Welcome to the "The Best of Mchenry"!
Within the pages of this website you'll find the very best of Mchenry merchants, services and businesses. These
businesses and services serve the Mchenry area and areas outside of Mchenry such as Lake and Cook counties.
Do you need to find something quick....try our search box
Our purpose is to bring you the very best Mchenry has to offer while at the same time keeping your shopping
dollars within the Mchenry area. It's no secret that businesses are closing daily due to economic conditions across
our country, so it is important to patronize your local businesses. This will help keep your neighbors and friends
gainfully employeed.....believe it or not, it really makes a difference when you shop in Mchenry or use contractors
and other service people from Mchenry.
As time goes on we will be adding more and more of your favorite merchants to our web pages. The interent is a
quickly evolving media for businesses to market their products and services. Special offers can be announced
overnight with a simple adjustment to the webpage. If you join some of the lists, you will automatically be sent
messages when a merchant has a special offer or sale. Don't worry about getting too much email...it is illegal for
anyone to spam and we take all necessary measures to prevent spam emails.
Most Business Directories or Business Portals you see online will simply have a listing of the local business
perhaps with an email address and phone number. But not "The Best of Mchenry" business directory will have mutiple
listings of each business so that it is easy for the website visitor to find any business. Some businesses might
elect to have a one line listing, however, many will be featured on every page through ads and the navigation
links.
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Local Mchenry News Stories
02/09/2010
Seniors have options to get out, stay active in area
Marilyn Obermeier was too busy to talk much Wednesday. She had cards to play.
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02/09/2010
Storm expected to pack
a wallop
Public works crews are bracing for the worst as meteorologists predicted what could be the longest period of steady snowfall this winter.
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02/09/2010
District 200 to consider tuition-based preschool
WOODSTOCK – District 200 might retain its preschool program even without state grant money.
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02/09/2010
ZBA to hear request for Islamic community center
After more than a decade of renting space from the Crystal Lake Park District, a county Islamic group wants a place of its own.
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02/09/2010
Boy makes art to auction off for Autism Speaks
LAKE IN THE HILLS – When 9-year-old Evan McClintock has trouble speaking, he uses his drawings to communicate.
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02/09/2010
More cuts loom in D-26
CARY – District 26 schools likely will have to bear about $3 million more in budget cuts over the next few years – and that’s a best-case scenario.
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02/09/2010
Dominoes, pinochle game days planned
HUNTLEY – Grafton Township seniors are invited to a day of dominoes and pinochle this month.
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02/09/2010
Library announces temporary closure dates
HUNTLEY – The Huntley Area Public Library will temporarily close from Feb. 26 to 28 to relocate materials and furniture to the new mobile annex.
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02/09/2010
Riley Township offers health seminar
MARENGO – Riley Township is hosting a “Think Well, Feel Well” presentation Friday.
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02/09/2010
fire DISTRICT receives grant
HUNTLEY – The Huntley Fire Protection District recently received a federal grant to buy 39 new sets of firefighter gear.
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02/09/2010
CRYSTAL LAKE – In honor of Heart Disease A
CRYSTAL LAKE – In honor of Heart Disease Awareness Month, LifeSource is urging residents to give the gift of life.
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02/09/2010
State of FRG address planned next week
FOX RIVER GROVE – Fox River Grove Village President Robert Nunamaker will present a State of the Community address during a local luncheon next week.
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02/09/2010
Friends of CL library plan annual book sale
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Friends of the Crystal Lake Library will host its annual used book sale at a new location this year – Store 22 at the Crystal Lake Plaza on Route 14.
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02/09/2010
Defenders host drive to collect recyclables
WOODSTOCK – On Saturday, the Environmental Defenders of McHenry County once again will conduct a recycling drive to collect household batteries, fluorescent tubes, and compact fluorescent light bulbs.
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02/09/2010
Free concert planned at Woodstock church
WOODSTOCK – Tom Steffens, music director of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Woodstock, will celebrate 20 years as a church member and 22 years of musical service with a free concert Feb. 21.
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02/09/2010
Woman bitten by police dog files lawsuit
WOODSTOCK – A spectator who was bitten at a police-dog competition is seeking at least $100,000 in damages in a lawsuit filed last week.
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02/09/2010
College freezes tuition
ELGIN – The Elgin Community College board of trustees recently voted to freeze tuition for the 2010-11 academic year.
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02/09/2010
Trio plans Valentine’s show
ELGIN – After wowing audiences last year at Elgin Community College, guitarist and singer Megon McDonough joins blues master Corky Siegel and jazz violinist Randy Sabien for a pair of performances during the Valentine’s Day weekend.
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02/09/2010
Police find, seize pot growing in 2 houses
WOODSTOCK – Sheriff’s police seized about 100 marijuana plants after a patrol deputy questioned a man coming out of what he thought was an unoccupied house near Garden Prairie.
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02/09/2010
Area leaders to be at legislative breakfast
CARY – The public is invited to breakfast with area leaders at the Cary Grove Chamber of Commerce “Meet Your Leaders” legislative breakfast March 1.
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02/09/2010
Inspiration offered here
Converse with people who regularly volunteer, and chief among the things you’ll hear is that they receive every bit as much as they give, if not more.
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02/07/2010
Low turnout affects races
The race for the Republican nomination for governor of Illinois is so close, we still don’t have a winner five days after the election.
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02/06/2010
Gitmo talk worth listen
Two months after his initial engagement was postponed over security concerns, Northern Illinois University law professor Marc Falkoff spoke this week at McHenry County College on behalf of some Guantanomo Bay detainees.
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02/05/2010
Blagojevich
presence felt on ballot
Rod Blagojevich wasn’t on Tuesday’s Democratic primary ballot, but three people closely associated with the disgraced ex-governor were.
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02/04/2010
Voter apathy a sorry sign
Pathetic.
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02/03/2010
Voters still have job to do
We’ve seen many examples recently of how mismanagement in Springfield has a direct impact on local people back home.
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02/02/2010
Make time to vote today
Today is Election Day.
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01/31/2010
Impact of ruling still unknown
If you listen to all critics of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, you’d swear that Exxon Mobil will own the White House and the U. S. Senate will be sponsored by Wal-Mart in 2013.
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01/30/2010
County aids Haiti efforts
Images of the aftermath of Haiti’s Jan. 12 earthquake are heart-rending, putting America’s troubles into perspective – and kicking her people into action.
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01/29/2010
Politicizing solemn event
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn was in DeKalb on Wednesday, where he announced that Northern Illinois University will receive $8 million to renovate Cole Hall, site of the Feb. 14, 2008, shooting that left five students dead.
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01/28/2010
Return of
a local hero
The Real Lt. Dan is back in Crystal Lake.
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01/27/2010
Vulture new state bird?
Illinois’ culture of corruption isn’t pretty.
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01/26/2010
A step back on FOIA
The circumstances surrounding passage of Illinois Senate Bill 315 represents all that is wrong with government in 2010, whether it be in Springfield, Ill., or Washington, D.C.
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01/24/2010
A promising future for
MCC Promise
We can’t argue with the premise that making higher education accessible to as many McHenry County high school graduates as possible is a great idea.
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01/23/2010
Gun rights debate due
It no longer is such a stretch to believe that concealed carry laws could gain favor in Illinois, presently among just two states – including Wisconsin – that altogether prohibit carrying concealed handguns.
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01/22/2010
Primary on probation
Did you ever wonder how Illinois got into the mess it’s in – billions of dollars in debt, dysfunctional leadership, even having an election on Groundhog Day?
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01/21/2010
District 26 looks forward
Cary School District 26 took a big step Tuesday toward regaining firm financial footing, but likely has a long haul ahead in terms of regaining solid community standing.
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01/20/2010
Sorry to see coalition go
We greet news that the McHenry County Latino Coalition is dissolving because of a lack of funding with disappointment.
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01/19/2010
Why you should vote
By now, you probably are a tad tired of us telling you how important it is to vote in February’s primary election.
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01/17/2010
The budget crisis and public safety
If the Quinn administration’s early prisoner release fiasco accomplishes nothing else, it provides a crystal-clear example of how worsening state budget problems endanger public safety.
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