Nine months into a three-year partnership with the Mahomet-Seymour School District, the Mahomet Area Youth Club can see the rippling effects of the club’s after school B.L.A.S.T. (Bulldogs Learning and Succeeding Together) programming. Before the 2013-2014 school year, MAYC served approximately 25 children, ages 6 through 17, on the MAYC […]
Author: Dani Tietz
Mahomet Family Restaurant brings dream to life
After six years of patiently waiting out their dream to open a restaurant in Mahomet, Ali and Mide Sulejmani will open the doors to the Mahomet Family Restaurant Monday morning at 6 a.m. The couple was approved for a loan on the building located at 1002 Commercial Drive in 2008, […]
Electronic recycling pick-up May 10 behind Village Administration Building
The Village of Mahomet will collect electronics for recycling on May 10 from 8 a.m. to noon in the rear parking lot of the Village of Mahomet Administration Building. The Village holds the electronic recycling event in the spring and fall each year. Residents have dropped off enough electronics to […]
Mahomet gets ready to open Champaign County’s first roundabout
[gview file=”https://mahometdaily.com/md/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Mahomet-Brochure_Print.pdf”] The Village of Mahomet is ready to put the finishing touches on Champaign County’s first roundabout located on Churchill Road. The roundabout was bid with the stretch of Churchill Road, which runs along the east side of Middletown Prairie Elementary. “Roundabouts have been shown to reduce the amount […]
Chamber welcomes Mahomet Animal Hospital
The Mahomet Chamber of Commerce welcomed Dr. Catherine Williams and her team at the Mahomet Animal Hospital into the Chamber with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday afternoon. The newly renovated clinic includes separation for cats and dogs, x-rays, boarding, blood testing and surgery services. The Mahomet Animal Hospital reopens their doors […]
Hubbs receives second place in video contest through University of Illinois
Mahomet-Seymour senior Josh Hubbs’ video “Money Talks” received second place a contest hosted by the University of Illinois College of Business. Hubbs’ video was a response to an Bulldog TV assignment where students created a short-film to help teenagers understand how to be smart with their money. All of the […]
MSHS receives Silver Medal from U.S. News and World Report Magazine
Mahomet-Seymour High School was awarded the Silver Medal from the U.S. News and World Report Magazine Tuesday for their accomplishments on standardized tests and the percentage of students that are determined to be college ready. The report ranks MSHS 1,688 nationally and 66th within the state of Illinois. To see […]
Silent Sunday draws attention to a bigger issue
After soccer practice on Saturday morning, my husband, who is a coach for my middle daughter’s team, asked me if I knew about Silent Sunday. I did not. Apparently, I’m late to the party. Silent Sunday has been a part of the soccer community for many years. So. He continued […]
How New Mexico reminded me of Mahomet
In the middle of January, when we were about to collapse at the thought of another snow day, my husband asked me where I’d like to go for spring break. Spring break has become our annual family trip. It’s the one week we take off work so the kids can […]
Village receives grants to extend multi-purpose paths
Mahomet residents will have access to a long loop of multi-purpose pathways through and around the north and east side of the Village before the end of the summer. A $53,200 Bicycle Path Grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources will help the Village extended the existing 10-foot-wide pathway […]
