As I begin my service as president of Lincoln Land Community College, I have spent a great deal of time reflecting on what makes community colleges so special. One image that keeps coming to mind is a printed road map, where the destinations are possibilities and the roads are the pathways that turn dreams into […]
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Betting on bikes
Kevin Greene of Springfield still remembers getting his first bicycle as a child. “It took me a long time to figure out how to ride a bike, but once I learned, I never looked back,” Greene said. “That bicycle meant freedom.” Greene, chairman of the Springfield Bicycle Advisory Council, hopes the adoption of a bicycle […]
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Fast facts
Springfield PechaKucha returns for another enlightening evening at Capital City Bar and Grill on Thursday, Feb. 9. A great lineup of locals and presentations includes: Wade Kammin, The Making of an Assistance Dog; Victor Broderick, Brainwashing; Gaines Hall, The Influence of Sound on Design; Andrew Woolbright, Art and the Pharmacy Experiment; Gus Gordon, Ain’t Misbehavin’: […]
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A restaurant to remember
Thin wisps of smoke from the guests’ cigarettes lazily spiral upward and hang as if suspended from the ceiling. The ceiling itself, as well as the walls, are inscribed with caricatures of regulars as well as celebrities that have dined there, drawn by the owner himself. A trickle of jazz from the baby grand piano […]
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Springfield’s destination diner
It’s practically a place of pilgrimage. A Mecca for food historians. Tourists flock there, not just from Illinois, but from all across America and around the globe, by motorcycle, car and by the busload. It’s the Cozy Dog on South Sixth Street. The story of Cozy Dogs — the original hot dogs on a stick, […]
