Lindenhurst's special census targets newer areas of village :: News Sun :: Lake Villa/Lindenhurst: "The census will help determine the village's population growth by concentrating on newer areas of the village, including the Woodland Trails, Grant's Grove, Heritage Park, Providence Woods and Providence Ridge subdivisions. Construction of about 180 new homes since the last special census in 2003 has officials convinced the village's population has increased by more than 560 residents, which could produce an additional $161,000 in state tax revenue prior to the next regular census in 2010. The village receives about $132 annually per resident. The current population is estimated at over 15,000 residents."
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So--Lindenhurst has 180 new homes in the last 5 years. I guess we can call that "slow growth."
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Can we PLEASE have a hospital that isn't half an hour away?
Vista plans to continue fight to build hospital :: News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Lake Villa Review
"A vote on a proposal from Vista Health System to build a new full-service hospital in Lindenhurst was deferred Tuesday by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in Springfield."
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Condell is in Libertyville, half an hour from Lindenhurst if the traffic is good and a lot longer if it is bad. It is obvious that we need a hospital nearby.
"A vote on a proposal from Vista Health System to build a new full-service hospital in Lindenhurst was deferred Tuesday by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board in Springfield."
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Condell is in Libertyville, half an hour from Lindenhurst if the traffic is good and a lot longer if it is bad. It is obvious that we need a hospital nearby.
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Daily Herald | Lindenhurst man charged with child porn
Daily Herald | Lindenhurst man charged with child porn: "A Lindenhurst man has been charged with possession of child pornography found on his computer by a Kansas technology firm.
Peter Macdonald, 57, was arrested Monday by Lake County sheriff's police."
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The article says he sent his computer off for repair and the technicians found the photos on it.
Peter Macdonald, 57, was arrested Monday by Lake County sheriff's police."
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The article says he sent his computer off for repair and the technicians found the photos on it.
Friday, June 27, 2008
Conor's bass at Potomac Lake
Conor caught this today on a plastic worm. His sister Izzy caught a huge one two, but he threw the hook. Hunter (the older brother) caught three whoppers. Of course all of them went back into the water to grow even bigger.
Three priority trails...
Park district on the trail to community bike path :: News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Lake Villa Review: "Priority Trail No. 1 would connect the park district community center on Grass Lake Road to the Lake Villa District Library on Grand Avenue via the Hastings Lake Forest Preserve.
The second priority trail, the costliest of the three at an estimated $752,000, links Ethel's Woods to Rollins Savannah, with the connection at Grass Lake Road. A proposed underpass would connect McDonald Woods north through Oak Ridge Park and Wetzel Fields to Millburn West School.
The third priority trail would provide an east/west connection extending from the underpass of Grass Lake Road to Polley Field."
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What do these three trails have in common? Three words: "Grass Lake Road." That's fine with me because I live a block from Grass Lake Road, but I had no idea I was so strategically located.
The second priority trail, the costliest of the three at an estimated $752,000, links Ethel's Woods to Rollins Savannah, with the connection at Grass Lake Road. A proposed underpass would connect McDonald Woods north through Oak Ridge Park and Wetzel Fields to Millburn West School.
The third priority trail would provide an east/west connection extending from the underpass of Grass Lake Road to Polley Field."
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What do these three trails have in common? Three words: "Grass Lake Road." That's fine with me because I live a block from Grass Lake Road, but I had no idea I was so strategically located.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Water, water, everywhere...nor any drop to drink
Lindenhurst running dry :: News Sun :: News: "Lindenhurst village engineer Wes Welsh is recommending the village drill another shallow well and possibly look at building another water storage facility to ensure adequate water supply until the village taps into Lake Michigan water. The village joined the Northern Lake County Lake Michigan Water Planning Group last year and although bringing lake water west is feasible, the group doesn't have the final OK from the state on the project...The biggest hurdle to the Lake Michigan water project is receiving approval and lake water allocation from the IDNR. Welsh is hoping to see that final report and subsequent approval by fall, and it won't be until then that the village will make the decision to either shut down its wells and tap into Lake Michigan water, or keep operating its own municipal well water system."
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I would have thought the wells were full after all the rain we have had this year, but apparently that is not the case. State approval of the Lake Michigan water is a question mark, and that is troublesome. I'm sure Lindenhurst is playing by the rules all the way, and in some cases that has not been the way to succeed under the Blagojevich administration, which is a "pay to play" regime. In other words, I wonder if this is one of those situations where you have to grease the appropriate Blagojevich appointee(s) in order get the state to approve the project, as with hospital siting and investment of public employee pension funds. With Rezko out of commission, it must be hard for the crooks to know who to bribe. I hope our honest city government is dealt with fairly by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
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I would have thought the wells were full after all the rain we have had this year, but apparently that is not the case. State approval of the Lake Michigan water is a question mark, and that is troublesome. I'm sure Lindenhurst is playing by the rules all the way, and in some cases that has not been the way to succeed under the Blagojevich administration, which is a "pay to play" regime. In other words, I wonder if this is one of those situations where you have to grease the appropriate Blagojevich appointee(s) in order get the state to approve the project, as with hospital siting and investment of public employee pension funds. With Rezko out of commission, it must be hard for the crooks to know who to bribe. I hope our honest city government is dealt with fairly by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Cool. So can you guys start keeping the existing sidewalks clear of cars and snow now?
Lindenhurst trustees get final trail plans :: News Sun :: News: "Lindenhurst -- The village's pedestrian and bike bath plan includes eight segments at a cost of $4 million. The final draft, prepared by Bonestroo and Associates, Libertyville, was presented to the Village Board this week. 'The beauty of this vision is that it doesn't have to be one massive project. We can do it one linear foot at a time, filling in gaps and starting with the shorter areas and some day, five or 10 years, we will have a complete trail system,' Trustee Timothy Wayne said."
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Hey, I'm all for this...as soon as the village starts kicking the parked cars off the existing sidewalks, and makes people shovel the snow and ice off them in the winter. If they don't do that, this whole project is a waste of money.
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