From the city’s website:
An exciting line-up of top-notch entertainment is scheduled for FoxFireFest, taking place from August 1st -3rd at Festival Park, 132 S. Grove Avenue, along the riverfront in downtown Elgin. FoxFireFest is the City of Elgin’s premier special event for the summer, incorporating the 49th annual AAUW Fine Arts Fest along with a […]
The big news last week was some proposed legislation targeting prostitution.
What a difference two weeks makes.
On July 9, about 20 members of the Near West Neighbors Association pleaded with the Elgin City Council to crack down on drug dealing, gangs and hookers in their neighborhood.
Wednesday, city council members endorsed a new law to impound the […]
Lead Plant at Bluff Spring Fen.
I was out at Bluff Spring Fen (here’s a photoset on Flickr) a week or so ago, just as the lead plant (Amorpha canescens) was winding down. It’s really an extraordinary and beautiful plant, even when it’s not blooming. I have no idea why it’s not used more often in […]
An article worth reading appears in the current edition of the Atlantic Monthly. It’s about how the dismantling of Section 8 housing in large cities, like Chicago, has increased the level of crime in smaller satellite cities.
Falling crime rates have been one of the great American success stories of the past 15 years. New York […]
