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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.
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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
09/03/2010
Prosecutors to seek 2nd opinion in Bair case
WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County judge on Friday granted prosecutors the ability to seek a second opinion in the potential hospital release of a mentally ill woman who killed her mother.
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09/03/2010
Health department issues advisory for Main Beach
CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County Health Department announced an advisory for Main Beach Friday before the Labor Day weekend.
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09/03/2010
Additional sentence upheld for Houghtaling
After a Burrito Express murder accomplice finishes his sentence for lying during the alleged triggerman’s 2008 trial, he will start a 10-year sentence for threatening to kill a federal judge.
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09/03/2010
LITH man charged in undercover drug investigation
LAKE IN THE HILLS – A Lake in the Hills man faces felony charges after an eight-month undercover drug investigation.
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09/03/2010
Barn tour registrations being accepted
Registration for the seventh annual McHenry County Barn Tour are being accepted.
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09/03/2010
GRAND JURY
A McHenry County grand jury recently indicted:
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09/03/2010
MCC offers quilting, calligraphy sessions
CRYSTAL LAKE – Learn the art of calligraphy, the basics of crochet or even create a quilted table runner this fall with craft classes offered by McHenry County College’s Continuing Education Department.
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09/03/2010
Walk to raise money for needy
McHENRY – The St. Vincent DePaul Society at the Church of the Holy Apostles will have its annual Friends of the Poor Walk at 9 a.m. Sept. 25 starting at Veterans Memorial Park in McHenry.
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09/03/2010
Loyola excited about new year with new retreat
The buzz of tools can be heard coming from the Loyola University Chicago Retreat and Ecology Campus east of Woodstock. And on campus, an excited buzz can be heard from students who can’t wait to pay it a visit, according to college officials. Although only a few college groups have gotten to visit the former Resurrection Retreat Center, the word is out, Vice President of Student Development Robert Kelly said. Retreats likely will begin in earnest by month’s end.
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09/03/2010
Promise problems anger students
CRYSTAL LAKE – Dozens of students are frustrated after being dropped from the Promise scholarship program at McHenry County College over what they believe are mistakes in the review process.
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09/03/2010
Motorcyclist hits pole
WOODSTOCK – A Woodstock man was in critical condition after a motorcycle crash about 1 a.m. Thursday.
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09/03/2010
McHenry looking to fill commission vacancy
McHENRY – City officials are looking for a new member for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
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09/03/2010
Woman admits stealing from Harvard school organization
NORTHWEST HERALD
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09/03/2010
Police investigate fight between Jacobs students
WEST DUNDEE – Kane County Sheriff’s police are investigating a fight in a subdivision just outside of town that resulted in the beating of a 16-year-old Jacobs High School student.
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09/03/2010
Hectic homecoming week
WOODSTOCK – Christina Bravos spent about 14 hours at Woodstock North High School on Wednesday.
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09/03/2010
Barsanti appointed to circuit court
Kane County State’s Attorney John Barsanti said Thursday he was thrilled to be appointed to the “ultimate job” in the criminal justice system.
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09/03/2010
McHenry details fall leaf collection service
McHENRY – The city of McHenry’s Refuse and Recycling Program provides for special leaf collections that will begin Oct. 11 and end Dec. 2.
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09/03/2010
Children 8 to 17 invited to take free flight
GREENWOOD – The Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 932 will have a Young Eagles Rally on Sept. 11.
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09/03/2010
Police boost DUI patrols
CRYSTAL LAKE – Law enforcement agencies in McHenry County are bringing in extra officers, increasing patrols, and planning roadside safety checks for the busy Labor Day weekend.
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09/03/2010
McHenry to flush city hydrants in October
McHENRY – The city of McHenry will begin flushing fire hydrants throughout the city for a two-week period beginning Oct. 4 and ending Oct. 15.
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09/03/2010
Open wallet, pay interest
More spectacular fiscal news for Illinois taxpayers this week.
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09/02/2010
Decide now on flu shot
The flu might not be something you’re thinking about, at least not until it starts to work its way through a community.
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09/01/2010
War’s result debatable; heroism isn’t
The combat mission in Iraq officially ended Tuesday, more than seven years after the war’s start.
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08/31/2010
Efficiencies exist in cuts
Fewer executive officers, better government? That appears to be the implication of two separate pushes to reduce the number of Illinois statewide elective positions from six to four.
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08/29/2010
An offer that can’t
be refused
The timing might be suspect, the motivation might not be completely pure, but we welcome Rohm and Haas’s offer to pay for well and environmental testing for the residents of McCullom Lake.
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08/28/2010
Students hit a stellar note
It’s great to see young people rise to a challenge in the way that two Cary-Grove High School students have done in the face of significant programming cutbacks faced by their younger peers.
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08/27/2010
Welcome back, Friday Night Lights
Tonight, the lights will go on again at high-school football fields around McHenry County.
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08/26/2010
MCC sees good start to school year
McHenry County College’s 2010-11 school year began this week with a second consecutive year of record enrollment. And thanks to better planning, there were far fewer glitches than last year.
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08/25/2010
D-26 avoids clout concern
School starts today for hundreds of Cary District 26 students.
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08/24/2010
Be safe this school year
The new school year started last week for many area students.
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08/23/2010
Morton: Document aimed to suppress American rebellion
On this day (Aug. 23) in 1775, British King George III issued a royal Proclamation of Rebellion for suppressing what he termed the American rebellion. Angered by the news of the carnage at Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775), of the bloody clash of arms at the Battle of Bunker/Breed’s Hill (June 17, 1775), and of the “illegal” (from the British point of view) activities of those gangs of “dangerous and ill-designing men” who sat in the various colonial provincial congresses and the First Continental Congress (Sept. 5-20, 1774), the “farmer king” George III, in this proclamation, ordered “all our Officers, as well civil as military, and all others our obedient and loyal subjects, to use their utmost endeavours to withstand and suppress su
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08/22/2010
Gavel needed on complaint
Saga” probably wouldn’t be the proper word for the situation surrounding McHenry County Circuit Judge Michael Chmiel.
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08/21/2010
New year, new routine
After a summer filled with drama about Illinois’ inability to properly fund its students’ educations, the scene over the next couple of weeks will be a welcome and refreshing sight.
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08/20/2010
District plan difficult sell
The decision to dole out double-digit raises the District 156 school board gave to seven of its administrators in May 2009 isn’t the biggest culprit behind the district’s yawning $4.26 million budget deficit this school year.
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08/19/2010
Date worthy of limelight
Most of us are left only to imagine the elation there must have been in McHenry County and across the nation 65 years ago on V-J Day, when World War II came to an unofficial end on Aug. 14, 1945.
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08/18/2010
Blagojevich retrial needed
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is a convicted felon.
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08/17/2010
WL ski team is top notch
Congratulations all around to the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show team.
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08/15/2010
No doubt about cluster
A recently released epidemiology study that concludes a brain cancer cluster exists in the McCullom Lake area was commissioned by the attorney for cancer victims as part of a lawsuit.
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08/14/2010
Foreclosure filings keep piling up
Picture yourself in this position: You have a mortgage on your home for $50,000 more than its value.
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08/13/2010
Tax holiday ends Sunday
This is the last weekend to take advantage of the Illinois sales tax holiday offered specifically for back-to-school clothing and other items.
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