Finances and peace may not be words paired together often. But Pastor Brian Romanowski has seen people break free of the bondage of debt by offering Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University at the First Baptist Church. “I’ve seen people who had $9,000 of debt paid off in 13 weeks,” Romanowski […]
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MSJHS students look at career options
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” It’s a question adults ask young people, and something grown-ups joke about when they contemplate a career change. On Tuesday, January 6, about 230 Mahomet Seymour Junior High School students traveled to the IHotel in Champaign to a conference designed […]
Mahomet Public Library unveils new site
The Mahomet Public Library released their new website Wednesday. The clean new design makes resources, events, services and news easy to find.
MS-PTO makes contributions to elementary schools
The Mahomet-Seymour School Board accepted $27,184.39 from the Mahomet-Seymour PTO on Dec. 16. The MS-PTO appropriately divides money raised during the Dawg Walk between Middletown, Sangamon and Lincoln Trail based on the number of students within each school on the sixth day of school. Prior to allocating the money, the […]
Ashley and the Goose make debut at Uncle Buck’s Saturday
There’s nothing like performing music at home for Ashley and the Goose. Mahomet graduates, Ashley Cox and Richard Geese (“Goose”), connected three years ago when Champaign Freight picked up Cox as a vocalist. Champaign Freight split up after their lead guitarist moved to Arizona, but Goose and Cox stayed in […]
Library welcomes community opinion to develop new five-year plan
After three years in a new building, the Mahomet Public Library has put together a task force of community members to gather input on the future of the library. “This strategic planning helps us determine the major things people want so we can put the money we have in the […]
Mahomet housing market perspective, outlook for 2014
Depending on whether you have been a buyer, seller, or homeowner in the Mahomet area in the last few years, you may have discovered that the real estate market within the friendly confines of the Mahomet-Seymour School District can range from seductive to vexing. It’s all a matter of perspective. […]
3M eBooks and audiobooks available at the Mahomet Public Library
Mahomet Public Library (MPL) patrons can now find an extended eBook and audiobook catalogue through the 3M Cloud Library. MPL gained access to the 3M Cloud Library through membership with the Illinois Heartland Library System. Patrons can use their library card to directly download eBooks to eReaders, iPad and Android […]
Breakfast option served at Lincoln Trail and Middletown
The Mahomet-Seymour School District and ARAMARK will offer breakfast to students at Lincoln Trail and Middletown Early Childhood Center beginning Jan. 14. Mahomet-Seymour High School has served breakfast to 25 to 30 kids per day for several years. In previous years, Lincoln Trail provided breakfast for 20 to 30 students […]
A lovely mess
A lovely mess; this is an apt phrase to describe the birth of Christ. We have lost the imagery of this truth within our lives. When one sees Christmas within modernity, the story of Christ has seemingly become “white noise” within the landscape of a commercialized holiday. The story is […]