Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The village board will vote Tuesday whether to allow a Hawthorne Race Course off-track betting facility to open in Bolingbrook.
An off-track betting establishment may open in Bolingbrook. The village board will vote on two ordinances Tuesday that would pave the way for the Hawthorne Race Course OTB (off-track betting) facility. The first is an amendment to the zoning ordinance addressing off-track betting. The second is a special use permit. Both ordinances address a proposed OTB facility at 730 N. Bolingbrook Drive, the site of McQ's Bar & Grill. The applicant is Jeff Kras of Hawthorne Race Course, Inc. Hawthorne Race Course has other OTB locations in Aurora, Chicago, Glendale Heights, Joliet, Mokena and Prospect Heights, according to its website. McQ's Bar & Grill will also need approval by the Illinois Racing Board to open the OTB. Village documents made no …
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Released Thursday, the five-year American Community Survey offers detailed demographic information on communities throughout the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released estimates from its American Community Survey, which provides local statistics for the combined years from 2007 to 2011 on everything from housing to employment to marital status in communities throughout the country. The five-year estimates are based on interviews with almost 2 million housing units nationwide from 2007 through 2011. By pooling several years of survey responses, the American Community Survey generates detailed statistical portraits for small areas. The groupings of five-year estimates are released annually. “By telling the story of our towns and neighborhoods, the American Community Survey helps planners locate schools and firehouses,” said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau’s …
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
A dispatcher hit the wrong switch, causing the siren to go off around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday morning.
Some Bolingbrook residents woke early Wednesday to the sound of a tornado siren. Several Bolingbrook Patch readers reported waking up at 4:45 a.m. to the siren. Bolingbrook police said one of its dispatchers hit the wrong switch, activating the alarm. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - There are plenty of ways to keep up on Bolingbrook news:
Friday, November 9, 2012
Enjoy an afternoon of holiday fun at the Promenade Bolingbrook, including ice sculptures, a live nativity, gingerbread contest and more.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Enjoy an afternoon of holiday fun at the Promenade Bolingbrook, including ice sculptures, a live nativity, gingerbread contest and more.
Editor's note: The following is a press release from the Promenade Bolingbrook. The Promenade and the Village of Bolingbrook join together to provide the community at large a spectacular day of holiday family fun! Activities begin at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 10, 2012 and continue throughout the afternoon, ending with the lighting of The Promenade Bolingbrook’s massive Christmas tree and the first Symphony in Lights show of the 2012 Holiday Season at dusk. Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital is the Premiere Sponsor of The Promenade’s 2012 Symphony in Lights Show. Since 2008, the show has been famed as The largest commercial holiday light show of its kind in Chicagoland. “Symphony in Lights” features more than 250,000 highly efficient LED…
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
More than 1,500 voters have cast ballots at the Village of Bolingbrook Town Center. Early voting ends Nov. 3.
More than 5 percent of Will County’s registered voters have already cast their ballots in the Nov. 6 election. As of Monday night, a total of 20,576 people had voted, including more than 18,000 early voters. In Bolingbrook, more than 1,500 early bird voters had done their civic duty at the Town Center. In Illinois, early voting started Oct. 22 and ends Nov. 3. Bolingbrook voters can vote early at the Town Center, 375 W. Briarcliff Rd. Early voting is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday until Oct. 28. For a complete list of Will County early voting locations and hours, CLICK HERE. To stay up to date on local elections, check out Bolingbrook Patch's Election Central page. Voting Requirements To be eligible to vote, a person must: …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar submitted a letter to the editor about the new center, which is celebrating its ribbon cutting Monday.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar submitted a letter to the editor about the new center, which is celebrating its ribbon cutting Monday.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Dear Editor: Above all else, nothing is more important to the Village of Bolingbrook than ensuring our 74,000 residents enjoy the highest possible quality of life. Central to that goal is securing ample access to quality healthcare. As such, on behalf of the Village Board, I am happy to welcome U.S. Renal Care, a provider of life-saving dialysis services, to our community. Next Monday I will be joining Village Board Members, community leaders and area patients and physicians to cut the ribbon on a state-of-the-art, 13-station U.S. Renal Care dialysis center in Bolingbrook. The new facility will be located in Suite 110 at 396 Remington Boulevard, just east of Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital, and will help address the growing need for …
Monday, October 8, 2012
A break in a fence line between a subdivision and townhomes is a "gateway for persons involved in criminal activity," the petition says.
A Bolingbrook man has launched an online petition to close an opening in a fence line between his neighborhood and the subdivision of townhomes on Fernwood Drive. Christopher Montrose has garnered 123 supporters so far on his online petition. He's looking for 200 total. Read the full petition on Change.org. Montrose is a single father of four who lives on Harwood Drive. The street dead ends behind Rocket Ice Arena, abutting Lot O of Fernwood Drive. He writes on Change.org that on Sept. 15, someone tossed his 15-inch high cement statue through his children's bedroom window. "Seconds later, (he heard) the blood curdling scream of my own children and then them running out of their room...Unfortunately, glass was thrown through the room …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Kuntz was honored as the 2012 Male Citizen of the Year in a recent Bolingbrook village board meeting.
Brian Kuntz has been named the 2012 Bolingbrook male citizen of the year. Each year, one man, one woman and one family are recognized by the village. Kuntz is a cancer and heart attack survivor who is heavily involved in Scouting. He was a leader in Cub Scouts for six years and Boy Scouts for five-plus years. Kuntz is a proud Eagle Scout recipient and has coached several different sports. READ MORE: The following remarks were read when Kuntz was recognized in a village board meeting last month: "Brian Kuntz has been a Bolingbrook resident for 19 years, moving here in 1993. Brian has been married to Tiffany for 24 years. They have a son, Jason, 18, and a daughter, Ashley, 17. Brian has been active in all levels of scouting. He was a …
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