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New Lake Lifestyle Community Opens Near St. Louis With 41 Wooded Sites For Residents

3 years ago
LITCHFIELD - A new lakeside living community with 41 custom homesites spread over 70 acres has opened on the shores of Lake Lou Yaeger, located one hour north of St. Louis in Litchfield, Illinois. Eagle Ridge offers potential residents a variety of waterfront and wooded homesites to design and build their own new custom homes for weekend or year-round living using their own architect and builder. Residents of Eagle Ridge can enjoy an active lifestyle available at popular Lake Lou Yaeger, including boating, fishing, swimming, water skiing, beach activities, picnicking, and playgrounds, as well as hiking, biking, birdwatching, and relaxing at the 266-acre Shoal Creek Nature Conservation Area located on the lake. Several golf courses and wineries are located nearby, and all the retail and hospitality conveniences of Litchfield (pop. 7,000) are just four miles away. Eagle Ridge is being developed by the City of Litchfield, which also owns the 1,400-acre Lake Lou Yaeger and leases all

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Alton Band And Orchestra Builders To Host Olde Alton Arts And Craft Fair

3 years ago
ALTON - Alton Band and Orchestra Builders – ABOB is pleased to announce that the 33 rd Annual Olde Alton Arts and Craft Fair will be held during the weekend of December 3 & 4, 2022 at Alton High School. The Fair will be open on Saturday, December 3 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM and on Sunday, December 4 from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Breakfast and Lunch will be available. Currently, we have Crafters from not just Illinois and Missouri, but also from as far away as Kentucky, Tennessee, and Texas! Crafters must offer products that are at least 51% handmade and include a wide variety of items, many of which are Christmas-themed. ABOB is still taking applications for crafters for the Fair. Crafters can find the application/contract at www.abob.net , under the Craft and Vendor Fair drop-down tab. ABOB, originally organized in 1948, has supported the instrumental music program of the Alton Community Unit School District for 74 years, providing music, equipment, and instruments for our elementary,

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Demo Alert: 1000 Morrison in LaSalle Park

3 years ago

Update – The description for the demo permit according to the city’s property lookup webpage now says “chimney only.” Though the chimney is on the ground already. Unless it’s for another chimney. A demolition permit application was been submitted August 22, 2022 for 1000 Morrison built in 1886 in the LaSalle Park neighborhood. It appears […]

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Richard Bose

HBO Max And Sesame Street Highlight The Stupidity Of Mindless Media Megamergers

3 years ago
If you recall, AT&T spent nearly $200 billion on megamergers thinking it was going to dominate the online video advertising space. But after spending a fortune on DirecTV and Time Warner, laying off 50,000 people, killing off popular properties like Mad Magazine and DC’s Vertigo imprint, it quickly became clear that AT&T executives had absolutely […]
Karl Bode