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City may fine, shut off water to many Marengo will penalize meter project holdouts By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com
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Mike Potts (right) dances Sunday as Dave Radford plays “Let It Go” at the Crystal Lake Centennial closing event Sunday. Other songs played include “Old Time Rock and Roll,” “Fly Me to the Moon” and “Livin’ on a Prayer.” BELOW: Greg and Holly Glover, of Crystal Lake, dance to “Crocodile Rock” played by Felix and Fingers.
Mayor says ‘I don’t think this day could get better’ Raue Center for the Arts, said Jeremy Bress, the kids’ father who along with his wife, Tricia, made CRYSTAL LAKE – Wielding the festival a family outing. balloon swords, the three Bress The room filled with long tables kids investigated the police car overflowing with LEGO bricks parked with its lights flashing at was overseen by LEGO Master Crystal Lake’s final centennial Model Builder David Howard, a event. Crystal Lake native who is one The draw for the 5-year-old of only six LEGO Master Model twins and their younger sister, though, was the LEGO room at the See CENTENNIAL, page A8
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The downtown is really the center of Crystal Lake and where we grew out of. We wanted to bring it home for the final event.”
Jeff Mawdsley, an administrative analyst with the city’s Department of Community Development and one of the staff members that helped organize the event
Four injured in two-vehicle crash in McHenry NORTHWEST HERALD Four people were injured and taken to area hospitals after a two-vehicle crash at 4509 W. Crystal Lake Road in McHenry early Sunday morning. According to a news release from the McHenry Township Fire Protection District, the crash occurred be-
tween a full-size pickup truck and a mini-van taxi cab at 4:08 a.m. Emergency response units arrived on scene within two minutes, observing “heavy damage.” The pickup truck was occupied by one man, who was taken to Centegra – McHenry in serious condition. The mini-van was occupied by three
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people. The front seat passenger was taken to Centegra – McHenry in serious condition. The driver and back seat passenger had to be extricated, which took 20 minutes according to the release. The driver and back seat passenger were both in serious condition, with the driver taken to Centegra –
Woodstock and the back seat passenger taken to Centegra – McHenry. Names of those injured were not immediately available. Crystal Lake Road was shut down between Front Royal Drive and Lillian Street for about one hour and 20 minutes. McHenry Police Department is investigating the accident.
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MARENGO – City officials could fine or even shutoff water to the few hundred holdouts who haven’t allowed the city access to their homes to upgrade decades-old water meters, under a forthcoming proposal. Since February, the city has worked with a Palatine-based company to replace 20-year-old water transponders inside 1,865 homes and select businesses with automated ones capable of sending information on water consumption directly to Matt Keenum City Hall. Officials have said the old transponders are faulty and obsolete. They expect about 350 stragglers to remain after the project’s Sept. 30 deadline passes. Aldermen earlier this week decided to give the holdouts a 30-day grace period. But the remaining users could face a slew of penalties if they hold out beyond October. “We need to lay out the scenario that if this doesn’t happen, one of two things can,” 2nd Ward Alderman Matt Keenum told council members. “We can turn your water off, or we can assess your water bill accordingly.” After they receive notice about the grace period, the remaining users would first face a penalty on their water bills if they don’t arrange an appointment by the end of October, under the direction council members gave administrators this week. If a penalized user refuses longer, the city could then turn off their water supply two weeks after notifying a resident of the decision. City officials still have to determine a specific fine amounts and timetables. They likely will present aldermen with an ordinance outlining the details during a meeting on Sept. 22. Under its current meter system, the city’s public works staff would drive around neighborhoods and transmit data from the transponders to hand-held devices in their cars. The new system eliminates the need for drive-by readings, since the transponders send information directly to a database in City Hall. Throughout the project, the city and its project contractor, HBK Meter Services, have mailed letters, hung notices on doors, made robocalls and contacted users directly to get them to schedule an installation appointment. City officials have said the appointments typically last 15 minutes.
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