now on deck, behind the plate, and in the kitchen, meet Juan Acevedo, former Major League pitcher turned restaurateur. The Dundee-Crown High School standout and graduate...
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Leapin' largemouth, it's an extra fish fry FridayFeb 28, 2008 10:00 pm - Some of you will bless this extra day which, thanks to leap year, gives some of us an extra paycheck atop the gift of an extra 24 hours. But I know many of you will jus...
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Desperate for green? Think East DundeeFeb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Never fear. This wee bit of white that keeps covering up the green of our lawns will be no match for the luck of the Irish in just a couple of weeks. Move over, Groundho...
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Helping one another heal can take timeFeb 23, 2008 10:00 pm - For many of you, this weekend has been a challenge as your Northern Illinois University student or friend goes back to a campus forever changed by a single gunman's last...
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Play ball! But shovel the snow firstFeb 21, 2008 10:00 pm - We may be surrounded by snow, ice and potholes, but some among us are thinking far more pleasant things. Jim Lewan is thinking sunshine, baseball and opening day. And, n...