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City considering speed bumps near WHS

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:48pm

    Speeding seems to be a problem on the roads to the Wilmington High School, and city officials are talking about throwing a bump in the path of those going too fast.
    The Water, Sewer, Streets and Alleys Committee last week discussed the installation of speed bumps or speed tables on Wildcat Court and Ridge Street to calm the traffic going to and from (mostly from) the high school.

City to ensure safety on route to Bruning

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:44pm

    Wilmington city officials aren’t interested in interfering in Wesley Township matters, but they do feel it of utmost importance that the route buses take to Bruning School is safe. So if that route; Roberts and Bass Street and Bruning Drive; isn’t cleared of snow and ice and safe to drive on by the time the buses hit the road, the city crew will do the cleanup.

City wants resident input: Parking lot or ESDA building?

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:43pm

    City officials want to know how residents want them to spend $40,000 in capital funds; the purchase of a site for additional downtown parking, or seed money for a future new emergency services facility.

A trio of characters

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:17pm

It’s hard to take Constable Joe seriously and that’s what Ben Kreiger might like the most about his character in Coal City High School’s spring musical “Tuck Everlasting.” Well, that and his boots.
The Coal City High School senior is taking the stage for his first musical and he’s landed a role that fits his personality.
“I like to make people laugh,” he said, and the lines his character delivers throughout the show resonate with him.

Plans for pharmacy drive-thru advance to a vote

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:14pm

After multiple meetings before the village of Coal City's Planning and Zoning Board a proposal to issue a conditional use permit for a drive-thru window at the CVS Pharmacy will be up for a vote. The action comes about 20 years after the window went into operation.

Polar Coalers raise $15,600 for Special Olympics

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:13pm

If you knew the lyrics to “Sweet Home Alabama” and the actors who make up the cast of “The Big Bang Theory,” you would have scored at the Polar Coalers trivia night.
Organized by a group of Unit 1 School District educators, administrators and staff, the annual fundraiser benefits Special Olympics Illinois. This year's event raised $15,600, nearly $1,200 more than the year before.
Funds raised at trivia night are combined with individual donations before the group assembles to take a dip in freezing cold water.

Coal City commissions wastewater treatment study

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:12pm

It's not quite time, but the day is coming when the village of Coal City needs to expand its wastewater treatment plant, so instead of waiting the Village Board has commissioned a study that will provide town leaders a direction when the time comes to commence construction.

South Broadway reconstruction on hold

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:11pm

One month ago this week the Illinois Department of Transportation opened bids for the South Broadway reconstruction project, but the village is still awaiting the state agency's formal award of the contract.
D Construction was the sole bidder for the work and the price submitted by the Coal City contractor came in well under the engineer’s estimate. The bid slated to be approved by IDOT and confirmed by the village is $4.63 million.

Audit report delivered, questions remain

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 7:00pm

With just two months left in the current fiscal year, the city of Braidwood has finally given a public breakdown of finances. But the audit report, presented to the public at the Feb. 12 regular meeting of the City Council, only covered the city’s financial state where it stood on May 1, 2018, with little additional information over what was already publicly available.

Last week, Jim Savio, a CPA with the city’s audit firm Sikich of Naperville, presented the findings of the fiscal year 2018 (FY18) audit to the mayor and commissioners.

Depot history more than just trains

Published by admin on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 6:58pm

Visitors to Braidwood have the chance to get a peek at local history each week at the Braidwood Area Historical Society’s (BAHS) depot museum.

But the historic building that now sits on Center Street served a multitude of purposes over the years, from an actual train depot to a karate studio before being moved in 2009 and rehabbed to house the museum. One of the depot’s most famous personalities was as a candy-colored landmark, a move that divided many in the city about what was an appropriate way to display the local artifact.