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
03/13/2010
Parents hung up on cell phone ban in school, construction zones
A new state law banning the use of cell phones in a school or highway construction zone isn’t going unnoticed in McHenry County.
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03/13/2010
Bald heads,
big hearts: Students, mayor, community members shave heads for charity
McHenry Mayor Susan Low’s short hair got a little shorter.
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03/13/2010
Equestrian show in Spring Grove Sunday
SPRING GROVE – The public is invited to Meadowsweet Ranch at 1 p.m. Sunday to watch local horse riders strut their skills.
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03/13/2010
County board hears strategic plan progress
WOODSTOCK – The McHenry County Board last year set a list of goals for county staff to accomplish by 2011.
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03/13/2010
Students discover heart health, exercise habits
LAKE IN THE HILLS – The squeaking and stomping of hundreds of tiny gym shoes competed against the swish of their accompanying jump ropes Friday morning.
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03/13/2010
Snowboarder was living his dream in Colo.
SPRING GROVE – The family of a Spring Grove snowboarder killed in an avalanche Wednesday said he had been living his dream.
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03/13/2010
Body found in Fox Lake identified
FOX LAKE – A body found Thursday in Fox Lake has been identified as 47-year-old Jennene Manlick, who was reported missing in January.
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03/13/2010
Woman charged with prostitution
LAKE IN THE HILLS – A 32-year-old Lake in the Hills woman was charged with prostitution after an undercover police sting Friday.
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03/13/2010
Metal falls through roof of Carpentersville home
CARPENTERSVILLE – Authorities in Carpentersville said the Federal Aviation Administration would try to determine whether a 3½-pound piece of metal that fell through the roof of home Friday came from an aircraft.
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03/13/2010
McCaleb: How a public budget affects private schools
Add parochial school transportation to the list of potential casualties resulting from the state’s fiscal mismanagement.
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03/12/2010
Whiteboards, StarBoards, other new technology alters classrooms
CRYSTAL LAKE – Students in Aaron Perkins’ honors pre-calculus class at Crystal Lake Central High School check their homework in silence using small, white clickers.
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03/12/2010
Sting nets 4,360 pot plants
Six people, including four McHenry County residents, are facing federal conspiracy charges after authorities found thousands of marijuana plants in two local homes.
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03/12/2010
MCC growth largest in state
CRYSTAL LAKE – McHenry County College is at the top of the class for enrollment growth.
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03/12/2010
Holy Cross to celebrate $3.15 million addition
CARY – To say Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Cary is growing is an understatement. It’s more like doubling.
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03/12/2010
Murder suspect to be brought back from Tenn.
WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge Thursday signed the paperwork necessary to transfer a murder suspect from a Tennessee prison to the county jail.
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03/12/2010
Authorities identify SG man killed in avalanche
A Spring Grove man killed in an avalanche in Keystone, Colo., was identified Thursday as 20-year-old Daniel Michelotti.
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03/12/2010
Wife of former Island Lake mayor stays on job
ISLAND LAKE – The Village Board on Thursday decided to hold off on a vote to place Sharon Hyde on administrative leave without pay.
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03/12/2010
Class to explore the art of wine
WOODSTOCK – University of Illinois Extension specialist Bill Shoemaker will present “The Art of Wine: Part 1 – Grape Culture” on March 25.
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03/12/2010
Willow Creek offers support workshops
CRYSTAL LAKE – Willow Creek McHenry County is offering a series of workshops to help individuals address life challenges such as divorce, marital issues, grief and domestic abuse.
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03/12/2010
A McHenry County grand jury recently indic
A McHenry County grand jury recently indicted:
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03/13/2010
Time is here for fair map
The challenge: Collect 500,000 signatures of registered voters by May 2.
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03/12/2010
Pass truth in accounting
Gov. Pat Quinn’s budget proposal, complete with a 33 percent income-tax increase, has received lukewarm response from area residents and lawmakers.
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03/11/2010
Saving U.S. Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service is in trouble – big trouble, but not insurmountable trouble.
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03/10/2010
D-26 union
must do part to pare losses
If there ever was any doubt, Monday night’s District 26 school board meeting put the debate to rest.
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03/09/2010
Dorr, give money back
Dorr Township board members have an opportunity to do something that is practically unheard of among taxing bodies in the state of Illinois – give money back to taxpayers.
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03/07/2010
Mandate bill a good step
There is a bill floating through the Illinois Legislature that would make some state mandates no longer mandatory, but optional.
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03/06/2010
Lessons only half learned
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
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03/05/2010
Less is more
for Illinois lawmakers
At first glance, a proposal to reprogram the Illinois General Assembly to meet less often hardly seems intuitive, particularly since the state is facing its worst budget crisis in decades.
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03/04/2010
More attacks on FOIA law
The state of Illinois is in financial ruins.
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03/03/2010
Solid reform requires care
President Obama today was to unveil his proposal for changes to the U.S. Senate’s health care bill.
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03/02/2010
Extension sets example
The University of Illinois Extension Service is among the most practical educational ideas ever devised. Take the latest land-grant university research, “extend” it to people across the state to improve their lives and livelihoods, and watch the overall quality of life improve.
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02/28/2010
Let’s hear budget plans
Gov. Pat Quinn’s new Web site, budget.illinois.gov, contains plenty of tips from Illinois residents for helping to fix the state’s fiscal mess, including from some local folks.
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02/27/2010
Time narrows to offer input
An important blueprint for McHenry County’s future is nearing completion.
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02/26/2010
Time is now for drug court
We’re pleased to see some forward movement on establishing a drug court in McHenry County, but it’s long past time for this to be just a discussion.
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02/25/2010
No one held
accountable
We agree with much of the commentary provided in a guest column this week by McHenry County Health Board member Ed Varga.
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02/24/2010
Area athletes prove mettle
Saturday was a remarkable day for McHenry County prep sports, as five athletes from local schools won six individual state titles.
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02/23/2010
Tough choice on dispatch
They don’t grab many headlines, but there is no question that what emergency dispatchers do is vital to the work of police and other first responders.
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02/21/2010
Closing doors
on the public
Illinois state senators might have broken state law last week when they met behind closed doors to discuss ongoing fiscal issues.
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02/20/2010
Too many hungry kids
The numbers are staggering.
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02/19/2010
Nothing wrong with giving back
Now is not the time for government entities to be spending large amounts of taxpayer money on capital improvement projects.
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