The Village of Mahomet Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Trustees approved a measure that will allow chicken (hens only) to be raised within residences zoned R‐1A, R‐1B, R‐1C, and R‐2. Should the amendment be approved by the board, not everyone who lives on a […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Mahomet Honor Parade focuses on giving back
What can the Mahomet Lions club do for the community? It’s one of the first questions they answer when they think about fundraising. Like everything else in 2020, the Mahomet Lions Club was not able to put up their beer tent at the Mahomet Music Festival due to its cancellation. […]
Museum of the Grand Prairie learning tubs help teachers bring history to life
There are 61 schools in Champaign County with a little more than 25,000 students in grades K-12. But only one educational entity in Champaign County has all those students, their parents, their grandparents and their great-grandparents in mind: the Museum of the Grand Prairie. Each year the Museum hosts exhibits, […]
Miss B’s Creations offers homemade cards with reminders of what matters
Editor’s Note: Each of the six businesses at the Young and Bright Pop Up Shop will be featured individually throughout the week to give each business its own spotlight. Winderson’s Creation’s Mary Pettenger and greener goods Tara Allen know what it’s like to be a small business owner. The duo, […]
Kroner bares his heart in new autobiography
Fred Kroner isn’t done telling stories. After more than 50 years of work at The Champaign-Urbana Morning Courier, The Springfield State-Journal Register, The Bloomington Daily Pantagraph, The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette, the Mahomet Citizen and the Mahomet Daily, Kroner has also published five books highlighting everything from the Eastern Illinois Baseball League […]
A little bit of creativity goes a long way for P&J Glass
Editor’s Note: Each of the six businesses at the Young and Bright Pop Up Shop will be featured individually throughout the week to give each business its own spotlight. Winderson’s Creation’s Mary Pettenger and greener goods Tara Allen know what it’s like to be a small business owner. The duo, […]
MAYC fills in the gap with care for junior high students
School is back in session. So is fall programming at Mahomet Area Youth Club. But, like everything else in 2020, it looks a little different. The uncertainty of the summer and school year required the MAYC staff to remain flexible in order to fulfill the community’s needs for childcare as […]
Ayla Finfrock turns passion for animals into a business
Editor’s Note: Each of the six businesses at the Young and Bright Pop Up Shop will be featured individually throughout the week to give each business its own spotlight. Winderson’s Creation’s Mary Pettenger and greener goods Tara Allen know what it’s like to be a small business owner. The duo, […]
Pettenger and Evans use creativity to start a business
Editor’s Note: Each of the six businesses at the Young and Bright Pop Up Shop will be featured individually throughout the week to give each business its own spotlight. Winderson’s Creation’s Mary Pettenger and greener goods Tara Allen know what it’s like to be a small business owner. The duo, […]
Village sends new agreement to M-S district, backs away from junior high for now
According to Village of Mahomet Administrator Patrick Brown, the Village sent a new intergovernmental agreement to the Mahomet-Seymour School District on Wednesday, separating the sale of 13 Acres Park and Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School upon the direction of the Village Board of Trustees Tuesday night. The Mahomet-Seymour School Board also […]