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SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2013
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PR’s Klendworth hits his way to Baseball Player of the Year honors
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Tax appeal clock ticks for some
ROAD WORK SEASON
Assessments published for two area townships By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com
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James D. Fiala Paving company employee Ron McFarland operates an asphalt milling machine June 5 along Fleming Road in Bull Valley. Construction on Fleming Road will occur through July 30. Traffic is being detoured using Route 120, Route 47 and Route 14.
By KEVIN P. CRAVER kcraver@shawmedia.com
ed Algonquin Western Bypass started. Work began late last year on the bypass, a $33.3 million project to build a 2.1-mile, four-lane highway west of downtown Algonquin. The congestion-relieving project also includes an interchange, four new bridges and noise abatement walls. The project is expected to be finished in August 2014. Work also began last year on the county’s most significant project, even though it is located just over the line in Kane County – a full I-90 interchange. The $69 million project by the Illinois Department of Transportation is now expected to be finished in November. It started just after the county wrapped up a two-year project to widen Route 47 to four lanes through much of Huntley.
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With a number of big-ticket road projects finished last year, McHenry County is embarking on another year of long-desired improvements. With the rush-hour nightmare of Rakow Road now just a bad memory, work has started in earnest to eliminate the equally notorious Route 31-62 gridlock in downtown Algonquin by rerouting Route 31. Work to make the Route 47 and Interstate 90 interchange a full one should finish this year. And for the residents of rural Fleming Road, they will get a new road while preserving their scenic view after waging a yearslong campaign against a McHenry County plan they say would have destroyed it. It took at least 16 years of planning, lobbying and good old-fashioned begging to get the funds to get the long-await-
Workers are adding a two-lane span on Charles Miller Road across the Fox River and are improving the intersection of Miller and River roads.
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CONSTRUCTION UPDATES: Sign up for the Northwest Herald’s road construction email newsletter to stay updated on local construction projects. Sign up at NWHerald.com/newsletter. The newsletter will be emailed Sunday evenings throughout road construction season. You also can find construction updates online at NWHerald.com/construction.
The first two McHenry County townships have published their assessments, setting the stage for property owners to begin the process of appealing the values that will help determine their 2014 tax bills. If you live in Richmond or Greenwood townships, you have until early July to appeal your property assessment with county government. If you live elsewhere in McHenry County, keep an eye out, because assessments are being published much earlier this year. Property owners have 30 days from when their township’s assessments are published in a newspaper of record to appeal. Richmond Township property owners have until July 5, and Greenwood Township residents have until July 12.
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FUGITIVE ON TOP 10 LIST CAPTURED John L. Gilbert of Crystal Lake, who was wanted on warrants for theft charges in McHenry and Crystal Lake and bank robbery charges in Chicago, was arrested Thursday. The McHenry and Crystal Lake police departments had been unable to find and arrest Gilbert, which led to him being put on the county’s 10 most wanted list. For more, see page B1.
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Visit http:// shawurl.com/ n75 for more information on the property tax process, as well as information on how to appeal your assessment.
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2nd shot for Madigan plan By SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – A solution to Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation state pension crisis remained far from reach Friday, as legislative leaders and Gov. Pat Quinn said they would try again to pass a plan backed by House Speaker Michael Madigan – one that failed in the Senate last month and is unlikely to pass next week. Quinn met with Madigan, Senate President John Cullerton and Republican leaders Sen. Christine Radogno and Rep. Tom Cross in Chicago
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House Speaker Michael Madigan’s pension-reform bill passed the House, but received only 16 “yes” votes in the Senate.