As summer approaches, you and your kids may have different ideas about how they’ll spend their time. Many parents are eager to get their kids interested in working – that is learning to take responsibility, developing a work ethic, earning their own spending money, etc. Of course, many kids see summer as their chance to […]
Sharon Whalen
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Holiday help for nonprofits
If you’re like most Illinois Times readers, your life is safe and secure and the holidays are a time for family fun and delicious meals. Sadly that isn’t the case for everyone in our community. Many won’t have packages to open or a festive celebration to look forward to. Thousands around the area count on […]
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Teaching a generation to be generous
Recently 12-year-old Alexia Blakeman made headlines with Courageous Kaydie, a paper doll she created to honor a friend of her grandmother’s who was stricken with breast cancer. Over the last year she has raised more than $800 for breast cancer research by encouraging people to pay $1 to have their picture taken with her paper […]
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’Tis the season for shopping ‘local first’
This week the Capital Area Independent Business Alliance launches its second annual SHOP LOCAL FIRST HOLIDAY SWEEPSTAKES. More than half of the 200-plus businesses that belong to the alliance are participating in the six-week “register to win” campaign. Each week 20 lucky “local first” shoppers will each win more than $75 in gifts and prizes […]
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Please keep Springfield Green
No matter what you think about Tim Davlin’s effectiveness as our mayor, no one should question the success of his efforts to clean and green Springfield. But we have to wonder how many people (including the three candidates for mayor) realize the size and scope of the success of the Springfield Green organization. In May […]
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Holiday Sweepstakes Winners
Alex BlockAlexandra BalukaAlice CoulterAmanda DobronAngela ParrishAnna NeumannBethany CaldwellBetty SmithBetty VickBob LaKampBobbe CumminsBrandi WilliamsBritney WilcocksonCalinda MontgomeryCandi ClouseCarla Sue HouserCharlotte MottazChris RunnelsChristine MacDonaldCon StuartCorneilia BannisterDane ZentgrafDavid KimberlyDebbie KincaidDebra MarinesDelores SeverinoDenise SchantzDiane JohnsonDon RamseyDudy HarrisDwight MenelyEbony WilsonEd GoldsmithElizabeth ValentineEricka HineFrank LedbetterGail KellyGary FrascoGwen DiehlHawana BerryHelen RichardsonJane FeeJane TappendorfJean AtchissonJim BarnesJo Lynn AndersonJoni ColleJudy I. OgerJulia WallbaumKatherine BlanksKathy DuBoisKelly […]
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The capital city is bloomin’ beautiful
Spring rains, sweltering summer heat and those dang Japanese beetles made this yet another challenging year to be a flower gardener in central Illinois. And yet nearly 80 individuals and organizations stepped up and entered a project in the 2010 Springfield in Bloom competition. This is the sixth year of this friendly beautification contest originated […]
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Beautification is contagious
This is the sixth year for Springfield in Bloom, the community-wide beautification program that challenges homeowners, businesses, neighborhood associations and nonprofit organizations across central Illinois to bring beautiful new color and life to their street-side yards. Illinois Times is proud to be the primary sponsor of this program that works in cooperation with Mayor Tim […]
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New owners at Indigo Restaurant
The hottest news we have to report is that Indigo Restaurant, which has been owned for many years by Jeff Griswold changed hands early this week. Samah Hassani, who work for Griswold for seven years and has been Indigo’s manager for the last two and her fiance Mike Novel are the popular upscale restaurant’s new […]
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Big honors for Glenn Yanow
No one serves up a better scoop of ice cream than Springfield’s own GLENN YANOW, long time proprietor and all time good guy owner of the BASKIN ROBBINS franchise on MacArthur Boulevard, Springfield. Last week Glenn and thousands of his fellow BR franchisees met up in New Orleans for their annual convention. And Glenn was […]
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Seeing double: an all new Dubln Pub
I’m a creature of habit – the waitstaff at Town and Country’s Dublin Pub see me so often they know what I’ll order right down to the request that we move past the iceberg straight to the Romaine. And please don’t forget the hot sauce. A couple of weeks ago this locally owned restaurant doubled […]
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Spiffing up the Marriott …
The Courtyard Marriott is just a few weeks away from completing a top to bottom renovation … and they want the world to know what’s coming. The westside hotel is at 3462 Freedom Drive — and soon every guest room, the lobby and Starbuck’s coffee shop will be ready for their close up. They promise […]
