Petitions for candidates interested in filling one of three Mahomet-Seymour School Board seats in the 2021 consolidated election are available. Two seats within the Mahomet Township, currently held by Lori Larson and Max Mcomb, and one seat from the remaining congressional townships, currently held by Merle Giles, are up for […]
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Petitions available for Mahomet Public Library board of trustees
Petitions for candidates interested in filling one of four Mahomet Public Library Board of Trustee seats in the 2021 consolidated election are available. Four trustee positions, currently held by Brian Paragi, Kristen Streeter, Carrie Heimann, and Kevin Kelsey are up for election. These positions are four-year terms. Petitions and the […]
Petitions available for Village of Mahomet board of trustees
Petitions for candidates interested in filling one of four Village of Mahomet Board of Trustee seats in the 2021 consolidated election are available. Three four-year trustee seats, currently held by David Johnson, Andy Harpst and Brian Metzger, and the Village President, currently held by Sean Widener, are up for election. […]
Village of Mahomet brush and leaf collection schedule
The Village of Mahomet will begin limb and brush collection on Oct. 5. The collection will run until Oct. 9. Materials are to be deposited within three (3) feet of a curb or street edge no later than 7:00 a.m. on the scheduled collection day – Area 1 on Monday, […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie’s Lincoln Speaker Series to feature women
The Museum of the Grand Prairie announces its fourteenth annual and its first virtual Lincoln Speaker series. This year speakers will highlight the influential and complicated role of women in the fight for the abolition of slavery as well as their own struggle for the vote. All of the speakers […]
DuPage County judge denies Temporary Restraining Order Against IHSA
DuPage County’s 18th Judicial Circuit Court ruled in favor of the defendant, the Illinois High School Association, Thursday, not granting a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO). Three parents in the west Chicago suburbs filed a class-action lawsuit against the Illinois High School Association, citing that it broke its own rules when […]
Mahomet Town and Country Annual Nut Sale
Selling nuts is a Mahomet Town and Country Women’s Club tradition. Giving the proceeds back to the Mahomet community is also a tradition that has lasted for decades. The group is currently taking orders for freshly harvested nuts (September and October). The nuts will be delivered in time for Thanksgiving. […]
Mattis Avenue to close Oct. 5 for rail crossing work
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Mattis Avenue between Paula Drive and Hedge Road in Champaign will close Oct 5. The closure is necessary for the Norfolk Southern Railway to replace its crossing. No traffic will be allowed through the closure during the work, which is expected to last […]
Parkland College presents Kaler Science Lecture Series
The Staerkel Planetarium will remain in a digital format until Dec. 2020. On the first Friday of the month at 7 pm, the Staerkel Planetarium becomes a forum for a local scientist to discuss his or her specialties. All audiences are welcome! Admission is free for our shows on Zoom. […]
Mahomet Trick or Treat Guidelines
Trick-or-treating hours in the Village of Mahomet will be from 6-8 p.m. onSaturday, October 31. The use of face coverings, hand sanitizer, and social distancing (at least 6 feet) from others will be required at all times, when outdoors while participating or chaperoning. Trick-or-treating will be challenging amid the ongoing […]