Lake Co. Forest Preserves OKs $155M Referendum Question
By LAKE COUNTY, IL — Voters in Lake County will be asked to vote yes, or no, on a referendum question approved by the Lake County Forest Preserves in June. If approved in November, taxpayers will see a higher property tax bill in order to add $155 million in funds to the forest preserves’ coffers. Click […]
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Sanctuary Offers Animals In Need A New Lease On Life In Berkeley
BERKELEY, NJ — Alpacas, cows, emus and more: you may be surprised to find an array of nearly 200 animals right here in Bayville. These animals – abused and neglected, some facing the slaughterhouse – were rescued by Charlotte Farms Animal Sanctuary, located on Mill Creek Road. Owner David Battat takes in dozens of animals […]
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Clarendon Hills Economic Plan May Be Held Up
CLARENDON HILLS, IL – Clarendon Hills wants to gain support from other taxing bodies for a special tax district along 55th Street. But the other entities are likely to delay such a vote. On Wednesday morning, the taxing bodies on Clarendon Hills’ Joint Review Board plan to meet. Find out what's happening in Hinsdale-Clarendon Hillswith […]
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East Brunswick Sets Aside $3.6M For Sewer Utility Improvement
EAST BRUNSWICK, NJ – Council recently adopted an ordinance approving $3.6 million for sewer utility improvements. A total of $3 million will spent on UV cure lining on the entire sanitary sewer system along Route 18 to ensure structural stability after construction is over; $475,000 will go towards replacing old vehicles and equipment including all […]
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2 CA Brunch Spots Most Popular In The Nation: Study
ACROSS CALIFORNIA — Brunches have become increasingly popular in recent years, with over 1.2 million TikTok posts tagged “#brunch.” With so many brunch spots across the country, which one is the most popular? To find out, the entertainment site JackpotCity gathered a seed list of 124 popular U.S. brunch hotspots and analyzed Instagram and Google […]
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Pet Of The Week: 'Fantastic' Fluffy Needs Her Forever Family
BABYLON, NY — “Fantastic” Fluffy is a resident of the Babylon Animal Shelter and is Patch’s Pet of the Week. According to shelter staff, Fluffy is a 5-year-old, dog-friendly Aussie mix who’s the “perfect size” at about 45 to 50 pounds. Click Here: Alphatauri Racing Suit “Fluffy is a very sweet, loving and affectionate girl. […]
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Burr Ridge Denies Family's Gate Request
BURR RIDGE, IL – In a divided vote, the Burr Ridge Village Board this week rejected a driveway gate and fence for a couple who said they wanted to keep their small children safe. In early 2023, Burr Ridge residents Rey and Haley Zaffar bought a nearly 30-year-old house in the 6300 block of South […]
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Brilliant Corners #16: The Gal Who Invented Kissin’
Country is a music of diverse pleasures: the bel canto balladry of George Jones and Tammy Wynette, the psychologically acute portraiture of Tom T. Hall, the politically rousing storytelling of Loretta Lynn, the self-deprecating mythmaking of Billy Joe Shaver, the bone-chilling spirituality of Ralph Stanley. It’s also full of contradictions: Maligned by some as hackneyed […]
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Still More from Munich: Tedeska Cartridges
Unfortunately, there are always manufacturers at shows from which I fail to gather enough information to file a thorough report, so then I have to to follow up later. I finally caught up with Berlin-based cartridge manufacturer Tedeska Vinyl Groove Pick-Up Technology and their kind representative Francesa Lee, who explained their new wares, which were […]
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Franco Serblin Accordo Goldberg loudspeaker
As founder and chief designer of Sonus Faber, Franco Serblin designed and manufactured many loudspeakers of acclaimed high quality, mainly in box form. Nevertheless, he remained painfully aware that such conventional rectangular parallelepiped constructions inevitably possessed an inherent and hard-to-suppress resonant signature characteristic of box-form cabinetry, significantly differing from that for a musical instrument. Franco […]
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