Elgin Academy alumnus “Jimmy John” Liautaud, founder of 1000-store sandwich chain Jimmy John’s, has moved his family to Florida and applied for Florida residency in the wake of the recent tax hike bill passed and signed by Illinois Democratic Party politicians on the 13th of this month.
This is a preview of the pictures from the Martini Room Holiday Hafla and Benefit held on December 22, 2010. The rest of the pictures will be posted soon.
You can avoid crowds, traffic, long drives and drunk drivers by spending New Year’s Eve in Downtown Elgin. Courtesy of the Downtown Neighborhood Association here’s a list of some downtown establishments that will be open for celebrations.
Mike Bailey, former editor of the Courier News, writes a “requiem” for the iconic Elgin paper, which closed its Elgin office and moved operations to Aurora last week.